How to prepare for your penetration test: 5 things you should do

The easiest way to get more from your penetration test is to properly prepare. In this video, Volkis MD Matthew Strahan goes over the five things you should do before a penetration test to make sure it goes smoothly and can find as much as possible.

Matthew Strahan is Co-Founder and Managing Director at Volkis. He has over a decade of dedicated cyber security experience, including penetration testing, governance, compliance, incident response, technical security and risk management. You can catch him on Twitter and LinkedIn.

Volkis was established by experienced, passionate, and dedicated security consultants that wanted to raise the bar for security consulting. We wanted to do better, finding more, and help our clients get better outcomes.

0:00​ Intro
0:33​ Step 1: Improve the security of your systems
2:29​ Step 2: Back everything up
4:23 Step 3: Plan access for the tester
6:07 Step 4: Make sure people know what's happening
8:18 Step 5: Work out a comms plan with your tester
10:21 Wrapping up