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Creating a home-based ethical hacking lab gives you a safe, legal space to practice penetration testing, network analysis, and exploit development. With the right hardware, virtualization software, ...

Black Hat is partnering with The SecOps Group to launch an independent exam track at next month's Black Hat USA conference. The exam track will allow attendees to sign up for a certification exam, ...

A test of a network's vulnerabilities by having an authorized individual actually attempt to break into the network. The "pen tester" may undertake several methods, workarounds and hacks to gain entry ...

It doesn’t take a rocket scientist to grasp why cybercriminals prioritize attacks on organizations. These folks are notoriously keen on taking shortcuts, and the average enterprise environment is a ...

Cybersecurity is a rapidly growing and evolving field with a wide range of subfields and specializations. One of these is penetration testing, a discipline within what's known as "red teaming," which ...

While traditional penetration testing (pen testing) has long been the go-to method for identifying security gaps in a organization’s network and web application, a new approach has emerged: ...

Penetration testing was much like taking a battering ram to the door of the fortress. Keep pounding away and maybe find a secret backdoor to enter through. But what happens if pieces of the network ...

Pen Testing: The Good, the Bad and the Agreement Although conducting pen testing is prudent and becoming common, it is also fraught with potential pitfalls. When embarking on such a project, a company ...