Dark Reading: Pen Testing ROI: How to Communicate the Value of Security Testing
On July 9, 2020, NetSPI Managing Director Nabil Hannan was featured in Dark Reading.
Google “pen testing return on investment (ROI)” and you will find a lot of repetitive advice on how to best communicate the value of a pen-testing engagement. Evaluate the costs of noncompliance penalties, measure the impact of a breach against the cost of a pentest engagement, reduce time to remediation, to name a few. While all of these measurements are important, pen testing provides value beyond compliance and breach prevention, even through a financial lens. Let’s explore the critical steps to successfully define and communicate ROI for security testing.
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