WHAT IS
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WHAT IS
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Is your organization equipped to defend against the increasing number of cyberattacks? Penetration testing is one of the best ways to evaluate your organization’s IT and security infrastructure as it identifies vulnerabilities in networks and systems. Unpatched vulnerabilities are an open invitation to cybercriminals. The National Institute of Standards and Technology discovered 4,068 high-risk vulnerabilities in 2021 (NIST).
The recent surge in cyberattacks has fueled the demand for penetration testing. In June 2021, the White House released a memo that urged businesses to conduct penetration tests to defend against ransomware threats (The White House, 2021). Security experts need to view networks and IT infrastructure from the perspective of threat actors to successfully prevent, detect, respond to, and recover from cyberattacks. In this blog, we will explore the importance of penetration testing in depth and learn the role of a penetration tester.