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Penetration Testing: What is it?

NetSpi Executives

Table of Contents What is penetration testing? How penetration testing is done How to choose a penetration testing company How NetSPI can help Penetration testing enables IT security teams to demonstrate and improve security in networks, applications, the cloud, hosts, and physical locations.

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Cyber Security Awareness and Risk Management

Spinone

Social engineering attacks , including phishing, spam, and viruses introduced via clickable links within e-mail affected 80% of the banking institutions in 2016. Aimed at reducing corporate vulnerability to insider threats, info security professionals should regularly monitor the most important infrastructure locations.

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How to Stop Phishing Attacks with Protective DNS

Security Boulevard

Phishing attackers are increasingly using social engineering techniques to personalize their attacks and target specific individuals or organizations. For example, attackers may research their victims on social media or other online sources to gather personal information that can be used to make their phishing emails more believable.

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Know Your Enemy: Following a Seasoned Phisher's Train of Thought

SecureWorld News

Thinking like a fraudster can help create additional barriers for these social engineering tricks and form a foundation for effective security awareness training so that the human factor hardens an organization's defenses instead of being the weakest link. Urgency is a scammer's best ally, too.

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CISA updates ransomware guidance

Malwarebytes

The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has updated its #StopRansomware guide to account for the fact that ransomware actors have accelerated their tactics and techniques since the original guide was released in September of 2020. Make access control enforcement as granular as possible. Drive-by-downloads.

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CIS 18 Critical Security Controls Version 8

NopSec

Critical Security Control 2: Inventory and Control of Software Assets SANS encourages companies to include authorized and unauthorized software in their IT asset inventory database. Critical Security Control 5: Account Management This control talks about the need to protect privileged user and administrative accounts.

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Top Cloud Security Issues: Threats, Risks, Challenges & Solutions

eSecurity Planet

Conduct user awareness training: Incorporate a focused training program into onboarding and workflow process so employees can learn about social engineering strategies, phishing risks, and cloud security best practices. Ensure that security settings are consistent across cloud environments.

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