When it comes to cybersecurity, one of the most important things you can do is test your system for vulnerabilities. Cybersecurity testing ensures you have all the necessary security measures in place and that they are functioning correctly. There are many ways to test the security of a system. Some are more thorough than others, and some take longer to complete.
Topics: Penetration Testing, risk assessment, cybersecurity, Vulnerability Scanning, Vulnerability Assessment
By Mike Buckley | Presales Security Consultant at Nettitude
Firstly, what is an endpoint? An endpoint is usually a device which communicates with the network to which it is connected. This can be a myriad of devices including, laptops, mobiles, tablets, servers etc. As the attack vectors vary hugely depending on where we focus, this blog will primarily target the laptop/desktop world. Risks to all endpoints may be similar, but the mitigations are very different.
Topics: Cyber Security, Nettitude, Security Blog, Security Testing, Cyber Security Blog, Download Area, risk assessment, SEO Series, endpoint protection, endpoint security, endpoint protection software
By Mike Buckley | Presales Security Consultant at Nettitude
There are a few important principles that should be keeping a responsible CIO/CISO awake at night. Most certainly, one of those would be the loss or leakage of business-critical data such as customer Personal Identifiable Information (PII) or financial details. One of the primary functions of their role is to recognise this and put into place processes and technical controls to lower the risk of that data being exposed. We only have to look in the media to see numerous examples of data breaches. Threat actors as we now call them have been trying to access data of various kinds stretching back into the 1980s when modems connected everything together. Unfortunately for the CIO/CISOs of today there are compliance frameworks such as GDPR which firmly put the burden of responsibility on their shoulders.
Topics: Cyber Security, Nettitude, Security Blog, Security Testing, Cyber Security Blog, Download Area, risk assessment, SEO Series, data protection solutions, data loss protection, data leakage protection
The world loves assessments. Be it the endless Top 10 lists on Facebook, from the Forbes 500 to the FT 1000 and more. Smaller assessments include a person’s annual physical, car inspections, report cards from school, and more. In the world of information security, a risk assessment is an invaluable method for an organisation to determine its information security posture. There is a lot at stake when an organisation performs a cybersecurity risk assessment, so it’s imperative that it be done right.
Want to learn how to do it right? Keep reading.
Topics: Cyber Security, risk assessment