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 ...

API vulnerability scanning and API penetration testing are both important methods for ensuring the security of an API, but they have distinct differences in terms of their scope, methodology and ...

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 ...

By integrating penetrating testing into strategic planning and budgeting, agencies can evolve from a reactive cybersecurity ...

eWeek content and product recommendations are editorially independent. We may make money when you click on links to our partners. Learn More Vulnerability assessment tools are rapidly evolving, and ...

The vulnerability assessment platform is one of the most realistic tools, but also one of the most dangerous, that CSO has ever reviewed. Sometimes the best defense is a good offense. That was the ...

I am the founder and CEO of Apriorit, a software development company that provides engineering services globally to tech companies. Millions of IoT and embedded devices became vulnerable to hackers at ...

Cenzic’s vulnerability test tool is Hailstorm, an automated penetration testing system that can probe for vulnerabilities as well as determine regulatory compliance and when problems are found, ...

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" ...