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Cybersecurity risk assessment and management

• Web application penetration testing: Best practices

  Three steps you can take to ensure that penetration testing is successful and efficient, and that you paint an accurate picture for your customers. Continue Reading

• Secure the domain controller with a penetration test

  Domain controller penetration testing requires quality tools and special tactics, reconnaissance, enumeration and vulnerability discovery. Learn the techniques you'll need to perform a thorough test. Continue Reading

• A review of Cenzic's Hailstorm v2.6

  If your customer is looking for a tool that will perform regular in-house pen tests without the need for dedicated staff, Cenzic's Hailstorm v2.6 might be the tool to recommend. Learn the basics in this review. Continue Reading

• Storage penetration testing

  Value-added resellers (VARs) and consultants will learn which security tests to perform and which tools to use to ethically hack your customer's storage systems and uncover hidden vulnerabilities. Continue Reading

• VPN penetration testing

  Make sure your customer's virtual private network isn't a hacker magnet. This tip introduces the penetration testing tools value-added resellers (VARs) and security consultants need to harden and secure their customers' VPNs. Continue Reading

• A review of Skybox Security's Skybox View 3.0

  Skybox View builds a detailed map of your customer's network and assesses threats against it based on feeds from VA scanners and SIMS, and also makes it possible to virtualize penetration testing. This review helps channel professionals make the ...Continue Reading

• When should automated penetration testing be supplemented with manual pen testing?

  Automated pen testing is a helpful tool, but if you aren't rounding it out with manual testing, you may be missing client-specific vulnerabilities.Continue Reading

• Protecting your customer's Windows 2003 server from hackers

  Get advice on how to protect your SMB customer's Windows 2003 server from hack attacks by using more than one scanning tool and reformtting the server.Continue Reading

• Is there a security problem in computing?

  This chapter teaches you how to identify the main themes of secure computing, provides you with a glossary of terms, and offers exercises that will help you ask the questions that result in a more secure environment for your customer.Continue Reading

• Configure IIS Web server permissions to protect customer data

  Learn how to configure IIS Web server permissions to provide proper access controls that not only satisfy your customer's end users, but also ensure better data security.Continue Reading

• Remove malware step-by-step

  Certain adware, viruses and rootkits can take considerable time to remove, so use the tricks outlined in this tip to respond to an infection on your customer's network.Continue Reading

• Managing the unified threat management device -- Is it really unified?

  UTM devices offer varying degrees of integrated management. This tip explains what to look for in a UTM device and how to manage your customer's expectations.Continue Reading

• Email security appliances that fight phishers and spambots

  Stop spam, foil phishers, and enforce email security policies by tackling email security appliance basics. In this tip, security consultants and value-added resellers (VARs) will learn why deploying email security appliances makes sense, how to add ...Continue Reading

• Unified threat management benefits for SMBs

  When your SMB customer is looking for a way to manage a number of security devices without a huge budget or extra manpower, UTM solutions may be just what they need. Get insight on the SMB angle here.Continue Reading

• A review of iPolicy Networks' ISM Express 1000

  This review of iPolicy Networks' ISM Express 1000 explains the ins and outs of a product that manages across multiple intrusion prevention firewalls (IPFs), and helps you decide whether the product is right for your customer's network.Continue Reading