AmberWolf
AmberWolf
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Penetration Testing
STAR-FS Threat Led Penetration TestingThreat Led Penetration Testing (Formerly STAR ILPT)About
At AmberWolf, we take pride in our commitment to providing high-quality security services. Our approach is underpinned by significant experience with threat-led Red Teaming within frameworks such as the Bank of England’s CBEST Scheme, among other international equivalents. This background allows us to offer services that are both adaptable and closely aligned with the specific needs of our clients. We aim to support client organisations in identifying and addressing security challenges, offering guidance and support on immediate solutions for risk reduction/remediation and long-term strategies for broad improvement across the enterprise.
In the dynamic field of cyber security, our practice of simulating realistic cyber threats contributes to the depth of our understanding and effectiveness in this area.
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AmberWolf delivers cutting-edge penetration testing services to help strengthen your cybersecurity defences. Our highly skilled team specializes in comprehensive network assessments, web and mobile application security testing, and cloud security evaluations. We excel in identifying technical, logical and process vulnerabilities, and benefit from decades of experience. Our staff have conducted red team exercises against the most mature targets to simulate real-world attacks, we bring this skillset and knowledge into every aspect of our business.
Our services extend to incident response planning and simulation, ensuring your organization is well-prepared to mitigate threats effectively.
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STAR-FS tests are intelligence-led but require significantly less input from regulatory bodies, allowing the faster production of deliverables that enable organisations to uplift their security posture and improve their detection and response capabilities.
AmberWolf maintain a skillset that complies with and exceeds the STAR-FS requirements to have CCSAM and CCSAS consultants with a minimum of four thousand hours of testing financial institutions.
AmberWolf’s certified targeted attack services are conducted by our seasoned red team experts and backed by real-world threat intelligence. We specialise in simulating common threats such as phishing, browser, and email-based exploits, all the way to comprehensive assessments of the whole cyber kill-chain.
The outcome of each engagement is a tailored report, with realistic, actionable, prioritised, and detailed recommendations for remediation and security improvement, augmented by a high-level presentation to C-level executives or senior stakeholders.
Partner Assured Services
CBEST is the original regulated TLPT (Threat-Led Penetration Testing), developed by the Bank of England as a supervisory tool for testing resilience of regulated financial service entities. These exercises involve performing multiple red-team scenarios against an organisation without the wider knowledge of their defensive teams, testing their people, process and technologies in resilience to attack as well as the detection and response capability of targeted organisations.
Within the UK market CBEST is generally considered the highest level of accreditation awarded to cyber security consultancies within the UK, with AmberWolf being one of a small number of accredited organisations.
Our team have deep-rooted experience of performing CBEST engagements, dating back to 2016, with staff having consistently held CCSAS and CCSAM qualifications since 2015. Our staff have delivered CBESTs for some of the world’s largest financial institutions, as well as delivering similar engagements under other regulated schemes including TIBER, ICAST, AASE and CORIE.
AmberWolf is built around its expertise in attack-simulation capabilities. Our breadth of experience delivering these engagements and technical capability enables simulation of offensive activities within live production IBS (Important Business Services) systems whilst managing operational risk. AmberWolf understands some of the unique challenges facing many financial service organisations, with our balanced reports detailing identified risks and remediation advice tailored to the technology stacks and existing business processes within the organisation.
Other 3rd Party Aligned Services
TIBER-EU is the TLPT (Threat-Led Penetration Testing) scheme for European financial services. Originally based on the Bank of England’s CBEST scheme. TIBER engagements focus on testing Cyber Resiliency for the EU financial services market.
Our team have deep-rooted experience of performing regulated TLPT engagements, dating back to 2016, with staff having consistently held CCSAS and CCSAM qualifications since 2015. Our staff have delivered CBESTs for some of the world’s largest financial institutions, as well as delivering similar engagements under other regulated schemes including CBEST, ICAST, AASE and CORIE.
AmberWolf is built around its expertise in attack-simulation capabilities. Our breadth of experience delivering these engagements enables simulation of offensive activities within live production IBS (Important Business Services) systems whilst managing operational risk.
GBEST is a scheme designed to test the cyber resilience of government departments, based on Bank of England’s CBEST scheme with a focus on testing resilience and demonstrating impact of sophisticated cyber attacks against government services.
AmberWolf is one of a very small number of firms with staff who have experience of performing GBEST engagements. We are happy to have the capability to provide this service to UK government departments.