penetration testing company Archives - HALOCK

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May the Fourth Be with You

Happy Star Wars Day – May the fourth be (more…)

Cindy Kaplan2024-08-13T16:11:56+00:00Categories: Security Awareness, Vulnerability Management|Tags: cyber, maythe4th, maythefourth, penetration testing company, securityawareness|

Payment Processing in a Remote Working Environment

Organizations are facing a lot of change (more…)

Cindy Kaplan2024-07-04T14:39:58+00:00Categories: PCI Compliance, Reasonable Security | Reasonable Risk, Risk Assessments, Third-Party Risk & Vendor Risk Management, Vulnerability Management|Tags: cyber, payment processing, PCI Compliance, PCI SSC, penetration testing company, remote working, Risk Assessment|

Social Distancing. Social Engineering.

COVID-19 – Social distancing, (more…)

Cindy Kaplan2024-08-01T18:29:49+00:00Categories: Penetration Testing, Reasonable Security | Reasonable Risk, Security Awareness, Vulnerability Management|Tags: corona, covid-19, cyber awareness, penetration testing company, remote, risk, social distancing, Social Engineering, staying-at-home, telecommute, virus|

Why Multifactor Authentication (MFA) and Password Vaults Should be Standard Tools in 2020

Since 2017, the Verizon
Database Investigations Report repeatedly (more…)

Cindy Kaplan2024-07-04T14:41:44+00:00Categories: Security Awareness, Vulnerability Management|Tags: Breach, cyber, MFA, Multi-factor authentication, password, password vault, penetration testing company|

What is Cipher Stuffing and How is it Relevant?

“Cipher stuffing modifies the fingerprint of communications encrypted with (more…)

Cindy Kaplan2024-08-01T17:37:45+00:00Categories: Penetration Testing, Security Awareness, Vulnerability Management|Tags: cipher stuffing, Pen Test, penetration testing company, security, vulnerability services|

Your Employees are Targets. Social Engineering is Increasing.

Even with advanced technology and security, your data is still at (more…)

Cindy Kaplan2024-07-03T20:24:52+00:00Categories: Penetration Testing, Security Awareness|Tags: baiting, Pen Test, penetration testing company, phish, phishing attack, security awareness, smish, Social Engineering, tailgating, vish|

Evolution of Phishing Attacks and the Billions it is Now Costing Corporations

Phishing BEC

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Cindy Kaplan2024-07-03T20:24:53+00:00Categories: Penetration Testing, Security Awareness, Vulnerability Management|Tags: BEC, business email compromise, cyber, penetration testing company, Phishing, phishing attack|

WHAT KIND OF SECURITY ASSESSMENT DO I NEED?

What kind of security assessment do I need? It’s a question we (more…)

Cindy Kaplan2024-08-01T19:30:06+00:00Categories: Compromise Assessments, HIPAA Compliance, PCI Compliance, Penetration Testing, Risk Assessments|Tags: compromise assessments, cyber security risk assessment, gap assessments, malware, penetration test, penetration testing company, Reasonable, Risk Assessments, security assessments, vulnerabilities, vulnerability scanner, vulnerability scans|

9 QUICK TIPS TO IMPROVE WEAK AUTHENTICATION

Over years of penetration testing, HALOCK has seen some enduring (more…)

Cindy Kaplan2024-07-03T20:30:06+00:00Categories: Penetration Testing, Security Awareness|Tags: chicago, EDR, Endpoint, endpoint detection and response, IDS, Intrusion detection system, pass phrases, passwords, penetration testing, penetration testing company, SIngle sign on, SSO, vulnerabilities|

Network Penetration Testing: What’s the Ideal Frequency to Conduct Pen Tests?

Some companies test once a year. Some test several times a (more…)

Cindy Kaplan2024-07-03T17:09:51+00:00Categories: Penetration Testing, Vulnerability Management|Tags: chicago, Compliance, HIPAA, network pen test, PCI, penetration testing, penetration testing company, pentesting|