From banking and finance to healthcare, there’s seemingly a web or mobile application for just about every aspect of our personal and business lives. Whether it’s an individual consumer accessing our investment accounts via smartphone, or a business owner managing inventory on a tablet, web applications have come a long way in terms of making our lives easier and more efficient. There’s just one catch. The more we use applications to handle sensitive information, the more tempting it is for hackers to break in an attempt to steal valuable data.
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The Importance Of Web Penetration Testing
Web penetration testing is an important tool that is used by security professionals to test the integrity of web-facing cyber assets and systems. Penetration testing for web services is necessary to highlight risk factors associated with key vulnerabilities in existing cybersecurity implementations. Despite the importance of web penetration testing, many people outside of the cybersecurity industry fail to recognize the importance of conducting regular penetration testing. In this article, we’ll outline what web penetration testing is, explore web application penetration testing methodology, and discuss why it is a necessary component of any comprehensive security assessment.
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What You Need To Know About Mobile Penetration Testing
Mobile applications (apps) are everywhere. The iOS App Store is currently home to over 2.2 million apps while the Google Play store currently has more than 3.5 million apps in its inventory. The mobile app market is set to grow by 385% from now until 2021 which is incredible, but the instances of mobile ransomware are growing by 415% every year. Don’t let these statistics rain on your parade just yet. There are tools and techniques that organizations can utilize to limit their chances of being affected by nasty malware. Keeping your organization’s mobile app(s) and customers protected against this increase in malware means taking a proactive approach towards penetration (pen) testing. This article aims to provide you, the reader, with a thorough overview on mobile pen testing as well as the types of pen testing methodologies for you to utilize in your organization immediately.
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What Is the Difference Between an MSSP and an MSP?
When it comes to protecting your organization from cyber threats, going at it alone can be a risky proposition. While many companies have dedicated internal cybersecurity teams, the growth in number (and sophistication) of hackers and malicious actors often outpaces what organizations themselves can handle. That’s precisely why third-party services are becoming so popular, with both Managed Service Providers (MSP) and Managed Security Service Providers (MSSP) being employed on an ever increasing basis.
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Does Your Company Need an MSSP?
Cyber security today is an existential requirement for all companies. Cyber security threats targeting key assets, personally identifiable information (PII), or with the goal of encrypting and ransoming access to sensitive data are all increasing in both frequency and sophistication. In order to combat existing and emerging threats, cyber security professionals have had to implement significant operational and organizational changes. In many cases, companies have chosen to rely on a managed security service provider (MSSP) or remote IT security services to maintain their cyber security defense.
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Your Third-Party Cyber Risk Assessment Checklist
In today’s cybersecurity landscape, keeping data secure isn’t just about the measures that your business or organization takes to keep hackers out. With the rise of cloud computing, software-as-a-service, and other third-party vendors and services that require sensitive data sharing, the cybersecurity risk is now shared across various parties, platforms, and systems. Which is why comprehensive cyber risk assessment needs to include any and all external third parties that handle sensitive, confidential, or proprietary data.
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What Is Threat Intelligence Monitoring?
Threat intelligence monitoring is a an important tool that managed security services providers (MSSP) or remote it security service providers use as part of a comprehensive cybersecurity strategy. Despite its widespread use in the cybersecurity industry, threat intelligence monitoring solutions remains an obscure concept for most people. In this article, we’ll break down what threat intelligence monitoring is, how it is helpful, and how it fits into a cybersecurity risk management strategy. This information will highlight the important role that cybersecurity monitoring plays in safeguarding against advanced persistent threats (APT) and emerging threats.
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The Importance of Having a Web Application Vulnerability Management Plan
With the Internet, anything is possible, at least that’s how it appears. However, the real power behind much of the Internet came to fruition with the rise of web applications in the late 1990s. Although web applications existed before the 1980s, they evolved into much more complex programs by the turn of the century and have progressed even more with mobile devices.
Now, new applications launch every day; some become obsolete and die, and some launch and dominate the market. The G-Suite alone, Google’s popular set of applications, provides numerous services from email to documents to spreadsheets to schedules. Yet, with the rapid turnover rate and high traffic/usage of such apps, security sometimes takes a back seat. A 2015 study found that almost all of the participants had experienced a Web Application breach within only one year.
As threat awareness increases, web security researchers and industry leaders hope more entities will implement an action plan for securing the web application environment. Do you know the importance of having a web application vulnerability management plan in place for your company? Read on to find out more.
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Understanding The Basic Components of Cyber Risk Management
Whether you’re a bank that handles sensitive financial information, or a medical provider handling confidential health data about patients, odds are that you face cybersecurity threats in some way, shape, or form. Whether it’s hackers, malware, or viruses designed to steal valuable data, it’s imperative that every business have a handle on what risks they face, and work within a framework to guard against them.
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Vulnerability Management From An MSSP
Vulnerabilities in a company’s network are bad news if they get out of hand. Even if your team manages to catch a vulnerability that hasn’t yet affected your infrastructure, you might not be able to patch the vulnerability in time due to your current manpower. If this is where your organization is at currently or may be headed in the future, you’ll need to consider having a managed security service provider (MSSP) close your vulnerability gaps in your network infrastructure. This may be a tough decision to make, but we’ll do our best to give you the pertinent information that you need to make the most informed decision on integrating the remote it security services of an MSSP into your organization. This article will also touch on MSSP roles, responsibilities, and best practices to give you a well-rounded understanding of what to expect once the MSSP is onboard.