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News alert: Diversified, GroCyber form partnership to deliver media-centric cybersecurity solutions

The Last Watchdog

Cyber hygiene and monitoring.This new Diversified managed service monitors the hardware and software at a business to ensure it has the latest security patches, configuration and access control – minimizing the enterprise’s cyber risk exposure. Vulnerability management.

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GUEST ESSAY – A primer on ‘WAAP’ – an approach to securing APIs at the web app layer

The Last Watchdog

When we talk about the superpower of this microservice architecture, we should not forget- ‘great power comes with great responsibility’ – this holds true for API security. DAST (Dynamic Application Security Testing) lacks the context of APIs with automated testing and requires costly first time manual Penetration testing effort.

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Black-box vs. Grey-box vs. White-box: Which Penetration Test Is Right for You?

Zigrin Security

You need to know if your company’s security controls and defenses can withstand a real cyber attack. Penetration testing is how you find out, but with three main types, black-box, grey-box, and white-box, how do you choose? Sleep better at night knowing your data and applications have been battle-tested. Thrill seekers!

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NEW TECH: Brinqa takes a ‘graph database’ approach to vulnerability management, app security

The Last Watchdog

Imposing just the right touch of policies and procedures towards mitigating cyber risks is a core challenge facing any company caught up in digital transformation. Related: Data breaches fuel fledgling cyber insurance market. Enterprises, especially, tend to be methodical and plodding.

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When It comes to Cybersecurity – An ounce of prevention

CyberSecurity Insiders

Network design and architecture. More complex architectures may be needed depending on the industry or the data. In others, it is a lack of budgetary foresight creating cyber risk. Run external and internal penetration tests to see if any holes exist and quickly execute remediation plans.

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External vs Internal Vulnerability Scans: Difference Explained

eSecurity Planet

An external vulnerability scan involves simulating attacks on your external-facing systems to identify potential weaknesses that malicious hackers could exploit, similar to an automated penetration test. Also read: Penetration Testing vs. Vulnerability Testing: An Important Difference What Are Internal Vulnerability Scans?

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How Smart Organizations Mitigate Cyber Risks in a World of Unknown Unknowns

CyberSecurity Insiders

Creating a layer of security capable of managing unknown risk requires shedding a purely reactive posture. A penetration test, or a red team exercise, is one way to accomplish this. Yet manual testing has drawbacks. Namely, such tests are expensive and thus generally episodic in nature.