Each year the threat landscape continues to evolve, and security measures must evolve with it. Recently released, Fortra’s 2023 Penetration Testing Report offers a view into the usage and perception of pen testing, with the intent to determine how these services must adapt in the future. Explore a few salient points in this edition that betrayed changes in the penetration testing landscape.
Last year, Renee and her team introduced a new partner program and led partners through the rebrand to Fortra. Here's her take on these achievements and a look at the strategic shifts that will be required for cybersecurity moving forward.
Most organizations have a decent understanding of the types of defensive security tactics they need to employ to thwart cyberattacks. But offensive security techniques are just as important for detecting existing vulnerabilities that a threat actor has yet to discover and exploit.
Learn how to approach offensive security from the ground up, including the value of using a layered security...
There’s a lot of talk about ChatGPT. While there are many positive and interesting applications, cybersecurity experts are worried about how threat actors will employ this tech. Learn about two potential use cases and how organizations can prepare.
In a recent penetration test, the Fortra team was able to harvest enough credentials from a customer to know a savvy threat actor could take down their domain. Discover why testing your organization’s defenses is essential to offensive security.
When searching online for the new EU Regulation for strengthening the cybersecurity of financial entities and their third-party IT providers, called Digital Operational Resilience Act or DORA, it is almost certain that you will stumble upon Dora the Explorer, the famous kids’ animation.
Core Impact, Cobalt Strike, and Outflank Security Tooling (OST) are three powerful security solutions that use the same techniques as today’s threat actors in order to safely evaluate organizational infrastructures and provide guidance on closing security gaps, enhancing defenses, and creating more resilient security strategies.
Core Impact is an automated penetration testing tool, typically...
Cobalt Strike and Outflank Security Tooling (OST) are two elite red teaming solutions ideal for assessing the security posture of an organization by deploying sophisticated adversary simulations.
Cobalt Strike is a threat emulation tool that provides a post-exploitation agent and covert channels, replicating the tactics and techniques of an advanced adversary in a network. OST is a curated set...
Cybersecurity is no longer a one-dimensional, defensive only mind-set. Attacks have become multi-pronged and organizational security solutions also need to act offensively. Proactive, layered offensive security should include multiple security solutions, including penetration testing, to uncover security risks before they’re exploited.
Fortra’s Core Impact enables security teams to go on the...
OST is a curated set of offensive security tools created by expert red teamers. Ideal for advanced security teams testing even mature and sensitive target environments, this toolkit covers every significant step in the attacker kill chain, from difficult stages such as initial access to final exfiltration.
Prioritizing Stealth and Evasion
One of the key challenges that red teams face today is...
Fortra today announced multiple solution updates as part of its first quarterly Release Day of 2023. These notable enhancements are geared toward advancing customers’ ability to increase their security maturing while reducing operational burden.
In his January contribution to Forbes Advisor, John Wilson discusses smartphone scams and shares 8 steps individuals and organizations can take to protect themselves.
When Fortra acquired FileCatalyst, Chris Bailey eagerly traded his CEO hat for the chance to get back to his first love: product management. Now he uses his expertise to inform the direction of the company’s popular Secure File Transfer solutions.