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A SOC 2 Penetration Testing (pentest) is often highly recommended by the auditors to demonstrate the effectiveness of the controls implemented during the SOC 2 audit. Developed by the American Institute of CPAs (AICPA), SOC 2 establishes a comprehensive framework based on 5 key pillars for managing data and strengthening relationships with all stakeholders.

IoT penetration testing is a security assessment of the complete IoT ecosystem, from backend systems and cloud services to mobile devices and hardware. It involves a multi-stage simulated attack on IoT devices and their supporting system to identify security risks before attackers can exploit them. Unpatched firmware is responsible for 60% of IoT security breaches, according to the IoT Security Foundation.

A Fintech business serving 10,000 customers passes their annual pentest in January. In March, a developer pushed an authentication update to production. And within 48 hours, attackers discover an exposed API endpoint. Customer data leaks. Legal fees pile up. The company’s last pentest report? Still sitting in a folder, completely irrelevant to the actual vulnerability. Research shows 50% of SMBs fail within six months of a data breach.

Overall, PCI DSS 4.0.1 is a set of 12 requirements distributed over six goals as a security standard for credit cards and debit cards. Not having proper documentation, poor protocols, or insufficient penetration testing may be among the reasons as to why PCI DSS audits fail.

Security testing often becomes fragmented as systems scale and APIs multiply across platforms. Different teams use different tools, leading to inconsistent vulnerability identification and patching, which creates gaps in security and leaves organizations vulnerable to increasingly sophisticated API attacks.

The Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA) introduces a unified framework for managing ICT risk across the European financial sector, with key requirements, including penetration testing, coming into force in 2026. Its aim is to ensure that regulated organisations, and the critical third-party providers they rely on, can withstand, respond to and recover from operational disruptions. Within this context, operational resilience and robust ICT risk management become central to regulatory expectations.