Definition: Penetration testing is a process in which a security professional simulates an attack on a network or computer system to evaluate its security—with the permission of that system’s owners.

Identifying anomalies in the operations of computer systems that control critical safety and security functions calls for extensive expertise, and the actions required need to be tested, analysed and ...

All security administrators have 802.11-based wireless in their environments, right? Actually, many Windows administrators would be inclined to answer "no" or "in limited areas" to this question, ...

With cyber-attacks becoming more sophisticated, organizations are becoming increasingly aware of the importance of safeguarding their web applications against security vulnerabilities. One common way ...

The number of websites that use blockchain technology is growing in perfect agreement with the technology's popularity. Testing a blockchain-based website, on the other hand, may vary from testing a ...

Security firm CrowdStrike has posted a preliminary post-incident report about the botched update to its Falcon security software that caused as many as 8.5 million Windows PCs to crash over the ...

In 1983, I completed a computer security test for a Top Tier U.S. bank. Their idea not mine, because the CEO was alert enough and worried about early signs of computer crime in banking. I never ...

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GALWAY, IRELAND, and SHELTON, CT / ACCESSWIRE / December 20, 2024 / TitanHQ, the leading email security provider, announces that it received the highest overall score of any solution in the Q4 2024 ...