For a limited time, the Penetration Testing Essentials by Wiley is available for free. This eBook offers an easy to understand introduction to penetration testing so you can begin laying the ...

While traditional penetration testing (pen testing) has long been the go-to method for identifying security gaps in a organization’s network and web application, a new approach has emerged: ...

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The cybersecurity threat landscape is always growing and changing, making it essential for organizations to regularly test their systems and networks to surface vulnerabilities. Penetration testing ...

Misconfiguration ranks as the most common type of vulnerability discovered in real-world penetration tests, according to a newly published study. In client engagements last year, ...

As technology advances, ensuring the security of computer systems, networks, and applications becomes increasingly critical. One of the ways in which security professionals can assess the security ...

Fundamentally it’s about bringing scale to the human aspect of pen testing. While a single pen tester will have one skillset, one methodology and one way of looking at things, a crowd simply scales on ...

Speaking during the virtual (ISC) 2 Security Congress Alex Haynes, CISO at CDL, explored the various pen-testing approaches available to organizations and outlined how companies can determine which is ...

Do you ever wonder how many kinds of penetration-testing approaches exist? Broadly speaking, there are three types of penetration testing: zero-knowledge, partial-knowledge, and full-knowledge. The ...

PEN testing identifies critical vulnerabilities and drives focused remediation efforts. Cyber deception makes tests more realistic and reveals detection gaps. Deception techniques generate actionable ...

Definition: Penetration testing is a process in which a security professional simulates an attack on a network or computer system to evaluate its security—with the permission of that system’s owners.