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Are Penetration Tests Confusing?

Posted on January 22, 2018 by Advisory Team

Many self-proclaimed experts are incredible at selling a solutions or services that claim to solve all your cyber risks. Unfortunately, a magic bullet, two-birds-one-stone, or all-in-on-solutions often end up becoming inefficient, ineffective, complex, or often expensive for complete adoption....

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Dark Web - Your Credentials Are For Sale

Posted on April 10, 2017 by Advisory Team

We all know end user behavior is predictable, which makes their passwords pretty easy to figure out. How is this possible and know for certain? Think about the number of websites, applications, systems, social media sites you use on a daily basis that requires you to enter a username and password. Everyone knows individual passwords are common and very rarely change beyond a handful of complex and probable variations....

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IT Vulnerabilities are here to stay

Posted on March 24, 2017 by Advisory Team

Don't know how to identify vulnerabilities across so many platforms, applications, or appliances? Well you’re not alone. It's a very common question and concern we often here from new clients. Why you ask? Well any IT professional can tell you risk can be elusive with so many complex infrastructure components, and in some cases these systems are not easy to integrate into your monitoring, SIEM, service desk solution....

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Emerging Cyber Threats and Cyber Security Issues

Posted on November 28, 2016 by Advisory Team

The DefendEdge team is constantly monitoring the cyber threat landscape. We have identified two emerging threats and a cyber security issue of particular concern, and are calling them out so you can take proactive steps to protect you organization. Below you will find a brief description of each individual threat, as well as links to resources that offer more information regarding the threat....

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Healthcare Alert: Hackers Target Healthcare Data

Posted on November 08, 2016 by Julie Palacio

The Target: Patient and Employee Data Healthcare, biotech, and pharma industries you are the target. Cyber-criminals and malicious insiders are eager to steal your data, but especially your Intellectual Property (IP). In fact, the highest percentage (48.4%) of breached records in 2016 was in the Medical/Healthcare industry, according to the Identity Theft Resource Center.1...

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