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7 Types of Penetration Testing: Guide to Pentest Methods & Types

eSecurity Planet

Penetration tests are vital components of vulnerability management programs. In these tests, white hat hackers try to find and exploit vulnerabilities in your systems to help you stay one step ahead of cyberattackers. Here we’ll discuss penetration testing types, methods, and determining which tests to run.

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

The Last Watchdog

One could make the argument that Application Programming Interfaces — APIs – are a vital cornerstone of digital transformation. APIs interconnect the underlying components of modern digital services in a very flexible, open way. Related: How a dynamic WAF can help protect SMBs.

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RSAC insights: Security Compass leverages automation to weave security deeper into SecOps

The Last Watchdog

As a nod to security, nominal static analysis and maybe a bit of penetration testing gets done just prior to meeting a tight deployment deadline. But now, of course, digital transformation has changed everything. Digital transformation has turned back the clock on product security. 11 th hour inspections.

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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. Digital transformation is all about high-velocity innovation and on-the-fly change. Related: Data breaches fuel fledgling cyber insurance market.

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Cyber CEO: 5 Outdated but Common Cybersecurity Practices You Should Avoid

Herjavec Group

Enterprises have experienced lightning-fast digital transformation over the past 18 months. Penetration Testing. A network penetration test aims to find weaknesses in the defense capabilities before an adversary can take advantage through a combination of security expertise and best-of-breed technology.

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Securing Containers with NIST 800-190 and MVISION CNAPP

McAfee

Container adoption is becoming mainstream to drive digital transformation and business growth and to accelerate product and feature velocity. As more enterprises adapt to cloud-native architectures and embark on multi-cloud strategies, demands are changing usage patterns, processes, and organizational structures.

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Top API Security Tools 2023

eSecurity Planet

Salt Security is at the forefront of enterprise security strategy, offering adaptive intelligence for modern digital transformation. Enterprise : This plan is for modernizing your application architectures and creating vibrant API communities at scale. It includes 1.2B runtime SLA.