# Can any tool prove that a company is not hacked?

No. No tool can prove the absence of an intrusion; it can only show that it found no sign of one in what it observes. Attackers who use stolen passwords and ordinary administration tools can look like normal staff, and a device that stays silent shows nothing at all. What a board can reasonably expect is evidence that the main ways in and out are watched, that alerts are read and decided on, and that the gaps are known and written down. Combine several views: endpoint detection on computers, identity and e-mail logs, and network detection for the traffic between devices. NetSenX covers the network part and says plainly which segments it does not watch. Treat any vendor that promises certainty with caution.

General information, not legal advice. National laws can add to the EU texts quoted here, for example deadlines, forms or reporting channels: check your own country's rules.

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## Read next

- https://netsenx.com/en/problems-we-solve
- https://netsenx.com/en/blog/2026-10-09_cybersecurity-for-the-board
- https://netsenx.com/en/pricing

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