If you’ve ever got stuck while trying to wrap your head around the differences between penetration testing and vulnerability scanning, read through to get the perfect breakdown. Many IT security terms ...

Getting a handle on an organization's true security posture can be like pinning down a moving target. But new features and technologies are becoming available that bring organizations closer to a true ...

Mike Chapple is associate teaching professor of IT, analytics and operations at the University of Notre Dame. Even seasoned cybersecurity professionals confuse penetration tests with vulnerability ...

Mike Chapple is associate teaching professor of IT, analytics and operations at the University of Notre Dame. During a penetration test (or pen test), highly skilled cybersecurity professionals assume ...

Vulnerability scanning is a common practice for businesses to verify and harden their security controls, and because of its popularity, you have at some point or another, heard that it can replace ...

Companies are struggling to keep up with a barrage of network security nightmares, including viruses, worms and hacker attacks. This makes it more difficult to protect core assets, such as sensitive ...

If your organization requires proof of each network vulnerability with a penetration test, then you are focusing on the wrong problem. With new vulnerabilities being disclosed daily, it should be ...

You’ve just deployed an ecommerce site for your small business or developed the next hot iPhone MMORGP. Now what? Don’t get hacked! An often overlooked, but very important process in the development ...

With recent research from Ivanti revealing that unpatched vulnerabilities remain the most prominent vector for cybercriminals to carry out ransomware attacks, it has never been more critical for ...

IPv6 brings some welcome security and other features, but there are some 'gotchas' for IP professionals that may not be immediately apparent. The next generation IPv6 protocol has been "coming soon" ...