Rob Enderle had a great post here on Dark Reading on the discrepancies between physical and system security and what happens when they don't match up. The problem is most companies just don't ...

SCHAUMBURG, Ill.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Physical penetration testing is often overlooked when it comes to security, despite a 28 percent increase in physical security incidents in both 2021 and 2022.

Physical penetration tests are an excellent and often overlooked way to test an organization's security posture. However, they can come with serious consequences for testers if they aren't properly ...

Expertise from Forbes Councils members, operated under license. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Considering these incidents, many companies have bolstered their cybersecurity posture. That ...

An on premise hacker can cripple even the best cybersecurity defenses. After slipping past security, picking a backdoor lock and gaining access to a company’s inner sanctum, a skilled hacker can cause ...

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Social engineering techniques are often crucial to executing penetration tests. But which methods cross the ethical line - or even venture into the dangerous territory of illegal? Social engineering ...

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 ...

Besides the fact that there is no other way to really test your network, The PCI Security Standards Council finally released version 3. 2 and it now states, “To ensure resilience, service providers ...

Two pen testers arrested and jailed for breaking into Iowa courthouse during a physical pen testing exercise. Next week, Tara Seals will host a Threatpost webinar, “AI and Cybersecurity: Tools, ...

Healthcare data breaches increased 70 percent between 2010 and 2017, according to a recent study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association. And with breaches costing healthcare ...

Hacker and expert security consultant Jayson E. Street joins WIRED to answer your penetration test questions from Twitter. What does penetration testing entail? What are some of the most underrated ...