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Using a Mythic agent to optimize penetration testing

SecureList

Our company’s deep expertise means we can study these tools to implement best practices in penetration testing. Being experts in systems security assessment and information security in general, we understand that a proactive approach always works better than simply responding to incidents that have already occurred.

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What Is Penetration Testing? Complete Guide & Steps

eSecurity Planet

Penetration tests are simulated cyber attacks executed by white hat hackers on systems and networks. Pentesters work closely with the organization whose security posture they are hired to improve. Since much of the access information is provided up front, these tests are less expensive than black box tests.

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Top 9 Trends In Cybersecurity Careers for 2025

eSecurity Planet

Technologies that were figments of the imagination a dozen years ago, if they were conceived of at all, quickly become mainstream — think generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) or blockchain. As they do, they create more security vulnerabilities and inherent business, changing the nature of cybersecurity careers.

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Penetration Testing Remote Workers

SecureWorld News

With many organizations now planning their annual penetration tests ("pentest" for short), a change is needed in order to accommodate remote workers. It also begs what are you allowed to test versus what is now considered taboo considering end-users may be operating with their own personal equipment?

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GUEST ESSAY: How I started a company to supply democratized pentests to immunize websites

The Last Watchdog

I’ve been driven by my passion for technology for as long as I can remember. I developed scripts, websites and got involved in security which led me to penetration testing. Penetration Testing is a never-ending challenge. I realized that our technology could actually help people. Website vector.

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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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GUEST ESSAY: Recalibrating critical infrastructure security in the wake of evolving threats

The Last Watchdog

For all the discussion around the sophisticated technology, strategies, and tactics hackers use to infiltrate networks, sometimes the simplest attack method can do the most damage. Vetting process Normally, the vetting process for a technology provider falls strictly under the purview of IT.