Mike Chapple is associate teaching professor of IT, analytics and operations at the University of Notre Dame. During a penetration test (or pen test), highly skilled cybersecurity professionals assume ...

Mike Chapple is associate teaching professor of IT, analytics and operations at the University of Notre Dame. Even seasoned cybersecurity professionals confuse penetration tests with vulnerability ...

Getting a handle on an organization's true security posture can be like pinning down a moving target. But new features and technologies are becoming available that bring organizations closer to a true ...

You’ve just deployed an ecommerce site for your small business or developed the next hot iPhone MMORGP. Now what? Don’t get hacked! An often overlooked, but very important process in the development ...

API vulnerability scanning and API penetration testing are both important methods for ensuring the security of an API, but they have distinct differences in terms of their scope, methodology and ...

Ninety-six percent of cybersecurity leaders are confident in their ability to detect and respond to security incidents in real time—but then again, so is everyone… until they’re breached. In reality, ...

In 2025, penetration testing has become one of the most important security practices for large enterprises. With attacks getting faster, more targeted, and harder to detect, organisations can no ...

Penetration testing, also known as "pen testing", involves cybersecurity experts simulating cyberattacks on systems to find and fix weaknesses before malicious hackers can take advantage. It's like ...