Correctly scoping a pen test is the key to extracting maximum value from your pen testing investment. Tip 7: Leverage your risk register to create test cases. Penetration testing is ideal for driving ...

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The Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA) introduces a unified framework for managing ICT risk across the European ...

Seventy-two percent of organizations said external penetration testing helped prevent a breach, according to a recent survey.

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 ...

Pen tests may seem like a security test panacea. However they have been known to go terribly wrong and become vastly expensive. Here’s what you need to know to make sure you get the results you want ...

Cyberattacks have become commonplace over the last few years. No industry is immune to attacks, which have only increased in frequency and intensity as hackers and bad actors have become more ...

The Collegiate Penetration Testing Competition brings together the best offense-based cybersecurity students in the world.

When automated pen-testing tools appeared a few years ago they prompted an interesting question: How close are they to replacing human pen testers? While the short answer was "not that close — yet," ...

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: ...

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A test of a network's vulnerabilities by having an authorized individual actually attempt to break into the network. The "pen tester" may undertake several methods, workarounds and hacks to gain entry ...