Security automation involves the use of technology to carry out routine IT security tasks, like endpoint scans and incident responses, while minimizing human intervention. Given the vast, intricate, and dynamic nature of cyber environments, coupled with the proliferation of vulnerabilities and persistent cyber threats, automation is essential for bolstering cybersecurity. While automation is already integrated…
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Security operations and management teams are indispensable for an organization’s security defense against cyber threats. The primary cause of many security incidents can be traced back to vulnerabilities within networks that threat actors can exploit to compromise data. When security protocols are disregarded, companies face significant economic losses as a consequence of these breaches. Therefore,…
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Firewalls are indispensable barriers between organizations’ network assets and intruding threats from the public network. Despite their efficacy as the primary line of defense and vigilant monitors, firewalls confront various persistent threats. As the threat landscape continuously evolves, it presents multiple challenges where cyberattacks circumvent the firewall barriers. Hence, it is imperative for penetration testing…
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Penetration testing has become a cornerstone of information security strategies for various organizations and industries. While the landscape of tools and technical methodologies for conducting penetration tests is vast, ensuring their effectiveness and success demands adherence to industry-wide accepted standards. Within EC-Council’s latest cyber security whitepaper, “Navigating Penetration Testing: A Comprehensive Guide and Conforming to…
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Smartphones and devices have revolutionized personal and business interactions worldwide, permeating nearly every aspect of modern life with their multifaceted features and capabilities. However, their widespread adoption has also made them lucrative targets for malicious actors aiming to exploit vulnerabilities. Within EC-Council’s latest cyber security whitepaper, “Defending Against Mobile Application Vulnerabilities: A Testing Roadmap,” authored…
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In an era of rapid technological evolution and increasing digitization, the security landscape has become increasingly complex and vulnerable. This puts cybersecurity, and especially application security at forefront to bear the burnt of cyberattacks. Within EC-Council’s latest whitepaper, “Application Security Testing: A Comprehensive Guide to SAST and DAST” authored by Vanessa Padua, Director, Cybersecurity for…
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In the current threat landscape, where cyber threats are rapidly evolving and increasing, organizations need to employ advanced security protocols, such as ethical hacking and pen testing, that aim to proactively identify and rectify vulnerabilities within systems, networks, and applications. With the advancement of technology, the importance of ethical hacking has become increasingly critical to…
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In today’s rapidly evolving IT landscape, one concept stands out as a game-changer: cloud-native computing. As organizations transition from traditional on-premises infrastructure to cloud-based solutions, they are altering where their data and applications reside and how they are built, deployed, and secured in this ever-shifting digital terrain. To understand the knowledge of a holistic approach…
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Cloud computing is gaining prominence across all industries because of its scalability, adaptability, and many other advantages. These benefits include cost reductions through efficient virtualization, enhanced peer collaborative capabilities, swift access to documents, transactions, and updates, and extensive scalability. However, as businesses increasingly rely on cloud hosting for storage and computational needs, the vulnerability of…
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Strengthening DevSecOps with web application security testing is crucial in today’s digital landscape. DevSecOps integrates security at every stage of the development pipeline, and application security testing is the most crucial part of the process. Security testing involves assessing applications for vulnerabilities, ensuring that security is not an afterthought but an integral part of the…
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