by Robyn Weisman
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“First off, keep in mind that network threats normally consist of two primary components, says Fred Pinkett, vice president of product management at threat penetration testing and consulting provider Core Security Technologies (www.coresecurity.com). They can either mean a current or imminent attack or a security vulnerability that an attacker can exploit…
“According to Pinkett, in addition to the many products and services available to detect actual attacks, there are alert services that can seek out references to your enterprise or its network among hackers that show where these bad guys exchange and sell information on the Internet. But for these technologies to succeed, you need to go beyond implementing the best network and system security you can buy. To practice proper vulnerability management, you need to test your security setup on a regular basis.”
Source: Processor
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