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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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The Essential Guide to Radio Frequency Penetration Testing

Pen Test

Introduction Radio Frequency (RF) penetration testing, popularly referred to as RF pentesting, stands as a vital domain within ethical hacking. The rapid advancement of technology has woven a complex fabric of wireless networks, each interwoven with vulnerabilities waiting to be exposed. What is Radio Frequency (RF)?

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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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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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Keysight’s Automotive Cybersecurity Test System Selected by Eastern Michigan University’s School of Information Security & Applied Computing

CyberSecurity Insiders

–( BUSINESS WIRE )–Keysight Technologies, Inc. Keysight’s recent acquisitions and technology advancements in wireless security assessment enable us to offer exceptional solutions that test and measure many facets of a vehicle,” said Steve McGregory, senior director of Keysight’s ATI Research Center.

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Finalists: Best Professional Certification Program

SC Magazine

Advancements in cyber technology and increasingly sophisticated tactics of bad actors require all security professionals to be in a constant state of learning. Similarly, companies need to have the assurance that their security team maintains the skills needed to protect systems and data.

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GUEST ESSAY : Advanced tech to defend API hacking is now readily available to SMBs

The Last Watchdog

SMBs and enterprises alike have been struggling with APIs as a mechanism for information security. It’s really about finding the easiest target to penetrate or a low-hanging fruit. A primary culprit of these attacks is the lack of understanding of application programming interfaces, or APIs.

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