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Breaking the Chain - The Critical Role of Offensive Security in Cyber Defense
By Katrina Thompson on Mon, 09/08/2025
Offensive security practices—particularly penetration testing and red teaming—help organizations proactively disrupt the cyber attack chain. By simulating real-world attacks, offensive security identifies weak points across the kill chain stages (reconnaissance, weaponization, delivery, exploitation, installation, command & control, and actions on objectives) before threat actors can exploit them...