Zigrin Security

AUGUST 9, 2023

You need to know if your company’s security controls and defenses can withstand a real cyber attack. Penetration testing is how you find out, but with three main types, black-box, grey-box, and white-box, how do you choose? Sleep better at night knowing your data and applications have been battle-tested. Thrill seekers!

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Hacker's King

SEPTEMBER 2, 2024

Whether you are conducting a black-box penetration test or assessing your organization's security posture, SpiderFoot offers a comprehensive solution for both offensive and defensive operations. You may read more about : Guide to Android Penetration Testing for Beginners 4.

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Jane Frankland

MARCH 8, 2025

As the first women owned penetration testing provider in the UK some 28-years ago, Ive researched, campaigned, written, spoken and stepped up as a visible role model, always presenting the business case. For nearly a decade, we’ve heard the same discussion in cybersecurity circles about the gender diversity problem.

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Centraleyes

JANUARY 7, 2024

However, that doesn’t mean there aren’t plenty of ways to minimize these risks. It’s important your cybersecurity teams have a cyber risk management program in place for this purpose. While you can hire the services of third-party consultants, you may lose a certain level of control over your organizational risks.

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SecureWorld News

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

Major sporting events like the Super Bowl face elevated cyber risks due to the proliferation of connected networks and devices used by venues, teams, vendors, media, and attendees. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is working closely with partners to assess and strengthen cyber protections. This year, the U.S.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

The size of the cyber risk to companies cannot be underestimated. To indicate the size of the cyber risk to companies, there is, on average, a cyber-attack every 39 seconds, which does not mean that every attack is successful, but that there is an attempt to access companies’ computer systems with that frequency.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

MARCH 7, 2021

Security ratings have been widely adopted because they supplement and can sometimes replace time-consuming vendor risk assessment techniques like questionnaires, on-site visits, and penetration tests. . Incorporate risk management into your contracts.

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The Last Watchdog

APRIL 18, 2019

Imposing just the right touch of policies and procedures towards mitigating cyber risks is a core challenge facing any company caught up in digital transformation. Related: Data breaches fuel fledgling cyber insurance market. Enterprises, especially, tend to be methodical and plodding.

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The Last Watchdog

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

•Cyber hygiene and monitoring.This new Diversified managed service monitors the hardware and software at a business to ensure it has the latest security patches, configuration and access control – minimizing the enterprise’s cyber risk exposure. Vulnerability management.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

APRIL 25, 2023

As senior leaders revisit their growth strategies, it’s an excellent time to assess where they are on the cyber-risk spectrum and how significant the complexity costs have become. Taking necessary precautions against cybercrime can help prevent massive losses and protect your business’s future.

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Centraleyes

DECEMBER 11, 2024

Supply Chain Security: Organizations need to ensure that third-party vendors and partners adhere to similar security standards to mitigate risks stemming from supply chain vulnerabilities. Ongoing Monitoring and Compliance: Regular audits, penetration testing, and compliance checks are vital to demonstrate adherence to the regulations.

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eSecurity Planet

MARCH 17, 2023

Encryption Product Guides Top 10 Full Disk Encryption Software Products 15 Best Encryption Software & Tools Breach and Attack Simulation (BAS) Breach and attack simulation (BAS) solutions share some similarities with vulnerability management and penetration testing solutions.

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McAfee

JUNE 17, 2021

Imagine if you had one place where you found a comprehensive real time security posture that tells you exactly where the looming current cyber risks are and the impact? Let’s consider a recent and relevant cyber threat. The stakes are high if this is difficult to answer and track. Scoring Points at Work.

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Pen Test Partners

FEBRUARY 12, 2025

On-vessel penetration testing Understanding the unique complexities of maritime environments requires experience and expertise. Our experts perform thorough penetration testing on vessels to assess the security of critical systems.

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eSecurity Planet

JANUARY 12, 2021

With security risk assessments, the cybersecurity professionals within an organization can clearly see the efficiency of the organization’s controls, determine risk factors, come up with detailed plans and solutions, detect vulnerabilities and offer options to alleviate them. Manual risk assessments can be risky.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 9, 2020

. “Last year, the G7 announced a joint cross-border crisis management exercise on a cyber incident affecting the financial system that it carried out in June 2019, saying that cyber risks were increasing and posed a “genuine and growing threat” to the stability and integrity of the financial sector.”

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SecureWorld News

MARCH 20, 2024

There's no going around the fact that getting insurance is crucial—but going through a security audit and vulnerability assessment and penetration testing (VaPt) beforehand allows you to identify and fix weak spots, thereby reducing the bill you'll end up paying to insurers.

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NetSpi Executives

JANUARY 29, 2025

As cyber risks grow, evolve, and become more sophisticated, traditional approaches to cybersecurity are no longer effective. Traditionally, a common approach has been for organizations to perform penetration testing annually or a few times a year to meet compliance regulations.

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NetSpi Executives

JANUARY 8, 2024

In case you missed it, Chubb, one of the leading publicly traded property and casualty insurance companies, announced an innovative collaboration with NetSPI to strengthen client cyber-risk profiles via enhanced attack surface management and penetration testing solutions.

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Joseph Steinberg

JANUARY 19, 2024

When it comes to cybersecurity the same is true – you need a cyber security if you want to competently address cyber risk. Today, cyber attacks can not only cause financial disasters, they can literally kill people. As time passes, cyber risks continue to grow, and the need for such external advisors does the same.

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SecureWorld News

SEPTEMBER 3, 2023

We'll carefully walk you through a tested, systematic process for identifying, assessing, and managing cyber risks. You'll learn about the importance of thorough risk assessments, real-time threat intelligence, and effective incident response plans. This is where risk assessment tools and frameworks come into play.

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eSecurity Planet

MAY 5, 2021

Breach and attack simulation (BAS) is a relatively new IT security technology that can automatically spot vulnerabilities in an organization’s cyber defenses, akin to continuous, automated penetration testing. XM Cyber is a Tel Aviv-based cyber risk analytics and cloud security vendor launched in 2016.

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BH Consulting

JUNE 22, 2021

Also known as cyber risk insurance, it’s now a prerequisite in some public sector tenders. Often, they also want bidders to produce supporting documents like the executive summary of a penetration test report. Insurers know this and will say it’s a significant business risk not to have cover if a breach happens.

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eSecurity Planet

JUNE 30, 2023

An external vulnerability scan involves simulating attacks on your external-facing systems to identify potential weaknesses that malicious hackers could exploit, similar to an automated penetration test. Also read: Penetration Testing vs. Vulnerability Testing: An Important Difference What Are Internal Vulnerability Scans?

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JANUARY 18, 2022

In others, it is a lack of budgetary foresight creating cyber risk. Run external and internal penetration tests to see if any holes exist and quickly execute remediation plans. Some intrusions occur due to carelessness or lack of processes and procedures. Have a ransomware playbook in place and run preparedness drills.

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NopSec

JANUARY 4, 2017

An initial penetration test early on will also give you a baseline understanding of the degree to which your most critical data is within reach of the “bad guys” in the real world. Your baseline risk assessment and initial penetration testing will provide the foundation to do this.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JANUARY 11, 2022

The round brings Pentera’s valuation to $1 billion after only three years in the market since the debut of its automated penetration testing technology. The company has boundless opportunity to improve cyber posture worldwide and we are pleased to be partnering with Amitai and the team at Pentera.”.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JANUARY 11, 2022

The round brings Pentera’s valuation to $1 billion after only three years in the market since the debut of its automated penetration testing technology. The company has boundless opportunity to improve cyber posture worldwide and we are pleased to be partnering with Amitai and the team at Pentera.”.

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Centraleyes

MARCH 13, 2025

Schedule periodic penetration testing and vulnerability assessments to identify weaknesses before attackers do. Use these tests to refine your policies and improve your defenses. It emphasizes AIs dual role as a tool for both advancing cybersecurity defenses and amplifying cyber risks.

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BH Consulting

SEPTEMBER 24, 2024

MORE Mythical beasts and where to find them: mapping the global spyware landscape MORE Six truths of quantifying cyber risk, as told by Google CISO Phil Venables. MORE Rahim Jina explores what DORA will mean for penetration testing. MORE The United Nations’ latest ranking of countries’ cybersecurity efforts.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JANUARY 28, 2022

And are there any potential Zero Day risks? There is only one sure fire way to mitigate software application risk, at that is through comprehensive penetration testing. Testing identifies vulnerabilities and allows for understanding the cyber- risks they are obtaining in a deal.

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Centraleyes

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

Enter the need for a more precise and actionable approach — Cyber Risk Quantification. This blog aims to serve as a guide to navigating the intricate terrain of cyber risk quantification, providing insights into its significance, methodologies, and the transformative impact it can have on organizational cybersecurity strategies.

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The Security Ledger

NOVEMBER 26, 2018

» Related Stories Podcast Episode 117: Insurance Industry Confronts Silent Cyber Risk, Converged Threats Episode 114: Complexity at Root of Facebook Breach and LoJax is a RAT You Can’t Kill How Digital Transformation is forcing GRC to evolve. Read the whole entry. »

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Cytelligence

FEBRUARY 4, 2020

This acquisition enhances Aon’s 2016 acquisition of Stroz-Friedberg and now allows Aon Cyber Solutions to offer an even more holistic portfolio of services to clients from proactive security services, to incident response, to risk quantification and insurance broking. said Daniel Tobok, CEO of Cytelligence. Matt.taylor@aon.com.

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Privacy and Cybersecurity Law

MAY 18, 2017

” Penetration Tests : Five percent of the broker-dealers, and 57 percent of the investment companies “did not conduct penetration tests and vulnerability scans on systems that the firms considered to be critical.”

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Jane Frankland

APRIL 28, 2022

It’s a roller coaster of a time to lead, as CIOs, CISOs and CTOs are having to deal with more users, data, devices, technologies, connectivity, mobility, regulations, risks, and threats than they care to. Cyber risks top worldwide business concerns in 2022.

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NopSec

AUGUST 30, 2013

In our own backyard, the New York State Department of Financial Services has distributed a “Cyber-Security/Cyber-Risk Questionnaire” that covers topics such as penetration testing, vulnerability scanning tools, and emerging threats from mobile devices, social media, and Cloud computing.

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