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Six Stages of Penetration Testing

Through penetration testing, you can proactively identify the most exploitable security weaknesses before someone else does. However, there’s a lot more to it than the actual act of infiltration. Penetration testing is a thorough, well thought out project that consists of several phases. Read on to learn about what it takes to complete a successful pen test. Planning and Preparation Many old...
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What is Rubber Stamping and Why is it a Serious Cybersecurity Concern?

Bulk approvals of requests to have access to any of the various systems and assets quickly becomes a security concern. In order to avoid giving into the temptation to rush approvals of these requests without adequate review, organizations must first understand the damage that can result from overusing approvals, why it happens, and how this can be prevented. Although it is not common practice...
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Secure Transactions: A PCI DSS & PA-DSS Overview and Compliance Checklist

With the advent of the Internet in the late 1990s, credit card fraud surged. Though credit card companies came out with their own individual security programs, merchants accepting multiple types of credit cards had difficulty meeting multiple standards. Eventually, credit card companies banded together to create the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS), which was introduced by...
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How You Can Benefit From Penetration Tests

There are many reasons to penetration test your organization – and not just to adhere to compliance protocols. Nonetheless, sometimes that’s the routine we get caught in, isn’t it? We do it just because we have to, but we don’t leverage the findings from the tests to better secure our business. Well, today’s the day we start leveraging and seeing the true value behind penetration testing. Take a...
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How to Get a Grip on Managing Identity Chaos

Mitigating access-related risks and managing identity chaos seems nearly impossible in today’s complex business environment. Companies today are tasked with supporting countless devices, applications, and systems with access to key data, and face increasing demands from the business, from industry mandates, and from regulatory compliance. Security teams find themselves struggling to do more with...
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Red, Blue and Purple Teams: Combining Your Security Capabilities for the Best Outcome

Traditional security operations often mean pitting the red team--which focuses on hacking and penetration testing to uncover weakness--against the more defensive stance of the blue team. With daily news of breaches and attacks, its critical to examine these techniques and see if new or supplemental approaches are needed. Cybersecurity experts will talk about when and how to go purple by merging...
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Penetration Testing: Breaking in to Keep Others Out

What is Penetration Testing? Penetration testing is a direct test of an application, a device, a website, an organization, and even the people that work at an organization. It first involves attempting to identify and then attempting to exploit different security weaknesses that can be found in these various areas. Breaking into Your Own House It might be helpful to think of penetration testing...
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Who to Have a Part of Your Red Team

Red Team Basics The SANS definition of a Red Team is, “a process designed to detect network and system vulnerabilities and test security by taking an attacker-like approach to system/network/data access.” A Red Team should be formed with the intention of identifying and assessing vulnerabilities, testing assumptions, viewing alternate options for attack and revealing the limitations and risks...
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Fortra Penetration Testing Services

Trusted by clients for more than 35 years, the services team at Fortra is composed of experienced, certified cybersecurity professionals who deliver security assessments and testing services. Our expert-led penetration tests use the latest ethical hacking tactics to find security gaps and potential attack paths, helping you shore up weaknesses and adhere to compliance standards. Select the...
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Doing Financial Services Identity Governance & Privileged Access Management Right

Financial Services Organizations Face Extraordinary Challenges in a Dynamic, Complex Landscape During the last two decades, the financial services sector has experienced increasing cybersecurity threats, data breaches, and cyberattacks. In fact, financial services companies are 300 times more likely than organizations in other sectors to experience cyberattacks. Financial services organizations...