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What Is Penetration Testing? Complete Guide & Steps

eSecurity Planet

The phases of penetration tests are: Pre-engagement Reconnaissance or open-source intelligence (OSINT) gathering Scanning or discovery Vulnerability assessment: Gaining access Exploitation: Maintaining access Post-exploitation, reporting, and risk analysis Remediation Further reading: Penetration Testing Phases & Steps Explained The Five Different (..)

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NEW TECH: CyCognito employs offensive bot network to put companies a step a head of attackers

The Last Watchdog

One of the most single-minded of these security vendors is startup CyCognito. The company was launched in Tel Aviv in 2017 by a couple of former Israeli military cyber ops attack specialists, Rob Gurzeev and Dima Potekhin. That’s a major step forward.

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CyberheistNews Vol 13 #23 [Wake-Up Call] It's Time to Focus More on Preventing Spear Phishing

KnowBe4

A new, HUGE, very important, fact has been gleaned by Barracuda Networks which should impact the way that EVERYONE does security awareness training. CONTINUED] at KnowBe4 blog: [link] [Live Demo] Ridiculously Easy Security Awareness Training and Phishing Old-school awareness training does not hack it anymore.

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CyberheistNews Vol 13 #10 [Eye Opener] BusinessWeek: The Satellite Hack Everyone Is Finally Talking About

KnowBe4

They started out with: "As Putin began his invasion of Ukraine, a network used throughout Europe—and by the Ukrainian military—faced an unprecedented cyberattack that doubled as an industrywide wake-up call. New-school security awareness training enables your employees to recognize phishing and other social engineering attacks.

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An Approach to Cybersecurity Risk Oversight for Corporate Directors

Data Matters

Commonly used in military contexts, mandatory policies imply that all access control policy decisions are made by a centralized authority, such that individual users cannot change access rights. Mandatory Access Control. Role-Based Access Control.