Pentesting Re-defined
Let’s say you find a SQL database directly accessible from the internet. It’s the same story all over. There’s really no reason you should have this sort of system directly on the internet. There are much more secure ways to make this system available.
So why do we want to waste time as a tester to try and hack something we already know is insecure and why does the security manager need to pay more for this effort? The only real value is that you use this information to prove to other managers that this access needs to be shut down. So my argument here is that, once you find something that point blank doesn’t belong on the internet, your efforts as a company should be to put resources towards fixing the problem rather than proving that it’s a problem in the first place. It’s a waste of effort at this point.
How Often to Perform Pentesting
IT Leadership is beginning to realize that one Pentest a year is not enough. What happens if an engineer makes a configuration mistake exposing your systems environment one week after your Pentest has been completed? You are basically exposed for a whole year if your vulnerability scans do not detect the issue.
Pentesting as a service is currently offered by a number of companies in this automated fashion. It’s only a matter of time before industry leaders start taking advantage of these technologies. Unfortunately, many organizations only implement the tools required for compliance, but those organizations who are serious about data security will gravitate towards these sorts of technologies that make your security program more effective.
Gartner’s Innovation Insight for SBOMs
As today’s organizations grapple with new and emerging regulation and escalating cyberattacks, product security and risk management professionals seek solutions that:
- Reduce product security risk
- Shorten time to market
- Automate Incident Response
- Mitigate supply chain risk
- Assist with compliance requirements
Explore the Gartner report today to understand how organizations can look to SBOMs and begin to understand and de-risk the vast amounts of code they create, consume, and operate.
Making the Regulatory Case for Software Bill of Materials (SBOM) to Enhance Product Security
In this analyst report, Dr. Edward Amoroso, Founder and CEO of TAG Cyber, makes the regulatory case for using SBOM to enhance product security. In his analysis, he emphasizes connected devices in the context of the software supply chain, and uses the Finite State platform to demonstrate the existence of practical commercial support in this area.
Read the report for the latest guidance on:
- How SBOM automates Product Security
- SBOM and NERC CIP
- SBOM's key role in FDA Draft Guidance
- EO 14028, SBOMs, and government procurement
- How to get the most from SBOM
- and more.
The Ultimate Guide to Connected Device Security
Nearly 70% of organizations surveyed by the Linux Foundation report being very or extremely concerned about the security of the software they use. When that software powers critical infrastructure systems in sectors such as energy, telecom, or health care, the stakes to society rise high.
In our Ultimate Guide to Connected Device Security, we explore the six steps that organizations must take to better secure their products and software supply chain lifecycles.
Download the white paper today to get started!
BG Unified Delivers 100% Network Uptime to Clients Using FirstWave
The BG Unified Solutions team consists of experts in different technologies like security, voice, load balancers, WAN, WAN optimization, Cloud, and Cisco Technologies. As experts across different technologies, their focus is to provide competitive, affordable and Unified Solutions to our clients.
BG Unified is a business that is built upon their clients trusting in the services that are delivered, whether that is infrastructure, backup, email, database or platform as a service, Saurabh Sareen (Sunny), BG Unified Solutions Co-Founder and Managing Director, aims for, and delivers, 100% uptime to his clients.
An IT Managers Guide To Network Process Automation
This guide is designed for IT Managers looking to implement Network Process Automation in their organisation.
Key Points:
- Focus on good operational practices.
- Picking the right tasks.
- Handling of common issues through automation.
- Mapping out the automation process.
- Time savings.
- Checklist.
The guide discusses the best approach for change management and team buy-in, provides a methodology framework to use when considering the automation of a manual task in a network environment and the steps to take in order to identify an effective test case for your organization.
How to Detect, Diagnose, and Fix Issues with Network Bandwidth
Network bandwidth has always been a precious commodity and given our current circumstances with so many people working from home, many companies have not had the bandwidth they need in the right places. This E-book will help you with some strategies on how to detect bandwidth issues, further diagnose those issues, and what actions you can take to relieve those bandwidth issues.
Taking The Lead on IT Automation
As IT automation becomes a critical element in digital transformation and for achieving other top business goals, IT leaders must not focus solely on technical matters like selecting the right technology. They should also become evangelists by developing a strategic vision for IT automation and serving as a proponent of culture change to overcome the resistance present at many organizations today.
The IT Automation Imperative
Cloud adoption is growing, but these environments also bring new operational challenges. IT automation can help you maximize the value of your cloud investments to support digital initiatives and innovation, at scale. Red Hat® Ansible® Automation Platform delivers all of this and more, allowing you to implement effective cloud and enterprise-wide automation. Read this e-book to learn how automation can help you deliver business outcomes across your hybrid cloud environment.
Network Automation for Everyone
Network management has remained largely the same for decades despite substantial change in network technologies. Traditional approaches cannot keep up with rapidly-evolving developer needs and application requirements, so more organizations are implementing automation into network services management. Automating network management provides more control and visibility into network resources. This e-book covers the benefits of modernizing your network with Red Hat® Ansible® Automation Platform.
Innovate with Automation
Many organizations are turning to automation to innovate and adapt to change. Ansible and the open source community continue to expand the possibilities of automation. Real Red Hat® Ansible® Automation Platform customers share their challenges, approaches, and successes across four industries and how they used automation to address their needs while advancing innovation in their industries in this collection of stories.
Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform: A Beginner’s Guide
Although many organizations are dabbling in automation, they’re often approaching it with point solutions rather than a holistic view. Taking this approach can increase costs, result in duplicate efforts, and build barriers between functions and departments. Explore how Red Hat® Ansible® Automation Platform can help your organization solve enterprise IT challenges across hybrid cloud infrastructure.
TrustInSoft Analyzer Demo
Recognized by the NIST, TrustInSoft Analyzer goes further than any other static analysis tool by using formal methods to do the equivalent of billions of tests in order to mathematically guarantee the absence of bugs like buffer overflow, divison by zero, integer overflow, use after free, etc. TrustInSoft Analyzer mathematically proves the absence of even the most hidden bugs and integrates easily in the CI process.
Check out this demo of TrustInSoft Analyzer on this popular C library ARM mbed TLS.
CERT C Benchmark
The SEI CERT Coding Standards are software coding standards developed by the Software Engineering Institute of Carnegie Mellon University. They are steadily becoming one of the key industry references for creating safe and secure software. One of these is SEI CERT C which has been updated for C11 but is also applicable to the earlier versions of the C language.
CERT C is primarily intended for software developers. However, it is also used by software integrators to define the requirements concerning code quality. There is a special interest for high-stakes and critical code developers who must build reliable code that is robust and resistant to attacks. That is why these standards are increasingly being used as a metric to evaluate the quality of the source code.
