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NetSPI Lands $410 Million in Funding – And Other Notable Cybersecurity Deals

eSecurity Planet

NetSPI, a top penetration testing and vulnerability management company, recently announced a $410 million funding round, a huge amount in a year in which $100+ million rounds have become a rarity. Founded over 20 years ago, the company’s vision is “technology powered, human delivered.” Arctic Wolf.

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Red Team vs Blue Team vs Purple Team: Differences Explained

eSecurity Planet

Blue team members might be led by a chief information security officer (CISO) or director of security operations, making this team the largest among the three. Blue teams consist of security analysts, network engineers and system administrators.

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A roadmap for developing a secure enterprise cloud operating model

SC Magazine

Just in the last two years, many such simple and avoidable mistakes in securing the application and data hosted in the public cloud have led to massive data and network breaches at large financial and technology firms such as Accenture, Booz Allen Hamilton, Capital One, Facebook, MGM, Microsoft, and Verizon.

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Businesses Secretly Pentest Partners as Supply Chain Fears Grow

eSecurity Planet

Howard Taylor, CISO of Radware, goes so far as to call it the “death of trust.” People were shocked to discover that a long-trusted product had been compromised, creating vulnerabilities that bypassed thousands of its customers’ carefully built security.”. And they may not even be aware that they have them.

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Vulnerability Management Policy Template

eSecurity Planet

The use of “IT Department” elsewhere in this policy refers to the Vulnerability Management Authority, the [IT Security Department], and delegated representatives. Testing must be performed to verify that resources have been installed, configured, integrated, and secured without error or gap in security.

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What is Vulnerability Scanning & How Does It Work?

eSecurity Planet

The final phase sets new schedules for vulnerability scanning to verify flaws corrected and monitors the networks and systems. The real purpose of a vulnerability scan is to give security teams a big picture look at critical assets, system and network flaws and security. Why Is Vulnerability Scanning Necessary?

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Cyber Security Awareness and Risk Management

Spinone

Today, c yber security incidents lead to significant damage, alarming organizations of all types and sizes in different geographic locations. The contemporary world has witnessed the rise of the Internet and global communication, and collaboration technologies, including mobile data use and the culture of bring your own device [BYOD].