Network Penetration Testing: What’s the Ideal Frequency to Conduct Pen Tests?
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:
Why A Penetration Test ≠ An Automated Vulnerability Scan
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. (more…)
HALOCK INVESTIGATES: Network Chatter from China
Network Chatter from China
Imagine one hundred container ships full of the most valuable U.S. assets heading to China every day. Diamonds, gold, oil, John Deere Tractors, priceless artwork, Chevy Corvettes, life-saving artificial hearts, books from our historic libraries, soybeans, the latest Intel® processors, Redwood trees, the genuine (more…)
8 Ways to Avoid Becoming a Human Hack
Avoid Becoming a Human Hack.
I’ve become a fan of the show Impractical Jokers. If you haven’t seen it, three friends play jokes on the fourth, and he has to repeat whatever line is fed to him. The goal is to successfully convince random strangers to say or do a certain thing that they would not normally do. At the beginning of every challenge (more…)
Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) Protection For High Schools? Who’d a Thunk it?
Just this month, HALOCK saw its first incident of a high school that fell victim to a Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attack. Existing internet users inside the school could continue to work, but the outbound internet pipe became so clogged that no new browser sessions could be opened, impacting productivity of students and staff alike. DDoS attacks have become (more…)
privacyrights.org
If you’ve never checked out http://www.privacyrights.org, I would encourage you to do so. It’s a listing of all breaches made public from 2005 up to present, presented in reverse chronological order. They collect the information from a variety of sources.
You can filter your search by checking/un-checking various boxes on (more…)
Gartner Advice on Defending Against 4 Attack Threats
This was taken from an article from Dark Reading, covering a recent Gartner Security & Risk Management Summit. Gartner experts were discussing how to defend against 4 main types of attack threats. (more…)
Verizon 2012 Data Breach Report
If you haven’t read the Verizon 2012 Data Breach Report, you may want to check it out. Contains a wealth of information on what’s going on in information security breaches. Here’s a link: (more…)
Security Worm Targets Design Documents
I thought this was an interesting article out of Dark Reading lately – “AutoCAD Worm Targets Design Documents in Possible Espionage Campaign”. (more…)
Would You Bet on the IT Security of Your Network?
This was from an article published on Dark Reading recently. It was from a survey of 300 IT professionals, conducted by PhoneFactor, an authentication tool vendor. (more…)
