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Red Team vs. Penetration Testing: How to Choose the Right Approach for Your Organization

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Michelle Drolet

It’s probably no surprise that the ideal method to validate security defenses, strengthen cybersecurity posture and prepare for a cyber incident is through simulation of a cyber-attack. Sports leagues, coaches and analysts have used the same technique to improve performance and boost defense capabilities of their teams.

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Escalating Cyberattacks on Healthcare Organizations Highlight Need for Security Interventions

Michelle Drolet

Healthcare organizations have faced continual stress from heavy COVID-19 caseloads in 2020. Cyberattacks on their information networks also loomed as a serious threat, and the pressure to protect data is expected to grow this year, as more criminals target healthcare providers. Protecting patient data from unauthorized access has long been a regulatory prerequisite for healthcare

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What Exactly Is Automated Penetration Testing? – 2/27/19

Michelle Drolet

What Exactly Is Automated Penetration Testing? Software-based penetration testing is here! Learn how leading companies are taking advantage of this new technology to drive cost-effective remediation. When: Wednesday, February 27th 2:00 PM EST Host: Amitai Ratzon CEO , Pcysys Your Takeaways: A fresh approach to vulnerability remediation prioritization How to ensure your security posture is kept

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The Rise of Targeted Ransomware

Michelle Drolet

The Rise of Targeted Ransomware What is targeted ransomware? Are you susceptible? What can you do to defend against it? Presented by: Michelle Drolet, CEO, Towerwall Watch now >

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Trends in Data Breaches and Comprehensive Response

Michelle Drolet

Trends in Data Breaches and Comprehensive Responses Does your organization have a data breach response plan? Join Michelle Drolet and a team of industry experts for an interactive Q&A panel and discover the best practices for breach response and how to strengthen your organization’s cyber resilience. About the Webinar Join this interactive Q&A panel with

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The Cost of a Data Breach in 2018

Michelle Drolet

58 data records are stolen every second at an average cost of $141 each. Trading in intellectual property and personal data is so widespread that someone invented a calculator that can estimate the potential harm to your own business. Nearly 5 million data records are lost or stolen worldwide every single day, according to the

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Towerwall Security/Vulnerability Alert Vol 13.62

Michelle Drolet

Recent vulnerabilities for which exploits are available compiled by the Qualys Vulnerability Research Team. This is a list of recent vulnerabilities for which exploits are available. System administrators can use this list to help in prioritization of their remediation activities. The Qualys Vulnerability Research Team compiles this information based on various exploit frameworks, exploit databases,

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Compliance Combines with Vulnerability Scanning to Create Aegify

Michelle Drolet

Two security firms, the established Rapid7 vulnerability manager and eGestalt, a cloud-based compliance management provider, have signed an OEM deal that will do something for the IT security industry that hasn’t been done before: a combination security and compliance posture management offering called Aegify SPM. The SPM stands for Security Posture Management, and eGestalt of Santa Clara

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Top 10 PHP Security Vulnerabilities

Michelle Drolet

Security is not a list of things you do. Security is a way of thinking, a way of looking at things, a way of dealing with the world that says “I don’t know how they’ll do it, but I know they’re going to try to screw me” and then, rather than dissolving into an existential

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New Internet Explorer zero day being exploited in the wild

Michelle Drolet

After the last zero day exploit on Java we reported some weeks ago it appears that a new 0day has been found in Internet Explorer by the same authors that created the Java one. Yesterday, Eric Romang reported the findings of a new exploit code on the same server that the Java 0day was found some

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Red Team vs. Penetration Testing: How to Choose the Right Approach for Your Organization

Escalating Cyberattacks on Healthcare Organizations Highlight Need for Security Interventions

What Exactly Is Automated Penetration Testing? – 2/27/19

The Rise of Targeted Ransomware

Towerwall Security/Vulnerability Alert Vol 13.62

Top 10 PHP Security Vulnerabilities

New Internet Explorer zero day being exploited in the wild

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