Sirrus Corp. announced that the company has entered into a scope of services agreement to provide penetration test and vulnerability assessment (the “Agreement”) to a leading data analytics company in the healthcare sector (the “Client”). Due to certain data privacy and security provisions for safeguarding medical information under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (“HIPPA”), the name and geographic location of the Client must remain confidential. Penetration testing is the practice of examining a computer system, network, or application to identify security vulnerabilities that a potential hacker could exploit to gain access to critical and confidential data. To accomplish this, Sirrus engineers take a customized approach utilizing various manual and automated attack vectors similar to that of experienced hackers attempting to exploit system vulnerabilities. The Company anticipates that the penetration testing will focus on the three main areas most commonly exploited by hackers: architectural weaknesses and configuration vulnerabilities, code-level and design-level software vulnerabilities, and social engineering vulnerabilities like email and phone based phishing scams. Sirrus’s penetration testing and social engineering assessment methodology are aligned with NIST SP800-115 and the Penetration Testing Execution Standard (PTES). Following the completion of testing, Sirrus will prepare and present all key findings from assessment to the client, including a comprehensive Risk Ranked Assessment Report, Executive Summary Report, Technical Client Risk Report, and a Mitigation and Recommendations Report.