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15 Top Cybersecurity Certifications for 2022

eSecurity Planet

It’s designed for incident handlers, incident handling team leads, system administrators, security practitioners, and security architects. Certificate holders have the knowledge required to manage security incidents by understanding common attack techniques, vectors and tools, and to respond to those attacks when they occur.

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9 Best Penetration Testing Tools for 2022

eSecurity Planet

A penetration test , or pen test, is the simulation of a cyber attack. This critical IT security practice isn’t the same as a vulnerability assessment or vulnerability scanning, though, as pen testing involves an actual attack similar to what hackers would do in real-world conditions. Useful links. Download Gobuster.