Cybersecurity incidents have been rising since the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic, which proves our cybersecurity defenses are still lacking. But there is at least one silver lining to these ...

When evaluating cybersecurity and data protection risk for our clients, the two most fundamental questions that need to be answered are: How vulnerable is our organization to active cyber threats that ...

As threats become much more pervasive and dynamic, organizations are adopting proactive security measures such as penetration testing to build out a comprehensive security strategy. Pen testing ...

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Definition: Penetration testing is a process in which a security professional simulates an attack on a network or computer system to evaluate its security—with the permission of that system’s owners.

While traditional penetration testing (pen testing) has long been the go-to method for identifying security gaps in a organization’s network and web application, a new approach has emerged: ...

Crowdsourced security has recently moved into the mainstream, displacing traditional penetration-testing companies from what once was a lucrative niche space. While several companies have pioneered ...

Besides the fact that there is no other way to really test your network, The PCI Security Standards Council finally released version 3. 2 and it now states, “To ensure resilience, service providers ...

You might have heard about the practice of pen test vendor rotation, or even tried it yourself. This is where organizations change their pen test providers annually to avoid complacency and maintain ...

Pen testing report: IT budgets should focus on entire security stack Your email has been sent Cloud and infrastructure services the top focus for pen testing Most CISOs share pen tests with IT ASAP ...