What Buying an Inexpensive Penetration Test/Vulnerability Scan Really Costs

Every day across the nation, audit committee members, internal auditors, CFOs, and IT directors wrestle with the questions: Why shouldn’t I just go with the cheapest penetration test rather than a more expensive external network security assessment? Why are some of the most respected banks paying more for what appears to me to be the same service? It is the same thing, right?

This white paper is for non-technical managers and committee members who are making the effort to understand which has more value – an inexpensive automated vulnerability scan/penetration test or a comprehensive external network security assessment.