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7 Types of Penetration Testing: Guide to Pentest Methods & Types

eSecurity Planet

Penetration tests are vital components of vulnerability management programs. In these tests, white hat hackers try to find and exploit vulnerabilities in your systems to help you stay one step ahead of cyberattackers. Here we’ll discuss penetration testing types, methods, and determining which tests to run.

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What Is Penetration Testing? Complete Guide & Steps

eSecurity Planet

Penetration tests are simulated cyber attacks executed by white hat hackers on systems and networks. There are different types of penetration tests, methodologies and best practices that need to be followed for optimal results, and we’ll cover those here. However, they are also the most realistic tests.

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Gut Check: Are You Getting the Most Value out of Your Penetration Testing Report?

NetSpi Executives

Not all penetration testing reports are created equal, so we summarized key sections to look for that build up to a comprehensive and actionable report. Use this article and the penetration testing report examples below to make sure reports you receive speak to prioritized findings backed up with sound methodology.

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Network Security Architecture: Best Practices & Tools

eSecurity Planet

Network security architecture is a strategy that provides formal processes to design robust and secure networks. This article explores network security architecture components, goals, best practices, frameworks, implementation, and benefits as well as where you can learn more about network security architecture.

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News Alert: Security Risk Advisors joins Microsoft Intelligent Security Association (MISA)

The Last Watchdog

SCALR uses a security data lake architecture to minimize SIEM costs, maximizing the user’s ability to store security events, and accelerate search and hunting capabilities. Security Risk Advisors SCALR XDR is both a platform, built on Microsoft Azure and a 247 monitoring service with Microsoft Sentinel. To learn more: [link].

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How to Implement a Penetration Testing Program in 10 Steps

eSecurity Planet

Penetration tests find security vulnerabilities before hackers do and are critical for keeping organizations safe from cyber threats. Penetration test services have become common, with many security companies offering them. The program answers what, when, why, and where tests should run.

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HomePwn: Swiss Army Knife for Penetration Testing of IoT Devices

Hacker's King

HomePwn has a modular architecture in which any user can expand the knowledge base about different technologies. It is designed to find devices in the home or office and take advantage of certain vulnerabilities to read or send data to those devices. Principally it has two different components: Discovery modules.