Advanced external risk analysis and open source intelligence (OSINT) techniques are what sets Birch Cline apart from other top penetration testing companies.
For a high-level targeted attack to be successful a thorough understanding of the target must be obtained by the attacker. During the Reconnaissance phase of the penetration test, Birch Cline collects data using standard network probing and OSINT as well as an advanced assessment approach that includes target mapping via Social Network Analysis (SNA) and Sentiment Analysis (SA) of an organization’s social media presence as well as associated employee (current and former) social network data.
These advanced techniques and processes are commonly used by high-level nation state actors but are only offered in penetration testing services provided by Birch Cline. This resulting analysis provides a unique perspective of an organization’s perceived points or risk and the targets a malicious actor will perceive to be most susceptible to attack (e.g. phishing attacks).
Keeping in mind that the goal of a top penetration testing service is to a view of the business from a malicious actor’s perspective. Birch Cline achieves delivers the best penetration test services by performing non‐aggressive use of public services and social networking websites to acquire organizational intelligence including employee names, email addresses and other associated information including the identification of acquisition of public and previously compromised data that may exist on the deep and/or dark web.
Utilizing this data to apply risk scoring in conjunction with social network graphing and sentiment analysis, Birch Cline provides an external risk analysis that goes far above and beyond other top penetration testing companies.
