Ethical Hacking - Pen Testing

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Penetration Testing is a method that many companies follow in order to minimize their security breaches. This is a controlled way of hiring a professional who will try to hack your system and show you the loopholes that you should fix.More Info: 312-50: Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH)Before doing...

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Ethical Hacking - DDOS Attacks

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A Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attack is an attempt to make an online service or a website unavailable by overloading it with huge floods of traffic generated from multiple sources.Unlike a Denial of Service (DoS) attack, in which one computer and one Internet connection is used to...

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Ethical Hacking - Overview

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Hacking has been a part of computing for almost five decades and it is a very broad discipline, which covers a wide range of topics. The first known event of hacking had taken place in 1960 at MIT and at the same time, the term "Hacker" was originated.Read...

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EC-Council ECES Certification to Gain a Competitive Edge

The EC-Council Certified Encryption Specialist (ECES) certification introduces professionals and applicants to the field of cryptography. The applicants will learn the basics of modern symmetric and vital cryptography, comprising the data of algorithms such as Feistel Networks, DES, and AES. Many penetration testing professionals testing normally don't attempt...

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3 Reasons Why Financial Institutions Need Penetration Testing

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Banking and financial institutions have been under attack from various and considerable cyber-threats. Every year, this sector loses a massive chunk of its funds to criminal activities like phishing, ransomware, malware, etc. Due to this, cybersecurity has become a primary concern in this sector. The scale of attacks...

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What Qualifications Do You Need to Be a Penetration Tester?

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The definition of penetration testing varies among experts. But most professionals agree that pen testing is a process of testing vulnerabilities in IT infrastructure by conducting a lawful cyberattack. The times when companies only called an ethical hacker to find a solution after the attack are long gone....

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What Is Facial Scanning? What Are the Threats Involved in It?

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Facial scanning seemed like a fantasy a few years ago, but today we can open our mobile phones by scanning our faces. Millions of people are happy to access their smartphones with facial scanning worldwide. Facial scanning technology has a rapid increase in corporate organizations, airports, mobile phones,...

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What’s the Difference Between Penetration Testing and Vulnerability Assessment?

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Vulnerability Assessment (or scanning) and Penetration Testing are often believed to be similar procedures. But there are some key differences between both, and it majorly depends on how you test your systems to detect vulnerabilities.Read More: 312-76: EC-Council Disaster Recovery Professional (EDRP v3)In simple terms, Vulnerability Assessment is...

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What is Identity and Access Management (IAM) Governance and its Functions?

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Data incidents continue to plague companies, and industry standards organizations are increasing their compliance requirements to ensure data privacy and security. Maintaining Identity and Access Management (IAM) compliance includes Governance software that helps the organization protect data privacy while managing an increasingly complex digital and cloud-based IT infrastructure.More...

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What is Penetration Testing, Strategic Approaches and Its Types?

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In the wake of the global pandemic, the organizations were required to secure their security infrastructure and establish endpoint security as most of their workforce is working remotely. The shift to working remotely saw an exchange of data over cloud services and employees using their devices connected to...

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Programmable Money: Opportunities & Benefits of Digital Currency

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Programmable money technology is regarded by many as the most valuable sector of the cryptocurrency market. Furthermore, programmable money helps to deliver banks, currencies, and financial instruments with new utility, and its potential value is in the trillions of dollars. Although many people are interested in programmable money,...

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