{"id":3513,"date":"2020-08-06T11:56:33","date_gmt":"2020-08-06T11:56:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/webdesignchennai.org\/projects\/ias\/?page_id=3513"},"modified":"2026-06-10T06:13:56","modified_gmt":"2026-06-10T06:13:56","slug":"vapt-certification-in-canada","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ias-certification.com\/ca\/vapt-certification-in-canada\/","title":{"rendered":"VAPT Certification"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"flex_column av_one_full  flex_column_div av-zero-column-padding first  avia-builder-el-0  el_before_av_hr  avia-builder-el-first  \" style='border-radius:0px; '><div  style='padding-bottom:10px; color:#b02b2c;' class='av-special-heading av-special-heading-h1 custom-color-heading blockquote modern-quote  avia-builder-el-1  avia-builder-el-no-sibling  '><h1 class='av-special-heading-tag '  >VAPT Certification<\/h1><div class='special-heading-border'><div class='special-heading-inner-border' style='border-color:#b02b2c'><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<div  style='height:20px' class='hr hr-invisible   avia-builder-el-2  el_after_av_one_full  el_before_av_one_full '><span class='hr-inner ' ><span class='hr-inner-style'><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"flex_column av_one_full  flex_column_div first  avia-builder-el-3  el_after_av_hr  el_before_av_one_full  \" ><section class=\"av_textblock_section \" ><div class='avia_textblock  '  style='font-size:14px; ' ><h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #b02b2c;\"><strong>VAPT Certification in Canada<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Vulnerability Assessment and Penetration Testing (VAPT) is the practice of finding vulnerabilities and investigating how far a target could be compromised in the event of a real attack. A penetration test involves safely exploiting networks, servers, computers, firewalls, and other systems to uncover vulnerabilities and highlight the practical risks they present.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">IAS provides a simple yet efficient <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #b02b2c;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #b02b2c; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/ias-certification.com\/ca\/certification-process-in-canada\/\">VAPT certification process<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/span> to help your organization carry out VAPT and achieve certification in a timely manner.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div><div class=\"flex_column av_one_full  flex_column_div first  avia-builder-el-5  el_after_av_one_full  el_before_av_button  column-top-margin\" ><section class=\"av_textblock_section \" ><div class='avia_textblock  '  ><h3 style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #b02b2c;\">Stages of\u00a0Vulnerability Assessment and Penetration Testing<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n<\/div><\/section><br \/>\n<div  style='height:20px' class='hr hr-invisible   avia-builder-el-7  el_after_av_textblock  el_before_av_textblock '><span class='hr-inner ' ><span class='hr-inner-style'><\/span><\/span><\/div><br \/>\n<section class=\"av_textblock_section \" ><div class='avia_textblock  '  style='font-size:14px; ' ><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">A penetration test can be broken down into several phases, which vary by organization and by whether the test is internal or external:<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li>Agreement phase<\/li>\n<li>Planning and reconnaissance<\/li>\n<li>Gaining access<\/li>\n<li>Maintaining access<\/li>\n<li>Evidence collection and report generation<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #b02b2c;\"><strong>Why are penetration tests important?<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">A penetration test gives security teams real experience of dealing with an intrusion. Because it can be conducted without informing staff, it lets management check whether security policies are genuinely effective in practice &#8211; much like a fire drill.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Testing often reveals gaps in a security policy. For example, many policies focus heavily on preventing and detecting an attack but neglect how to evict an attacker; a test might show that, although attacks were detected, security personnel could not remove the attacker quickly enough to prevent damage.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Penetration testers think like real-world attackers and try to get in by any means possible, which can surface major vulnerabilities your security or development team never considered. The resulting reports help you prioritize future security investment, and can be used in training &#8211; when developers see how an attacker broke in, they are far more motivated to avoid similar mistakes.<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #b02b2c;\">Types of penetration testing &#8211; by knowledge of the target<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #b02b2c;\">Black Box<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">When the tester has no knowledge of the target, it is a black-box penetration test. This takes more time, and the tester relies heavily on automated tools to find vulnerabilities and weak spots.<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #b02b2c;\">White Box<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">When the tester is given complete knowledge of the target &#8211; IP addresses, controls in place, code samples, operating system details, and so on &#8211; it is a white-box penetration test. It requires less time than black-box testing.<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #b02b2c;\">Grey Box<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">When the tester has partial information about the target &#8211; such as some URLs or IP addresses, but not complete knowledge or access &#8211; it is a grey-box penetration test.<\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #b02b2c;\"><strong>Types of penetration testing &#8211; by position of the tester<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li>External &#8211; conducted from outside the network<\/li>\n<li>Internal &#8211; simulates an attacker who is already inside the network<\/li>\n<li>Targeted &#8211; performed by the organization&#8217;s IT team and the penetration testing team working together<\/li>\n<li>Blind &#8211; the tester is given no prior information except the organization&#8217;s name<\/li>\n<li>Double-blind &#8211; at most only one or two people in the organization know a test is being conducted<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #b02b2c;\">Types of penetration testing &#8211; by where it is performed<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #b02b2c;\">Network Penetration Testing<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Network penetration testing aims to discover weaknesses and vulnerabilities in the organization&#8217;s network infrastructure. It includes firewall configuration and bypass testing, stateful analysis testing, DNS attacks, and more. Software and services commonly examined include:<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li>Secure Shell (SSH)<\/li>\n<li>SQL Server<\/li>\n<li>MySQL<\/li>\n<li>Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP)<\/li>\n<li>File Transfer Protocol (FTP)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #b02b2c;\">Application Penetration Testing<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In application penetration testing, the tester checks for security vulnerabilities or weaknesses in web-based applications. Core components such as ActiveX, Silverlight, Java applets, and APIs are all examined, so this type of testing can be time-intensive.<em>\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #b02b2c;\">Wireless Penetration Testing<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Wireless penetration testing covers all the wireless devices used in an organization &#8211; tablets, notebooks, smartphones, and so on &#8211; and spots vulnerabilities in wireless access points, admin credentials, and wireless protocols.<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #b02b2c;\"><strong>Social Engineering<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Social engineering testing attempts to obtain confidential or sensitive information by deliberately deceiving an employee. There are two subsets:<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li><strong>Remote testing <\/strong>&#8211; tricking an employee into revealing sensitive information by electronic means.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Physical testing <\/strong>&#8211; using physical means to gather sensitive information.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #b02b2c;\"><strong>Client-Side Penetration Testing<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Client-side penetration testing identifies security issues in software running on users&#8217; workstations. The goal is to find and exploit vulnerabilities in client-side programs such as web browsers, content-creation software, and media players.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">For more information about VAPT and the role IAS can play in your security efforts, feel free to <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #b02b2c;\"><a style=\"color: #b02b2c; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/ias-certification.com\/ca\/contact-us\/\">contact us<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/span>, or visit our <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #b02b2c;\"><a style=\"color: #b02b2c; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/ias-certification.com\/ca\/frequently-asked-question-in-canada\/\">VAPT Certification frequently asked questions<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/span> page.<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Related Certifications<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/ias-certification.com\/ca\/iso-27001-certification-in-canada\/\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #b02b2c; text-decoration: underline;\">ISO 27001 Certification in Canada<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/a> &#8211; information security management; VAPT supports its controls<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/ias-certification.com\/ca\/iso-27001-training-in-canada\/\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #b02b2c; text-decoration: underline;\">ISO 27001 Training in Canada<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/a> &#8211; build in-house information security expertise<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ias-certification.com\/ca\/iso-22301-certification-in-canada\/\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #b02b2c; text-decoration: underline;\">ISO 22301 Certification in Canada<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/a> &#8211; business continuity, complementary to security testing<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/section><\/p><\/div><div  class='avia-button-wrap avia-button-center  avia-builder-el-9  el_after_av_one_full  avia-builder-el-last ' ><a href='https:\/\/ias-certification.com\/ca\/product-certification-procedure-in-canada\/'  class='avia-button   avia-icon_select-yes-left-icon avia-color-theme-color avia-size-small avia-position-center '   ><span class='avia_button_icon avia_button_icon_left ' aria-hidden='true' data-av_icon='\ue8d1' data-av_iconfont='entypo-fontello'><\/span><span class='avia_iconbox_title' >VAPT Certification Audit Procedure <\/span><\/a><\/div><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-3513","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ias-certification.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3513","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ias-certification.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ias-certification.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ias-certification.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ias-certification.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3513"}],"version-history":[{"count":20,"href":"https:\/\/ias-certification.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3513\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5984,"href":"https:\/\/ias-certification.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3513\/revisions\/5984"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ias-certification.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3513"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}