CyberCop provides penetration testing and vulnerability assessment (VAPT) for businesses in Dubai, Sharjah and across the UAE. We try to break into your networks, web applications, APIs and cloud accounts the way an attacker would. Then we hand you a list of what we found, ranked by how much it matters, so you know what to fix first.
The two halves do different jobs. A vulnerability assessment looks for known weaknesses across lots of systems: a missing patch, a weak setting, a service that should never have been on the internet. A penetration test takes the weaknesses it finds and tries to use them, to see how far an attacker could get. You usually want both. Customers and regulators sometimes ask to see the report, so it helps to plan for that.
Nothing starts until we have your written permission and an agreed scope. That keeps the test safe for your live systems.
People mix these two up. They answer different questions.
Run the assessment to keep the list short. Run the test to find out which items on it are dangerous.
We agree the scope with you first. These are the usual areas.
A test is only useful if it ends with fixes.
It is also the document to hand over when a regulator, bank or customer asks for proof of testing.
Which rules apply depends on your sector and the data you hold. This is a guide for the conversation, not legal advice.
VAPT is vulnerability assessment and penetration testing. The assessment finds known weaknesses. The test tries to exploit them to show the real risk. You end up with a ranked list of what to fix.
An assessment is wide: it checks many systems for known weaknesses. A penetration test is deep: a person tries to use those weaknesses to see how far they can get. A common pattern is an assessment every quarter and a penetration test once a year.
At least once a year, and again after big changes: a new application, a cloud move, a network redesign. Assessments are better run more often, such as every quarter. Your regulator, customers or card-payment rules may set a minimum.
We agree the scope, test windows and rules in writing first, and we avoid anything destructive on live systems. No test is completely risk-free, so we also agree who to call if something unexpected happens.
It depends on the scope: how many systems, applications and APIs, and how complicated they are. A small external test takes far less time than a full internal and application test. We give you a timeline once the scope is agreed.
A summary for management, a detailed list of findings with evidence and risk ratings, a fix plan, and written confirmation after we retest.
