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Use Pentest-as-a-Service for Work Delegation and Pentest Management

Use Pentest-as-a-Service for Work Delegation and Pentest Management

For many organizations, managing a Pentest means hiring a pentest firm, waiting for results, and then delivering a report to management. From there, results including vulnerability findings will make their way to IT and development for resolution (or not) and to...

Improving the Value of Compliance Pentesting with Retesting  

Improving the Value of Compliance Pentesting with Retesting  

  Compliance is the primary reason organizations pentest today. Here, most organizations request a pentest, use the report to show third-party assessment of cybersecurity, and then done. The organization requesting the pentest largely never resolves issues except...

Pentest Levels – Choosing an Assessment Level

Pentest Levels – Choosing an Assessment Level

PentestHero uses 3 assessment levels, designed to offer everything from basic cybersecurity assessments to complete pentesting. Depending on your organization, you might need one pentest level, or to test in several stages across different environments to manage risk...

Pentesting IOT Devices: How to Manage & Secure Smart Devices

Pentesting IOT Devices: How to Manage & Secure Smart Devices

Internet of Things brings smart functionality to millions of devices, but with WIFI and connectivity comes risk. Millions of organizations now face vulnerabilities from Internet of Things devices. IoT pentesting allows you to find and resolve those vulnerabilities,...

Pentesting vs Bug Bounty Program – Which Do You Need? 

Pentesting vs Bug Bounty Program – Which Do You Need? 

Pentesting and bug bounty programs, like the popular HackerOne program, are both valid resources for testing and finding vulnerabilities in software, websites, and web applications. But, which should you use at which stage of development? And, which offers the most in...

When to Pentest Your Applications and Web Properties?

When to Pentest Your Applications and Web Properties?

Most of us are aware that cybersecurity is increasingly important. So much so that Gartner estimates global cybersecurity spending now exceeds 839 million euro. Gartner CyberSecurity Ventures estimates that a business falls victim to an attack every 11 seconds. Work...