penetration testing
Is penetration testing breaking Herts on the internet?
News Hertfordshire County Council has signed a deal with security firm NetSec to run penetration testing on its systems - a process of replicating hacking techniques to test the robustness of security... [26 May 2005]
Ecommerce sites panned for lack of security testing
News While sophisticated hackers might always find a way into a system, many companies, such as the two mentioned above, are guilty of some basic failings which would have been discovered within minutes of penetration... [20 May 2005]
TechNet Webcast: Assessing Network Security (Part 2 of 2): Penetration Testing (Level 200)
White Paper This session shows how to implement penetration testing for intrusive network attacks, presents checklists that will help identify and remediate common issues, the tools and processes for scanning... [20 May 2005]
Hackers to test MPs' IT systems
News A three-year IT security contract is up for grabs to conduct internal and external penetration testing on routers, firewalls and critical servers using a range of independent vulnerability assessment... [29 Apr 2005]
Leader: InfoSec's appeal
Leader Though shame on the vendor that sent out a team of stunning models to accost male visitors and enquire whether they were interested in penetration testing. There were very few attendees at InfoSecurity... [29 Apr 2005]
Reuters outsources security monitoring
News Reuters has so far limited the use of outsourcing and managed services for IT security to the monitoring of new threats and vulnerabilities, some internet-facing systems and penetration testing. Reuters... [10 Jan 2005]
5 years ago... Hotmail continues to suffer security scares
News The news follows claims made at the start of September by Paul Cronin, head of penetration testing at network security specialist, CenturyCom, that the Hotmail network was shut down in August for two... [23 Sep 2004]
Browser-based attacks top security fears
News Companies also are doing more security audits and penetration testing. The Computing Technology Industry Association (CompTIA) on Monday released its second annual report on IT security and the work force. [13 Apr 2004]
Boring boring brrring brrring - here come ring-back tones
News Mobile business and entertainment company Netsize is forecasting the above growth in the market and predicts penetration of more than 20 per cent among subscribers during the same period. T-Mobile UK has launched its... [03 Feb 2004]
HBOS inks multi-million pound security deal
News Code reviews, penetration testing, monitoring and policy development will also be part of Ernst & Young's remit. Halifax Bank of Scotland has signed a "multi-million" pound contract with Ernst & Young... [22 Jul 2003]
Mitnick on Mitnick: Why I'm going legit
News We will do penetration testing to look at the network from outside and the inside to look for weakness in both technology and operations. Kevin Mitnick is ready to get on with his life. While still under... [08 Oct 2002]
Is Mac OS X ready for business?
News Apple sees this as crucial to expanding Mac OS X 10.2 Server's penetration in existing markets and to gaining ground among companies testing Linux. By Joe Wilcox Apple has launched an assualt on a server... [27 Aug 2002]
Employees pose greatest security threat
News Organisations are increasingly looking at options such as protection for remote users connecting to the corporate network, and penetration testing. By Vivienne Fisher IT managers have pointed the finger... [13 Aug 2002]
One2One signs @stake for wireless security
News It will run penetration and stress testing on it by simulating hack attacks. One2One has signed a deal with US security consultancy @stake to help the UK mobile operator with its network security.stake... [22 Jan 2002]
"Invincible" Oracle not so secure
News Ian Peacock, security consultant for penetration testing company Defcom, said: "This is bad, because if IT directors or company directors believe this then they might think they don't need to employ IT... [23 Nov 2001]
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