Network penetration testing is a simulated cyber attack against a computer network to assess the security of the network and identify vulnerabilities. The goal is to determine if unauthorized access, ...

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 ...

Melissa Delaney is a freelance journalist who specializes in business technology. She is a frequent contributor to the CDW family of technology magazines. Maybe it’s that mail server that IT forgot to ...

As technology advances, ensuring the security of computer systems, networks, and applications becomes increasingly critical. One of the ways in which security professionals can assess the security ...

Definition: Penetration testing is a process in which a security professional simulates an attack on a network or computer system to evaluate its security—with the permission of that system’s owners.

I'm not sure if I needed to post here, or within the Server Room forum for this, but I'm looking for a recommendation on a network pen test software, as a vendor is requesting one be done. I used to ...

Why are you performing penetration tests? Whether you’re using an internal team, outside experts or a combination of the two, are you simply satisfying regulatory or audit requirements, or do you ...

BERLIN–Penetration testing has come a long way in the last decade, evolving from a somewhat controversial practice to a de facto best practice in the enterprise market. That evolution hasn’t stopped ...

Tanya Candia is an international management expert, specializing for more than 25 years in information security strategy and communication for public- and private-sector organizations. Pitting an ...