Systems, Methods, And Storage Media For Conducting Security Penetration Testing

One or more non-transitory media having computer-readable instructions that, when executed by one or more hardware processors, cause the one or more hardware processors to perform a plurality of operations, the operations comprising:

• receiving, at a communication device associated with the one or more hardware processors and communicatively coupled to a network, a plurality of instruction modules transferred from one or more computing platforms over the network to the communication device, the plurality of instruction modules comprising (i) a security extension loading module, (ii) a security extension enabling module, and (iii) modules selected from a group comprising a workflow recordation module, a test script generation module, a test script execution module, a cyber-attack simulation module, a security vulnerability identification module, a report generation module, a schedule module, and a database population module;
• assimilating, by the communication device, module content associated with the plurality of instruction modules, wherein assimilating the module content comprises:
• analyzing the plurality of instruction modules and integrating the plurality of instruction modules to create a security penetration testing application (SPTA) configured to perform penetration testing operations;
• determining, by the communication device using the one or more hardware processors, a test-event execution schedule for the SPTA;
• and
• executing, by the communication device in accordance with the test-event execution schedule, a plurality of test events using the SPTA, wherein executing the plurality of test events comprises:
• configuring a plurality of application programming interfaces (APIs) for the plurality of test events;
• and
• initiating, using the plurality of APIs, a plurality of API calls corresponding to the plurality of test events to a corresponding plurality of target devices.

A computer-implemented method performed by one or more hardware processors, the computer-implemented method comprising:

• receiving, at a communication device associated with the one or more hardware processors and communicatively coupled to a network, a plurality of instruction modules transferred from one or more computing platforms over the network to the communication device, the plurality of instruction modules comprising (i) a security extension loading module, (ii) a security extension enabling module, and (iii) modules selected from a group comprising a workflow recordation module, a test script generation module, a test script execution module, a cyber-attack simulation module, a security vulnerability identification module, a report generation module, a schedule module, and a database population module;
• assimilating, by the communication device, module content associated with the plurality of instruction modules, wherein assimilating the module content comprises:
• analyzing the plurality of instruction modules and integrating the plurality of instruction modules to create a security penetration testing application (SPTA) configured to perform penetration testing operations;
• determining, by the communication device using the one or more hardware processors, a test-event execution schedule for the SPTA;
• and
• executing, by the communication device in accordance with the test-event execution schedule, a plurality of test events using the SPTA, wherein executing the plurality of test events comprises:
• configuring a plurality of application programming interfaces (APIs) for the plurality of test events;
• and
• initiating, using the plurality of APIs, a plurality of API calls corresponding to the plurality of test events to a corresponding plurality of target devices.