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Is Automation the Future of Pen Testing?

This article was originally published on Enterprise Management 360 on March 31, 2020.Penetration testing is the Marmite of cybersecurity: you either love it or you hate it. Taking a neutral stance on the matter, it’s easy to see both sides. On one hand, pen testing provides indisputable evidence of vulnerabilities for organisations to action. Pen testers are also often able to identify even the...
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Common Excuses for Not Automating

Whether it’s staffing, budget, or complexity, we’ve heard all the excuses to forgo automation. The next time you hear—or find yourself making—an excuse, have the response ready.
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How to Manage Employees Devices Properly: Employee Device Management

Across the world, companies like Google, Microsoft, Amazon, Twitter, and yes, Fortra, have asked their employees to work from home in response to the Coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic. As employees move from on-premises offices to their homes, businesses will be faced with the challenge of managing and securing both company-owned and employee-owned devices as they access company resources from...
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PCI Vulnerability Scanning

Accepting credit card payments is an everyday task all small business owners and merchants must perform when conducting transactions. However, if you handle consumers’ credit card information, there are inherent data security risks to manage and mitigate.Security holes in your payment processing system can result in stolen client information or identity theft, and you’ll have to pay your bank a...
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MSPs and the Fight Against Ransomware

It seems many cybercriminals have begun to set their sights on Managed Service Providers (MSPs). In fact, 80% of MSPs say their organization has been targeted by ransomware.Not unlike the rest of us, cyber attackers want to work smarter, not harder. If they are able to successfully infiltrate one MSP’s network, they can potentially gain access to all of their clients’ systems as well. The more...
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SQL Injection Testing: Vulnerabilities & How To Prevent SQL Injection Attacks

The tester’s aim when performing a website or system test is to ensure that the product being tested is protected as much as possible. Application security testing is typically performed to secure these networks and systems. To perform this type of test, it is necessary to consider which attacks are most likely to occur. One of the most common types of attacks is SQL injection (SQLi). These are...
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The 5 Human Elements Of Cybersecurity Every CSO Should Review

On one level, cybersecurity is all about electronics – securing machines, networks and so forth. But, even the most technologically advanced cyber attacks are driven by human motivation.Humans motivate cyberattacks, and humans also, often unknowingly, facilitate cyberattacks. People are essential to mounting a defence as well – as much as automated tools are a powerful barrier.It’s no surprise,...
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Top 3 Attack Vectors Ransomware Loves to Exploit

At the ripe old age of 30, ransomware could be considered antique in the malware world. This particular type of malicious software has been around since 1989, when the first version was created by the “Father of Ransomware”, Joseph L. Popp. Disseminated via mailed floppy disks, the program demanded a hefty ransom of $189 to free victims’ data.A lot has changed since then and ransomware has matured...
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How to Protect Your Business from OT Security Threats

Cybersecurity threats are growing in size and prevalence – and the nature of cybersecurity is continuously shifting. In particular, operational technology (OT) such as industrial control systems – e.g. SCADA – are newly at risk. In this article we discuss why OT is so vulnerable, what vulnerabilities you should watch out for and what your company can do to protect against OT threats.Why...
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What Is Penetration Testing? Tools and Techniques

We live in an online world in which more and more people rely on services provided over the internet. Being able to access so much through a smartphone has certainly ushered in a great deal of convenience. No more trips to the bank to deposit paychecks and no more weekends stuck behind a shopping cart—today, with a few clicks, we can transfer money and order much-needed supplies online from Amazon...
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Gone But Not Forgotten – Retired Systems and their impact on the IT Workload

As of January 14, 2020, Microsoft will discontinue Windows 7 support as planned for the operating systems’ End of Life (EOL). To some organizations, this operating system (OS) might seem like a distant memory. However, nearly 30% of the world’s computers – or more than 400 million - still run Windows 7 and are only now contemplating migration to Windows 10. Millions of users will be depending on...