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The Top 20 Penetration Testing Tools for Cybersecurity in 2023

April 21, 2023
Est Read Time: 7 min
To combat the growing number of sophisticated cyber threats, security professionals must stay up-to-date with the...
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The State of Pentesting 2023: How Operational Changes Can Jeopardize Security

April 12, 2023
Est Read Time: 3 min
The 2023 report taps into data from over 3,100 pentests we did in 2022, and 1,000 responses from security teams in the US, the UK, and Germany.
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The Fifth Edition State of Pentesting Report: Preview

April 4, 2023
Est Read Time: 2 min
The State of Pentesting 2023 drops on April 12th — get a taste of the report with this sneak peek, and sign up to receive it in your inbox on launch day.
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10 Steps to Secure Your Azure Cloud Environment

March 29, 2023
Est Read Time: 12 min
The blog discusses ten essential steps to secure your Azure cloud environment, ranging from access management to network security. It emphasizes the use of Azure CLI to implement these best practices and safeguard against potential security threats. The steps include multifactor authentication, compliance standards, encryption, backups, and disaster recovery plans, among others.
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AI May Not Steal Your Job, But It Could Eliminate It With A Devastating Cyberattack

March 17, 2023
Est Read Time: 3 min
Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning have been used in a variety of cybersecurity tools - but let’s talk about the flip side of that coin. How could AI be used to attack, rather than defend?
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Effective Penetration Testing Frameworks and Methodologies

March 16, 2023
Est Read Time: 5 min
Penetration testing is vital to identify potential security vulnerabilities on a network before cybercriminals find and...
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Gartner Names Cobalt in Report on DevSecOps Tools for Secure Software Delivery

March 15, 2023
Est Read Time: 2 min
Gartner's recent report “How to Select DevSecOps Tools for Secure Software Delivery” gives a birds-eye view of the technology landscape, emphasizing the benefits to integrating developer-friendly tools into DevOps pipelines. In a section of the report titled “Preproduction and Release Phases” Gartner name-drops Cobalt as a representative penetration testing vendor.
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The Life of a Bug

March 3, 2023
Est Read Time: 5 min
With this post I'll present a way to better understand bugs, from their origin until their death. I’ll do this by introducing the idea of a security bug pipeline and Fix-to-Fix framework.
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Decoding the Differences: Black, Gray, and White-Box Pentests

March 1, 2023
Est Read Time: 5 min
Different types of pentesting methods have designated colors with the key differences.
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