Privay Policy | Purplesec

How To Create An Effective Phishing Campaign

A phishing campaign is comprised of 8 steps including sending a questionnaire, crafting email templates, defining the vishing and…

Vulnerability Management

Jason Firch, MBA

Internal Vs External Vulnerability Scans

Internal vulnerability scans have access to an internal network or credentialed account, while external scans identify vulnerabilities from outside the network.

Penetration Testing

Jason Firch, MBA

What Are The Different Types Of Penetration Testing?

The different types of penetration tests include network services, applications, client side, wireless, social engineering, and physical.

General Cybersecurity

Jason Firch, MBA

How To Prevent A Wireless Network Attack

A wireless attack involves identifying and examining the connections between all devices connected to the business’s WiFi.

Penetration Testing

Jason Firch, MBA

External Vs Internal Penetration Testing: Differences Explained

Penetration testing is the practice of checking the security weaknesses of application software, networks, computers and devices, wireless systems, and employees. Penetration tests can be either external or internal depending on the goal of the project.

An external penetration test researches and attempts to exploit vulnerabilities that could be performed by an external user without access and permissions. An internal penetration test, or assumed breach test, assesses the risk of a threat actor who also already achieved initial access into your systems to determine what level of information can be exposed.

Sample Network Pen Test Report

What should a penetration test report include? Download our sample report to learn.

What Is An External Penetration Test?

External penetration testing consists of testing vulnerabilities to review the chances of being attacked by any remote attacker. By exploiting the found vulnerabilities it identifies the information being exposed to outsiders.

The main objective of this test is to simulate an attack on the external network by mimicking the actions of an actual threat actor.

This type of penetration testing attempts to find and exploit vulnerabilities in a system to gain initial access to the internal network.

As a result, the test will show whether the implemented security measures are enough to secure an organization and assess its capability to defend against any external attack.

Examples Of An External Penetration Test

Configuration & Deployment Management Testing.
Identity Management Testing.
Authentication Testing.
Authorization Testing.
Session Management Testing, Input Validation Testing.
Testing for weak Cryptography.
Business Logic Testing.
Client Side Testing.
Testing for Error Handling.

External Penetration Testing Methods

Footprinting.
Checking for public information and other information leakages.
System Scanning/Port Scanning/Service Scanning for vulnerabilities.
Manual testing identified vulnerabilities.
IDS/IPS Testing.
Password Strength Testing.

Free Penetration Testing Policy

Skip the policy-writing hassle with our ready-to-use penetration testing policy template.

When Should You Choose An External Penetration Test?

External Threat Focus: External pen tests focus on threats originating from outside the organization’s network. These are often the most common types of threats, as they can come from any location worldwide.
Internet-facing Assets: External pen tests specifically target your internet-facing assets, such as your website, email server, and remote access portals. These are often the first targets of an attack.
Preventing Unauthorized Access: By identifying vulnerabilities, you can prevent attackers from gaining unauthorized access to your internal network.
Real-world Attack Simulation: External pen tests simulate real-world attacks from a hacker’s perspective. This can give you a better understanding of your vulnerabilities as they would appear to a potential attacker.
Unbiased Perspective: An external pen test provides an unbiased perspective of your network security, as the testers are not familiar with your internal network architecture.

What Is An Internal Penetration Test?

An internal penetration test uses a different way of dealing with the attacks and typically comes into the picture after the completion of an external penetration test.

In this test, the main focus is to identify what could be accomplished by an attacker who has internal access to your network or applications.

Before engaging with a vendor consider having the following checklist of items available:

Your goals for performing a pen test.
The number of internal workstations on the network.
The number of servers.
The total number of internal and external IPs.

Once those vulnerabilities are identified, testers may exploit them, or document them in the final report to discover the impact of an attack and show the weakness/entry points to the organization.

Internal penetration testing is not just limited to exploiting internal network vulnerabilities, but it also includes privilege escalation, malware spreading, man-in-the-middle attacks (MITM), credential stealing, monitoring, information leakage, or any other malicious activity.

You might be wondering why you would conduct an internal penetration test, to begin with, given your systems are supposedly secure from any external threats.

However, internal tests provide the results to an organization that should an attacker manage to gain access equivalent to an insider.

Or if any malicious internal user tries to break the security, what impact it could have in terms of disclosure, misuse, alteration, or destruction of the organization’s confidential information.

$35/MO PER DEVICE

Enterprise Security Built For Small Business

Defy your attackers with Defiance XDR™, a fully managed security solution delivered in one affordable subscription plan.

Examples Of An Internal Penetration Test

White Box Testing.
Gray Box Testing.
Black Box Testing.
Social Engineering.
Physical Penetration Testing.
Wireless Penetration Testing.
Network Service Testing.
Client Side Testing.
Web Application Testing.
Database Testing.
Mobile Application Testing.
Cloud Testing.
IoT Testing.

Internal Penetration Testing Methods

Internal Network Scanning,
Port Scanning and System Fingerprinting,
Finding And Exploiting Vulnerabilities.
Manual Vulnerability Testing and Verification,
Administrator Privileges Escalation Testing.
Password Strength Testing.
Network Equipment Security Controls Testing.
Database Security Controls Testing.
Internal Network Scan for Known Trojans.
Third-Party/Vendor Security Configuration Testing.

When Should You Choose An Internal Penetration Test?

Insider Threats: Internal pen tests focus on threats originating from inside the organization’s network. These can come from disgruntled and unaware employees, contractors, or attackers who have already gained access to your network.
Access Control: Internal pen tests can help you understand if your access controls are working as expected and if privileges can be escalated.
Post-Breach Analysis: If an attacker has breached your external defenses, an internal pen test can help identify what resources the attacker can access.
Insider Threat Simulation: Internal pen tests simulate attacks from an insider’s perspective, providing insight into what an insider could accomplish.
Network Security: An internal pen test provides a detailed view of your network security from within, which can be different from how it appears from the outside.
Sensitive Data Access: Internal pen tests can help identify if an attacker with initial access can reach sensitive data within your web applications.
Session Management: It can test the robustness of session management and authentication mechanisms of your web applications.
Privilege Escalation: It can reveal if an attacker can escalate privileges within the web application.

Conclusion

For every organization, it’s best practice to perform an external and internal penetration test along with regular security audits to ensure the security of their IT system and determine what information can be exposed to the attackers.

It is also necessary because of IT security rules & regulations and guidelines like GLBA, FFIEC, NCUA, HIPAA, PCI, and other compliance standards.

Article by

Jason Firch, MBA

Jason is a proven marketing leader, veteran IT operations manager, and cybersecurity expert with over a decade of experience. He is the founder and President of PurpleSec.

What Is A Vulnerability Assessment?

A vulnerability assessment is a process of identifying security vulnerabilities in systems, quantifying and analyzing them, and remediating those vulnerabilities based on predefined risks.

Assessments are an essential part of a holistic security program and are cited by many industry standards and compliance regulations.

The vulnerability assessment example below identifies and categorizes vulnerabilities found on a network.

A security expert conducts vulnerability analysis of the network scans to prioritize threats identified. From this, an action plan can be created with steps to remediate vulnerabilities.

For example, maintaining up-to-date patches and implementing a patch management procedure may be a valid recommendation.

Vulnerability Assessment Pricing & Frequency

Vulnerability assessment costs vary, but you can expect to pay between $2,000 – $4,000 per report.

The complexity of the network and the goals of the assessment often determine the cost of a scan.

Many security professionals consider it best practice to perform vulnerability assessments at least quarterly, however, there are several factors to consider including compliance, changes in infrastructure, and business needs.

With the growing threat landscape, it is not uncommon for organizations to adopt a continuous vulnerability management solution.

What Are The Steps In The Vulnerability Assessment Process?

Step 1: Conduct Risk Identification And Analysis

Identifying risks for each asset and possible threats they face is a complex task.

The most important thing is to structure the process well so that nothing important slips through the cracks. Companies can accomplish this by structuring their asset registers with added columns for threats and vulnerabilities.

This way, you will have a centralized document with all the necessary information needed. After you assign threats and vulnerabilities to your assets, you can begin the analysis phase where you assign risks to assets by determining the impact and likelihood of each threat materializing.

Once complete, you can finally focus on prioritizing assets that have the highest risk assigned and those most critically affected by known weaknesses or vulnerabilities.

Step 2: Vulnerability Scanning Policies and Procedures

To have a structured and successful scanning methodology, policies and procedures must exist in order to have a pre-determined course of action needed to be taken. This includes all aspects of vulnerability scanning.

For starters, the policy or a procedure should have an official owner that is in responsible for everything that is written inside.

Free Download: Sample Vulnerability Assessment Policy

The policy should also be approved by upper management before taking effect. Defining the frequency of scanning is also important due to compliance adherence.

From a technical perspective, everything regarding the vulnerability scan configuration and functionality should be emphasized and written down.

The document should also include steps to be taken after the scan is complete.

The most important factors are the types of scans that will be conducted, the ways the scans will be performed, software solutions used, which vulnerabilities take precedence over others, and steps that need to be taken after the scan is complete.

Step 3: Identify The Types Of Vulnerability Scans

step 3 - identify the type of scans Vulnerability scanning is a process where vulnerability scanning software is used to identify security weaknesses in information systems.

Vulnerability scanning can be performed by network administrators, information security analysts and all technical IT staff that are trained and assigned the function of conducting a vulnerability scan.

Most malicious hackers attempt to map a network by scanning the system and trying to find possible vulnerabilities to gain unauthorized access to information systems. If malicious hackers you are trying to defend against use vulnerability scanning techniques, you have no choice but to employ them as well in order to stay ahead of their game.

Depending on the software that is running on the system you need to scan and secure, you need to determine the type of scan to be performed in order to get the most benefits.

The most common types of vulnerability scans include:

Network Vulnerability Scans

The most common type of vulnerability scan is a network-based scan.

This scan includes networks, their communication channels, and the networking equipment used in an environment.

Some of the major software and hardware devices that are in the scope of a network scan are hubs, switches, routers, firewalls, clusters, and servers.

A network scan will detect and classify all vulnerabilities that it finds on these devices.

Host Based Vulnerability Scans

Host-based scan is often misunderstood as being the same as a network scan.

Far from the truth, host-based scans address vulnerabilities related to hosts on the network including computers, laptops, and servers.

More specifically, this scan investigates:

The host configuration.
Its user directories.
File systems.
Memory settings.
Other information that can be found on a host.

This scan focuses more on the endpoints and their internal system setup and functionality.

The importance of a host-based scan is also often overlooked.

If neglected, misconfigurations and dormant vulnerabilities that lie in endpoints can mean disaster for your company if a malicious hacker manages to penetrate past your perimeter.

By neglecting host-based scans malicious actors can move laterally through the system with far more ease.

Application Based Vulnerability Scans

An application vulnerability scan is often forgotten and is in the shadows of an application penetration test.

Nevertheless, if you are not conducting an application penetration test, scanning your applications for vulnerabilities should be very high on your priority list.

By choosing from a variety of application vulnerability scanning tools, you can automate your security tasks and increase the security of your applications.

There is a variety of tools that you can use, both open-source and commercial to conduct a true application vulnerability scan.

Wireless Based Vulnerability Scans

To conduct a successful wireless vulnerability scan you need to know all the wireless devices that are in your network.

Additionally, you need to map out the attributes for each device to know how to properly configure the scan.

The next step is to identify any rouge access points that might be in your network and isolate those unknown devices.

It is important to remove these devices from your network as they might be listening in on your wireless traffic.

After all of the above, you can start testing your wireless access points and your wireless LAN infrastructure.

Step 4: Configure The Scan

Even though there are many vulnerability scanning vendors to choose from, the configuration of any scan can still be addressed.

This is done by identifying general objectives and the type of system you want to scan.

To configure a vulnerability scan you must:

Add A List Of Target IPs – The IP addresses where the target systems are hosted need to be inputted into the vulnerability scanning software in order for a scan to be performed.

Defining Port Range And Protocols – After adding the target IPs it is important to specify the port range you want to scan and which protocol you wish to use in the process.

Defining The Targets – In this step, you need to specify if your target IPs are databases, windows servers, applications, wireless devices etc. By making your scan more specific, you will get more accurate results.

Setting Up The Aggressiveness Of The Scan, Time And Notifications – Defining how aggressive your scan will be can influence the performance of the devices you are going to scan. To avoid any downtime on the target systems, it is recommended to set up a scan to be executed at a certain time, usually non-business hours. Additionally, you can also setup to receive a notification when the scan is complete.

Step 5: Perform The Scan

After determining the type of scan you want to conduct, and after setting up the configuration of the scan, you can save the configuration and run as desired.

Depending on the size of the target set and the intrusiveness of the scan, it can take minutes to hours for it to complete.

Each vulnerability scan can be divided into three phases:

Scanning
Enumeration
Vulnerability Detection

In the scanning phase, the tool you are using will fingerprint the specified targets to gather basic information about them.

With this information, the tool will proceed to enumerate the targets and gather more detailed specifications such as ports and services that are up and running.

Finally, after determining the service versions and configuration of each target IP, the network vulnerability scanning tool will proceed to map out vulnerabilities in the targets, if any are present.

Step 6: Evaluate And Consider Possible Risks

Risks associated with performing a vulnerability scan pertain mostly to the availability of the target system.

If the links and connections cannot handle the traffic load generated by the scan, the remote target can shut down and become unavailable.

When performing a scan on critical systems and production systems, extra caution should be exercised, and the scan should be performed after hours when the traffic to the target is minimal, in order to avoid overload.

Step 7: Interpret The Scan Results

step 7 - interpret the scan results Having qualified staff members configuring, performing and analyzing the results of a vulnerability scan is most important.

Knowledge of the scanned system is also important in order to properly prioritize remediation efforts.

Even though each vulnerability scanning tool will prioritize vulnerabilities automatically, certain types of vulnerabilities should be given a priority.

For example, remote code execution vulnerabilities should take precedence over possible DDOS and encryption vulnerabilities.

It’s important to consider the likelihood and the effort needed in order for a hacker to exploit the found vulnerability.

If there is a public exploit available for a vulnerability that you found in your system, giving priority to that vulnerability should take precedence over other vulnerabilities found that are exploitable but with far more effort.

Step 8: Create A Remediation Process And Mitigation Plan

After interpreting the results, information security staff should prioritize the mitigation of each vulnerability detected and work with IT staff in order to communicate mitigation actions.

The Information security staff and IT staff need to communicate and work closely together in the vulnerability mitigation phase in order to make the process successful and fast.

Numerous follow-up scans are usually performed during the back and forth problem-solving between teams until all vulnerabilities that need to be mitigated no longer appear in the reports.

Conclusion

Vulnerability Assessments are a complex process that is always ongoing.

Due to the constant changes in technology in the modern era and with the increased number of successful attacks being launched at all major companies, these assessments have become the backbone for a successful defense of any information system.

It is a process that is heavily based on previously determined assets and their assigned risk due to the need to prioritize security issues to deflect the most damage that could arise from a successful cyber-attack.

The benefits associated with performing regular vulnerability assessments are enormous.

From serving as an aid in the process of system hardening to being an integral requirement of most compliance standards, vulnerability assessments also allow you to maintain a good security posture and contribute to the success of your company’s cyber security program.

The complex vulnerability scanning tools allow you to build your configurations and run scans on a vast number of different devices.

This gives your business the ability to assess its infrastructure in a sound and complete way, covering all fronts, for network, host, wireless and application-level vulnerabilities.

Article by

Strahinja Stankovic, ECSA

Strahinja is a Senior Information Security Analyst with 7 years of professional experience in cyber security. His primary focus is on security event monitoring, analysis and incident response.

What Is Vulnerability Management?

Vulnerability Management is the continuous process of discovering, assessing, verifying, prioritizing, remediating, and reporting vulnerabilities in systems and software.

The process of vulnerability management seeks to minimize the probability of exposures to threats that may impact the availability of critical business systems.

Vulnerability management is an integral component of your security program.

Treating vulnerability management as part of your security program creates synergy with other security systems to help you adapt to the constantly changing threat and attack landscape.

Building out a vulnerability management process can be achieved by understanding the various components that comprise the program.

Components of Vulnerability Management

Process	Responsibility	Duration	Frequency	Cost	Tools
Vulnerability Scanning	Security team – analyst or engineer.	1-2 hours to setup and 1-2 hours to scan.	Ideally daily or weekly at a minimum.	$5,000+/year.	Qualys, Rapid7, Acunetix, Nessus, Managed Engine.
Vulnerability Assessment	Security team – analyst or engineer.	3-5 hours of report writing.	Once per week or once per month.	$2,500 – $10,000/year.	Imperva, Nmap, Burpsuite, Invicti, OpanVas.
Patch Management	Infrastructure teams usually manage along with business owner approval.	Usually 24 – 48 hours.	At least weekly, ideally daily.	$5-$10/month per endpoint.	Microsoft SCCM, Avast, Kaseya, NinjaOne, Atera.
Vulnerability Remediation	Shared responsbility, including infrastructure teams and involves business team support.	30 days at a minimum; ideally every 9-12 days.	At least weekly, ideally daily.	$5-$10/month per endpoint.	PurpleSec

The components of vulnerability management are separate processes that are handled by the overall vulnerability management program.

Let’s now define each process and how they fit together into the scope of a comprehensive vulnerability management strategy.

Vulnerability Scanning

Vulnerability scanning can be described as the act of performing an inspection of internal/external addresses or assets managed by the organization.

This inspection includes:

Scanning external websites/applications
Network port scans
Internal servers
IoT Devices
Cloud Services

Related Resources:

Vulnerability Assessment

Vulnerability Assessments are periodic reviews of security weaknesses detected in an information endpoint or application.

The detection report provides a detailed review of a system’s susceptibility to an exploit and assigns a category ranking.

The assessment also guides how to remediate the findings.

Learn More: How To Conduct A Vulnerability Assessment

Patch Management

If you were to compare vulnerability management and patch management, patch management operationalizes the effort in applying patches to a system, and is a component of vulnerability management.

Vulnerability Remediation

A vulnerability remediation process determines and addresses weaknesses in assets, systems, or applications. The remediation process is driven by the Service Level Agreement (SLA) as documented in your Vulnerability Management policy.

This is an essential component since it establishes the timeliness of remediation and establishes ongoing vulnerability remediation best practices.

Now that we have discussed the basic foundational components of vulnerability management best practices, let’s now review the key benefits of putting this all together to round out the program.

Benefits of Vulnerability Management

If your organization does not have a robust vulnerability management program, your organization is at risk of cyber attacks that may threaten the availability of your business systems.

To counter this risk, let’s take a look at the 3 core benefits of vulnerability management.

One of the key steps in managing vulnerabilities in the cloud is defining the key vulnerability management metrics for your environment.

In this section, we will walk through the steps to establish key metrics and how you can prepare to stay current on monitoring threats to your cloud systems.

Improved Security Posture

Vulnerability management enhances the overall security posture of your organization by providing visibility and recognition of on premise and key external web assets.

Reduced Risk of Cyber Attacks

Implementing an automated and continuous patch management process ensures immediate identification of vulnerabilities, sets prioritization, and allocates resources to remediate critical vulnerabilities, which in turn reduces the risk of cyber attacks.

Maintain Compliance Requirements

Effective vulnerability management will help your organization to achieve regulatory compliance.

Compliance frameworks such as the Payment Card Industry (PCI) and the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) require organizations to maintain a vulnerability management program.

Now that we understand the core benefits of the vulnerability management program, let’s now explore another key component, the Vulnerability Management policy.

The Importance Of Having A Vulnerability Management Policy

As explained, the main benefits of the vulnerability management program are to secure the network from threats, improve your organization’s security posture, and stay compliant with regulatory requirements.

But how do you ensure teams that the program is communicated and enforced? The answer is a vulnerability management policy.

The purpose of the policy is to provide guidance not only for your security teams but to establish a standard set of processes that explains in detail each component of the program.

Details that should be included in the policy:

Asset identification – Describes the assets that are in scope for scanning.
Vulnerability scan frequency – Defines how often the scans are conducted.
SLA (Service Level Agreement – Defines the time frames vulnerabilities should be remediated.
Exception process – Describes the criteria and approval process for vulnerabilities that cannot be remediated promptly.

Future Trends And Predictions for Vulnerability Management In 2024

Based on trends from 2023, the prevalence of threats and vulnerabilities exploited in the wild is not slowing down.

To stay ahead of the attacks, security leaders are looking for innovative solutions to continuously monitor the networks and minimize risk with tighter budgets.

Let’s explore a few emerging technologies that will impact the way your organization approaches vulnerability management in 2023 and in the future.

Continue Reading: Vulnerability Management Trends & Predictions For 2024

Automation Of Vulnerability Management Processes

Automating vulnerability management that incorporates machine learning algorithms is one method security teams can implement to continuously identify and evaluate threats. This level of scanning increases efficiency and reduces technical debt by automating remediation.

Continuous Vulnerability Monitoring

As the name implies, continuous involves regularity and consistency. Continuous vulnerability scanning allows for creative scheduling and ongoing discovery of threats.

The output of continuous scanning produces valuable reports that provide real-time information on vulnerabilities and threats that exist in your infrastructure.

This approach allows your organization to develop a continuous vulnerability management solution that reduces overall risk to your environment.

Managing Vulnerabilities In The Cloud

Managing vulnerabilities in the cloud involves ensuring that cloud-based systems are regularly updated and patched, as well as monitoring for new vulnerabilities and implementing appropriate controls to mitigate risks.

Knowledge of applying best practices for managing vulnerabilities in the cloud is necessary to ensure assets are properly identified for scanning.

Once the infrastructure is established for cloud scanning, the procedures and vulnerability policies can be enforced as usual.

Focus On Cyber Resilience

Cyber resilience refers to an organization’s ability to prepare and recover quickly from an attack to continue operating in the face of ongoing threats.

When an organization focuses on cyber resilience, it will identify the most critical applications that have the highest business impact.

The organization can then leverage the vulnerability management program to prioritize scanning on these systems to proactively identify potential threats, which in turn establishes the foundation for a risk-based vulnerability management process for your organization.

Wrapping Up

In this article, we have described the various components of an efficient vulnerability management program.

We reviewed how each component integrates into the scope of the overall vulnerability program.

We also emphasized the importance of adopting automation and machine learning into your scanning processes.

Lastly, we reviewed the importance of managing vulnerabilities in the cloud along with the benefits of implementing cyber resilience, which is an effective technique when coupled with a continuous vulnerability management process.

As we look forward to another exciting and challenging year, continue to be vigilant in protecting your systems by implementing and maintaining an efficient vulnerability management program that secures your organization in 2024.

Article by

Jason Firch, MBA

Jason is a proven marketing leader, veteran IT operations manager, and cybersecurity expert with over a decade of experience. He is the founder and President of PurpleSec.

What Is A Buffer Overflow Attack?

In a buffer overflow attack, an application receives more input than it expects. As a result, the error exposes the system memory to a malicious threat.

While a buffer overflow itself doesn’t cause damage, it does expose a vulnerability.

Threat actors are then able to access memory locations beyond the application’s buffer, which enables them to write malicious code into this area of memory.

When the application is executed the malicious code is launched.

Example Of A Buffer Overflow Attack

In 2014, a buffer overflow vulnerability in the OpenSSL cryptography library was disclosed to the public.

This flaw, known as the Heartbleed bug, exposed hundreds of millions of users of popular online services and software platforms to a vulnerable version of the OpenSSL software.

The Heartbleed bug serves as a reminder of the importance of regular patching and staying aware of bug reports.

Free Security Policy Templates

Get a step ahead of your cybersecurity goals with our comprehensive templates.

How Do You Prevent A Buffer Overflow Attack?

Routine Code Auditing

This can be done both manually and automatically. Manual code auditing involves developers reviewing their code to identify potential vulnerabilities. Automated code auditing can be performed using static analysis tools that scan the code for common security vulnerabilities.

Training

Developers should be trained on secure coding practices, including bounds checking, avoiding the use of unsafe functions, and adhering to group standards. This training can help developers write code that is less likely to have buffer overflow vulnerabilities.

Compiler Tools

Tools like StackShield, StackGuard, and Libsafe can add a layer of protection against buffer overflow attacks by detecting and preventing stack overflows.

Safe Functions

Using safe functions such as strncat instead of strcat, strncpy instead of strcpy, etc., can help prevent buffer overflow attacks. These functions include bounds checking to ensure that data does not exceed the buffer size.

Regular Patching

Regularly patching web and application servers and staying aware of bug reports relating to applications upon which your code is dependent can help prevent buffer overflow attacks.

Learn More: How To Automate Your Patch Management

This is because patches often fix known vulnerabilities that could be exploited through a buffer overflow attack.

Scanning Applications

Periodically scanning your application with one or more of the commonly available scanners that look for buffer overflow flaws in your server products and your custom web applications can help identify potential vulnerabilities.

These scanners can provide detailed reports on potential security issues and suggest ways to fix them.

Article by

Jason Firch, MBA

Jason is a proven marketing leader, veteran IT operations manager, and cybersecurity expert with over a decade of experience. He is the founder and President of PurpleSec.

Sample Network Pen Test Report

What Is An External Penetration Test?

Examples Of An External Penetration Test

External Penetration Testing Methods

Free Penetration Testing Policy

When Should You Choose An External Penetration Test?

What Is An Internal Penetration Test?

$35/MO PER DEVICE

Enterprise Security Built For Small Business

Examples Of An Internal Penetration Test

Internal Penetration Testing Methods​

When Should You Choose An Internal Penetration Test?

Conclusion

Related Content

Free Security Policy Templates

What Is A Vulnerability Assessment?

Vulnerability Assessment Pricing & Frequency

What Are The Steps In The Vulnerability Assessment Process?

Step 1: Conduct Risk Identification And Analysis

Step 2: Vulnerability Scanning Policies and Procedures

Step 3: Identify The Types Of Vulnerability Scans

Network Vulnerability Scans

Host Based Vulnerability Scans

Application Based Vulnerability Scans

Wireless Based Vulnerability Scans

Step 4: Configure The Scan

Step 5: Perform The Scan

Step 6: Evaluate And Consider Possible Risks

Step 7: Interpret The Scan Results

Step 8: Create A Remediation Process And Mitigation Plan

Conclusion

Related Content

Free Security Policy Templates

What Is Vulnerability Management?

Components of Vulnerability Management

Vulnerability Scanning

Vulnerability Assessment

Patch Management

Vulnerability Remediation

Benefits of Vulnerability Management

Improved Security Posture

Reduced Risk of Cyber Attacks

Maintain Compliance Requirements

The Importance Of Having A Vulnerability Management Policy

Future Trends And Predictions for Vulnerability Management In 2024

Automation Of Vulnerability Management Processes

Continuous Vulnerability Monitoring

Managing Vulnerabilities In The Cloud

Focus On Cyber Resilience

Wrapping Up

Related Content

Free Security Policy Templates

What Is A Buffer Overflow Attack?

Example Of A Buffer Overflow Attack

Free Security Policy Templates

How Do You Prevent A Buffer Overflow Attack?

Routine Code Auditing

Training

Compiler Tools

Safe Functions

Regular Patching

Scanning Applications

Related Content

Internal Penetration Testing Methods