NP Insurance Case Study: Building Security Confidence Through Comprehensive Testing
We recently partnered with NP Insurance to enhance their cybersecurity posture through penetration testing and vulnerability assessments. To understand the impact of our engagement, we spoke with Stelios Anagnostakis, IT & Information Security Compliance Consultant at NP Insurance, who shared valuable insights about their experience and the transformation in their security approach.
The Challenge: From Uncertainty to Clarity
Before our engagement, NP Insurance faced a common but critical challenge in cybersecurity. As Stelios explained, their biggest challenge was the lack of confidence in whether their existing security controls and configurations were truly effective. While they had implemented various technical components, they lacked structured validation, comprehensive testing, and the internal expertise to evaluate their setup end-to-end. This uncertainty made it difficult to assess their true risk exposure and provide stakeholders with meaningful assurance about their security posture.
A Collaborative Approach to Security Testing
Throughout the penetration tests and vulnerability assessments, our teams worked together seamlessly. Stelios described the collaboration as smooth, professional, and highly responsive. We maintained clear communication about timelines, scope boundaries, and findings, engaging constructively whenever clarifications or live validations were needed. This transparent and well-coordinated process delivered both technical insights and confidence in the results.
Clear, Actionable Findings
Our assessment reports provided NP Insurance with clearly documented findings backed by solid evidence. According to Stelios, each vulnerability was detailed with exploitation steps and response samples, showing the exact path taken to uncover weaknesses. This comprehensive documentation made it easy for their team to understand all identified issues. The remediation guidance was technically sound and mapped directly to specific misconfigurations or vulnerabilities, enabling targeted fixes.
Enhanced Asset Visibility and Risk Understanding
The engagement significantly improved NP Insurance's understanding of their digital assets and attack surface. Through network discovery, enumeration, and validation steps, we confirmed the presence of expected systems while also identifying exposed services and attack paths they hadn't fully accounted for. As Stelios noted, the combination of vulnerability findings with proof-of-concept exploitation demonstrated how specific assets could be targeted and what risks they posed in practice, providing a far more accurate and grounded view of their security posture.
Moving Forward with Confidence
While full remediation remains ongoing, the clarity and depth of our findings have already transformed NP Insurance's approach to security. Stelios emphasized that rather than flagging theoretical issues, our assessment demonstrated how vulnerabilities could be exploited in their specific environment. This practical insight has enabled them to prioritize the most impactful fixes first. Once fully implemented, these measures will significantly harden their exposed surfaces and provide the security confidence they initially sought.
This engagement exemplifies how comprehensive security testing goes beyond simple vulnerability scanning to deliver real understanding, practical guidance, and measurable security improvements.
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