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16 September 2025
The webinar “Proactive Cybersecurity: Penetration Testing & HelloHacker” aimed to showcase two key pillars of a proactive security strategy:
Penetration testing is used to measure the actual robustness of your defences.
Cyber deception with HelloHacker, a fast and accurate detection technology with zero false positives.
Hosted by Martin Dagnault and Stéphane Toupin, the event helped demystify these practices, highlight their role in a proactive strategy, and demonstrate how they strengthen organizational cyber-resilience.
Martin Dagnault explained that penetration testing goes far beyond a compliance requirement. It validates whether security investments are effective and translates technical vulnerabilities into business risks that decision-makers can clearly understand.
Scan ≠ full test: Automated scans identify vulnerabilities, but only a penetration test simulates a real-world attack.
Types of tests: External network (exposed surface), internal (lateral movement), wireless (often overlooked), and application (code- or interaction-related flaws).
Strategic value: Turning technical findings into clear organizational risks that support leadership decision-making and IT budgeting.
Prevention: Many breaches could have been avoided with prior testing.
Collaborative approach: Instead of costly and often theoretical Red Teaming, Precicom favors the assumed breach model, starting from the premise that a breach is possible and working with the SOC to strengthen overall posture.
In summary: Penetration testing is a strategic management tool, validating investments while enhancing detection and response.
Stéphane Toupin introduced HelloHacker, a cyber deception solution developed by Precicom. Inspired by honeypots, it was designed to remain simple to deploy, highly effective against intrusions, and accurate in detection, without generating false positives.
Deception principle: Fake services (HTTP, SSH, RDP, etc.) lure the attacker; any attempt becomes clear proof of malicious activity.
Zero false positives: Only illegitimate access triggers an alert.
Deliberate simplicity: No need to replicate the entire network; one decoy is enough.
Dedicated hardware appliance: Five isolated ports and centralized management via a cloud console.
Automated response: Integration with Fortinet (Threat Feed) blocks suspicious IPs in under a minute.
Accuracy and evidence: Captured credentials, detailed logs, and PCAP files for forensic analysis.
Tailored tuning: Legitimate scans (Microsoft Defender for Identity, internal tools, etc.) can be safely excluded.
In summary: HelloHacker is a smart trap, capable of spotting an intruder from the very first move and triggering an automated response.
This webinar demonstrated that combining penetration testing with HelloHacker makes it possible to:
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