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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.

Businesses typically try to take steps to defend their digital networks, but many organizations discover their weak points the hard way: when they get slammed with a full-court cyber-attack. The ...

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 ...

Charles Gillman, head of information security at Moula Money and executive member of the CyberEdBoard Regular penetration testing, or pen testing, is an essential part of understanding your ...

Penetration testing, often referred to as “pen testing,” is a simulated cyber attack against an organization’s IT infrastructure to identify vulnerabilities that could be exploited by attackers. This ...

[The following is excerpted from "Choosing, Managing and Evaluating a Penetration Testing Service," a new report posted this week on Dark Reading's Vulnerability Management Tech Center.] Hiring a ...

Don Lupejkis is a Solution Architect with CDW’s InfoSec Security team. His passion is helping organizations on their journey to a more secure environment. Penetration testing is a vital starting point ...

Cybersecurity incidents have been rising since the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic, which proves our cybersecurity defenses are still lacking. But there is at least one silver lining to these ...