MOBILE APPLICATION SECURITY ASSESSMENT

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Beyond Automation

Identify and verify application security risks within mobile applications using real-world scenarios and proven testing standards to ensure a secure and reliable mobile experience.

Secure Your Applications
MOBILE APPLICATION SECURITY ASSESSMENT OVERVIEW

Simulate an Adversary’s Approach for Attacking a Mobile Application

While mobile apps drive the modern world, they should be done without introducing risk to end users. Our Mobile Application Security Assessments (MASAs) provide a thorough assessment of a mobile application, covering both the installed application as well as its backend components—with the goal of identifying and addressing vulnerabilities ranging in severity. 

Real-World Scenarios and Proven Testing Standards

We can simulate an adversary’s approach for attacking a mobile application or accessing sensitive data on users’ mobile devices.

Methodology and Process

We leverage a four-phased approach to gather information, test, verify and notify—allowing us to provide an accurate understanding of actual risk. 

MOBILE APPLICATION SECURITY TESTING

The Art of Testing Mobile Applications

MASAs are run from and connected to a customized assessment environment, consisting of wireless access points, proxies and a variety of commercial and custom mobile application security testing tools.

Given the nature of modern iOS and Android mobile apps, we perform extensive manual mobile application security assessments. We validate any identified communication channels for proper confidentiality and integrity, monitoring the application execution on the device(s).

Our mobile application security risk assessments also examine the device from a high-level, forensic perspective in order to identify areas where the app may be storing or caching sensitive information in an insecure manner.

MOBILE APPLICATION SECURITY TESTING

From Reverse Engineering to Deep Analysis & Penetration Testing

After reverse-engineering the application binary to the furthest extent possible, we analyze it for information leakage or hard-coded secrets. Throughout our security testing of mobile apps, we map the back-end environment and test any in-scope components for vulnerabilities. Checks include vulnerabilities listed in the OWASP Top 10 Mobile Risks:

  • M1: Improper Platform Usage
  • M2: Insecure Data Storage
  • M3: Insecure Communication
  • M4: Insecure Authentication
  • M6: Insecure Authorization
  • M7: Client Code Quality
  • M8: Code Tampering
  • M9: Reverse Engineering
  • M10: Extraneous Functionality
MOBILE APPLICATION SECURITY ASSESSMENT USE CASES

Ensure Mobile Application SecurityAgainst Attacks

Common attack scenarios to consider include:

  • A lost or stolen device containing cached or stored user information
  • Interception or modification of network traffic on a shared wireless network
  • Attacks against backend web service endpoints
  • User of the application within the view of others
  • Attacks from another malicious application installed on the device

It’s also important to understand the severity and potential impact when explaining the vulnerability risk.

CYBERSECURITY CERTIFICATIONS

Your Elite, Highly-trained Team

Every member of GuidePoint’s Application Security Practice offers a wealth of expertise stemming from years of relevant, real-world experience within the application layer from technical and strategic perspectives. 

We have a unique ability to understand the threats your applications face and can play a vital role in helping to mature or align your security posture.

Why GuidePoint?

Highly Trained, Highly Certified

Examples Include:

GPS Certified Cyber Guarding
CISSP

SANS & ISC2

OSCP
OSCE

Offensive Security

GSE
GWAPT

Global Information Assurance

MOBILE APPLICATION SECURITY ASSESSMENT OUTCOMES

Ensure Your Mobile Application Can Stand Up to Potential Threats

Our Mobile Application Security Assessment is designed to identify and address vulnerabilities of varying severity to safeguard against potential threats to both the users of the application and the application itself, ensuring a secure and reliable mobile experience.

Understand Your Security Posture

Gain a detailed evaluation of every facet of your application.

Prioritize Your Risk

Vulnerabilities are identified and addressed by severity.

Harden Your Application

Whether it’s an attack against application users or the app itself.

Gain Stakeholder Trust

Users will enjoy a more dependable and secure mobile app experience.

Your Trusted Advisor

Our team works side-by-side with you as your cybersecurity partner.

“GuidePoint Security is basically family. They’re always there when I need them. At the end of the day GuidePoint is always there to help and that’s how they add value.”

Mark Gilman

Security Manager

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