A Penetration Test Case Study: Retail
How a retailer with both brick and mortar and online stores reduced overhead costs to allow re-investment into the business by validating PCI DSS compliance through penetration testing.
How a retailer with both brick and mortar and online stores reduced overhead costs to allow re-investment into the business by validating PCI DSS compliance through penetration testing.
The importance of penetration testing, or (pen testing), has noticeably increased in recent years due to a number of reasons.
Over years of penetration testing, HALOCK has seen some enduring security vulnerabilities. They are so common, in fact, that we have come to expect to see them in the field. Many information security breaches occur because authentication vulnerabilities permit unauthorized access to applications, systems and data. If you were to follow these tips, our penetration […]
PREPARING FOR YOUR DATA BREACH. Author: Chris Cronin, ISO 27001 Auditor Most InfoSec professionals don’t want to think about becoming the next victim of a major data breach to make the headlines. And yet when faced with another major data breach it is a time when Executive Management and security teams reflect on their own insecurities. […]
Some companies test once a year. Some test several times a year. So what frequency is correct for your organization? Well that all depends on how frequently your environment changes and other unique factors affecting your organization. When determining how often to conduct network penetration tests, consider the following:
Both penetration tests and automated vulnerability scans are useful tools for managing vulnerabilities. While these are different testing methods, they are complementary and both should be performed.
There is often confusion with the difference between “vulnerability scanning” and “penetration testing“, the latter being synonymous with “ethical hacking”. This article/podcast, from the president of the EC Council, the accreditation body for the Certified Ethical Hacker designation, includes a nice explanation of this very important kind of security testing.
The Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard, or PCI DSS, provides a well-defined list of security requirements, but many organizations are left with more questions than answers when it comes to determining how best to address each requirement in a manner that will be considered acceptable for PCI compliance.