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Penetration Testing vs. Vulnerability Scanning: What’s the Difference?

NetSpi Executives

TL;DR Heres your informative and unbiased analysis comparing penetration testing vs vulnerability scanning, two security assessment practices that should be part of your organizations cybersecurity strategy. Explore our blog entitled What is Penetration Testing? to learn more.

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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. Pentesters work closely with the organization whose security posture they are hired to improve. Since much of the access information is provided up front, these tests are less expensive than black box tests.

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Penetration Testing Remote Workers

SecureWorld News

With many organizations now planning their annual penetration tests ("pentest" for short), a change is needed in order to accommodate remote workers. It also begs what are you allowed to test versus what is now considered taboo considering end-users may be operating with their own personal equipment?

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BSides Tampa 2021 – Buddy Smith’s ‘Mobile Penetration Testing Hybrid’

Security Boulevard

The post BSides Tampa 2021 – Buddy Smith’s ‘Mobile Penetration Testing Hybrid’ appeared first on Security Boulevard. Our thanks to BSides Tampa for publishing their outstanding videos on the organization's YouTube channel. Enjoy the Education!

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GUEST ESSAY: How I started a company to supply democratized pentests to immunize websites

The Last Watchdog

I developed scripts, websites and got involved in security which led me to penetration testing. Penetration Testing is a never-ending challenge. Five years ago, my friend Sahar Avitan began developing an automatic penetration testing tool for our own use. Related: Leveraging employees as detectors.

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DEFCON 29 IoT Village – Ted Harrington’s ‘When Penetration Testing Isn’t Penetration Testing At All’

Security Boulevard

The post DEFCON 29 IoT Village – Ted Harrington’s ‘When Penetration Testing Isn’t Penetration Testing At All’ appeared first on Security Boulevard. Our thanks to DEFCON for publishing their outstanding DEF CON 29 IoT Village videos on the Conferences’ YouTube channel.

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Good, Perfect, Best: how the analyst can enhance penetration testing results

SecureList

Penetration testing is something that many (of those who know what a pentest is) see as a search for weak spots and well-known vulnerabilities in clients’ infrastructure, and a bunch of copied-and-pasted recommendations on how to deal with the security holes thus discovered.