ISO27001 is a prominent International Standard and best practice for Information Security Management. The core element of this standard is identifying risks and mitigating vulnerabilities that threaten the security of information assets. So, the technical risk and vulnerability assessment form the basis of implementing the ISO27001 Standard.
Gone are the days when organizations used to run and scale their offline businesses at three-toed sloth’s speed. The inception of the Internet turned into a really pervasive and groundbreaking force in our life, with millions of Websites serving billions of web pages to people on a daily basis. Through various advancements, web and SaaS applications have become intelligent, dynamic and asynchronous.
Often, penetration testing (or pen testing) and vulnerability scanning are used interchangeably. In doing so, the importance of each method of testing gets lost in the confusion. Both of these are significant in protecting your data and infrastructure for different reasons. In the age of digitally storing information and companies having an online network presence, it’s easy for hackers to find their way in. This is why both pen testing and vulnerability scanning are important.
Our team of penetration testers arguably have the most interesting and exciting roles within the business, or perhaps, in the world. From robbing banks to breaking and entering, pen testing isn’t your typical desk job. So we’ve asked them to share some of their most interesting stories to really give you career envy! Let’s see what we can find out about a day in the life of a pen tester.
You finally have some budget to buy tools for your application security (AppSec) program! GREAT! Purchasing the correct tools for your AppSec pogram can be overwhelming. Even when looking only at point solutions, there still may be some confusion on the value that various tools can provide. Sometimes you'll find the perfect tool, but others may offer you a similar tool with added manual penetration testing (MPT) as part of the overall bundle. That seems like a great idea for the budget.
Understanding your organization’s cybersecurity posture is becoming more important every day. So how do you know how secure your IT infrastructure really is? One way to get a glimpse into your organization’s security is penetration testing: pretending (or hiring someone to pretend) to be a hacker, attempting to infiltrate your organization’s physical and cyber systems however possible.
No company is free from risks and vulnerabilities. No matter how robust the digital infrastructure or how strict the cybersecurity measures are, some level of residual risk will always remain. That’s why many organizations include penetration testing in their risk assessment and security program.
