The requirements of the Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA) are forcing companies to elevate their IT security strategy, especially when it comes to securing their deployed software. The crucial question that companies in the financial industry should now be asking themselves: What does your testing concept look like? Is it future-proof and ready to meet the new practical IT security requirements?
Penetration tests are just the beginning; true security requires more
It is not enough for software vendors to rely solely on occasional penetration tests for security requirements. Security tests cannot create secure applications "retroactively." Relying exclusively on such solutions often means applying patch after patch to vulnerabilities without addressing the underlying problem.
Instead, the right course must be set during the development process. The concept of "Shift Left," where security is anchored as early as possible in the software development process, has been known for a long time but is still too rarely implemented consistently. Principles such as Security by Design (as well as Privacy by Design!) and Secure Defaults must be actively incorporated into the development work and communicated to the teams.
Continuous validation as the key to success with mgm Atlas
To prevent unpleasant surprises from coming to light shortly before release, continuous and automated validation is needed: For example, with each build, it should be checked whether new vulnerabilities have been added. If these are identified early and eliminated in time, you will not only reduce security risks, but also costly delays at a later stage.
With our product mgm Atlas, we support you in seamlessly integrating security checks into your software development process. We enable you to use various security scanners, whether commercial tools or open source. In addition, we ensure that your SBOMs (Software Bills of Material) are not only always up-to-date, but also that all components are continuously and cost-effectively checked for vulnerabilities. This ensures you are well-equipped to react immediately to critical security gaps such as "Log4Shell".
Pentests without stress: From worrying to confirming your good work
A pentest shortly before a major release should not be the sword of Damocles that endangers your time-to-market and causes high additional costs. Instead, it should serve as confirmation of clean development work. Because if security principles have already been taken into account early on and continuously checked, a final pentest will only reveal a few critical findings, or ideally none at all.
Our goal: That your next penetration testers can state the following in the Management Summary: "We searched intensively for vulnerabilities, but apart from a few purely informative findings, we could not find any security flaws. The software service provider has done an excellent job."
We have already received such feedback and would be happy to ensure that your next test report is similarly positive. Contact us!
