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𝟏𝟎 𝐓𝐲𝐩𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐒𝐞𝐜𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐀𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬
𝐄𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐎𝐫𝐠𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐳𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐒𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐊𝐧𝐨𝐰👇
Most teams say
“we do security testing.”
But what they really do is this:
𝐀 𝐬𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞.
𝐀𝐧 𝐚𝐮𝐝𝐢𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞.
𝐎𝐧𝐞 𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐬𝐭.
Maybe a red team… once.
No plan behind it.
And the outcome is always the same.
When you zoom out, security assessments answer 𝐝𝐢𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐪𝐮𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬.
They fall into 𝐟𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐥𝐚𝐲𝐞𝐫𝐬.
Not one.
Not all at once.
𝟏) 𝐑𝐢𝐬𝐤 & 𝐠𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞
𝟐) 𝐕𝐮𝐥𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬 & 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐥𝐨𝐢𝐭𝐬
𝟑) 𝐂𝐥𝐨𝐮𝐝 & 𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞
𝟒) 𝐏𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞 & 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐞
That’s where the 𝟏𝟎 𝐬𝐞𝐜𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐟𝐢𝐭.
Not as a yearly checklist.
As a menu.
Each one serves a different purpose.
• 𝐑𝐢𝐬𝐤 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 work sets direction
• 𝐒𝐜𝐚𝐧𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐬 show real damage
• 𝐀𝐩𝐩𝐒𝐞𝐜 𝐭𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 protects what you ship
• 𝐑𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐦𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐜𝐥𝐨𝐮𝐝 𝐫𝐞𝐯𝐢𝐞𝐰𝐬 test modern attack paths
• 𝐒𝐨𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞𝐭𝐨𝐩𝐬 reveal human truth
𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐞?
Doing them in the wrong order.
You don’t start with a red team
if basic vulnerabilities are unmanaged.
You don’t chase certificates
while incident response is weak.
✓Maturity matters.
✓First hygiene.
✓Then depth.
✓Then realism.
If you’re planning for 2026, try this:
Map what you already do against these 10 assessments.
See where you over-invest.
See where you are blind.
Then ask one hard question:
𝐖𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐡 𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐥𝐞 𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐰𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐫𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐚𝐥 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐮𝐧𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐮𝐬𝐞𝐟𝐮𝐥 𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐭𝐡 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐬𝐞𝐜𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐭𝐨𝐝𝐚𝐲?
𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐰𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐛𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐨𝐫𝐠𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐳𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧?
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