Exploring the Psychology Behind Cybersecurity Awareness Through Penetration Testing
In today’s digital age, where cyber threats are continually evolving, understanding the psychology behind cybersecurity awareness is essential.
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How to Choose a Reputable Penetration Testing Firm
Finding a reputable penetration testing firm isn't hard if you know what to look for.
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What benefit does CREST Penetration Testing Accreditation Bring?
We are now CREST accredited, but what does that bring to our clients?
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• Announcing our new CREST Penetration Testing Accreditation
We are proud to announce that we are now CREST Penetration Testing accredited!
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Announcing our ISO 27001:2022 Certification
We are proud to announce that we are now ISO 27001:2022 certified!
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What is a Gamified Tabletop Exercise?
Describing what tabletop exercises are, how gamified tabletops are different, and why you may want to conduct your own gamified tabletop exercise for your organization.
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Penetration Testing for Small Businesses - Why Size Doesn't Matter
If you're starting to plan for penetration testing, you're on the right track.
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• The Value of Manual Penetration Testing - Beyond Automated Scans
Automated scanners cover known threats, but manual penetration testing is far more creative. That's where the main value of manual penetration testing lies.
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6 Signs Your Organization Needs Professional Penetration Testing
Cyber attacks conjure up notions of shady programmers tucked away in a dark room typing away at their keyboards, furiously trying to siphon money from your bank account.
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The Hidden Costs of Neglecting Penetration Testing: 5 Real-World Examples
The average cost of a cyber attack is about 4.4 million dollars.
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• Making the Right Choice: Penetration Testing vs Vulnerability Assessment
Cybersecurity experts discuss penetration tests and vulnerability assessments quite a bit. Both are important tools in your cybersecurity arsenal, but they're hardly interchangeable.
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• Why You Need Regular Cybersecurity Penetration Testing
In every industry we have set times where we recommend checkups. Cyber security is no different.
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What Is Cloud Penetration Testing?
Businesses are increasingly at risk from cybersecurity threats. Just look at the 2019 Capital One data breach. The attacker ended up accessing over 100 million customer records.
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• What is a Tabletop Exercise? Our Cybersecurity Secrets
Do you remember doing fire drills in school?
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7 Penetration Testing Best Practices for Small Businesses
If you want to get penetration testing done correctly, you need to be strategic.
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Our Top 10 Advanced Web Application Penetration Testing Techniques
Most organizations underestimate the risk of an attack, but in fact, web applications are among the most potent attack surfaces that a cyber hacker can find.
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• How Long Does a Pen Test Take? Insights From a Professional Pen Tester
What is the timeline for a pen test?
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Building a Penetration Testing Dropbox
Penetration testing a site remotely and at all hours can help make penetration testing more realistic. Building a low-cost raspberry pi-based device is a great method for testing on-site networks.
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• What Is Web Application Penetration Testing? 2024 Comprehensive Guide
It's 2024, and for some reason, many businesses still underestimate the likelihood of an attack on their web apps.
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• Penetration Testing in Cyber Security: How It Works
If you ask anyone who has seen their email or any other type of account hacked, the first thing they'll tell you is that the hack came as a major surprise.
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• 12 Penetration Testing Tools You Must Know About Before You Get Started
If you're starting to plan for penetration testing, you're on the right track.
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• Penetration Testing vs. Red Teaming: Decoding Their Unique Roles
These days, almost every large organization performs red teaming exercises.
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Limitations of Penetration Testing: The Blind Spot Dilemma
In the world of cyber security, it's possible to do everything right on the surface, and still get attacked by a malicious cyber hacker.
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• What's The Difference Between Penetration Testing And Vulnerability Scanning?
To the untrained eye, they have similar-sounding names, but penetration testing and vulnerability scanning are very different services.
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Will AI Replace Your Cybersecurity Company? Your Cyber Security AI Guide
Since the advent of ChatGPT in 2022, cyber-attacks have increased by 135%
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• 3 Types Of Cyber Security Hackers: What They Mean For Your Business
Cyber security hackers sound like an intimidating bunch, but not every security hack is conducted with malicious intent. In fact, to protect your business from hackers that steal your data, you’ll need to employ ethical hackers to assess your vulnerability to a cyber attack.
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• Do AI and ChatGPT Pose New Threats to Your Cyber Security?
ChatGPT is renowned for its ability to write clean code. ChatGPT does have its limits, but apparently, writing hacks for programmers isn’t one of them.
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• How Cybersecurity Services For Startups Can Boost Your Sales
It's not just about doing the work internally, it's about implementing verifiable, measurable best practices in cybersecurity.
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• Does My Organization Need A Penetration Test?
People in the cybersecurity industry often try to make it seem like getting a penetration test is the end-all and be-all of cybersecurity. As usual, the issue is far more complex than that.
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Do I Need A Cybersecurity Consultant? A Guide For Toronto Startups
When your business runs smoothly, it can feel like you're unstoppable! However weaknesses in your cybersecurity posture can cause the most devastating roadblocks of all.
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Are Password Managers Dangerous?
With the LastPass breach causing major concern and panic over password managers, let's review the risks in using them.
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How To Prevent Ex-Employees From Compromising IT Security: 12 Strategies For IT Security - Toronto
While security efforts from these companies have improved in recent years, many still underestimate the threat of a data breach arising from an ex-employee.
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• Fractional CISO vs. Interim CISO vs. Temporary CISO: Weigh The Pros And Cons
Bringing a CISO on board can be quite expensive. Before you decide to abandon the endeavour altogether, you should look for cost-saving alternatives.
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Why A Virtual CISO Makes Sense For Small To Mid-Sized Businesses
Hiring a CISO is a strenuous process. And if your business doesn't have the resources to pay one properly, you might find yourself feeling stuck.
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• Find The Best Penetration Testing Service In Waterloo
Not all penetration tests are created equal and there is some variation of what works. Come see how EliteSec differs from the others
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• How To Find A Penetration Testing Service in Toronto
It's cyber security awareness month! Join us for this weeks theme, which is phone week! Protecting your mobile device is important, especially if you allow your users to bring their own devices to your network.
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Announcing Second Opinion for Penetration Tests
Have you ever had a penetration test where you weren't quite satisfied with what you received, or had questions you never received a good answer for? We can help with a professional second opinion.
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Security Table Stakes - Some Important Bare Necessities
For many smaller organizations, taking on large security initiatives is unreasonable due to cost, time, or lack of skills within the existing team. Even so, there are some simple steps that any organization can take that should be considered 'table stakes' for securing the organization.
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• Supply Chain Threats - The Solar Winds Hack
The Solar Winds hack is one of the largest cybersecurity events that has hit the western world since the NotPetya ransomware attack of 2018, but what does it mean for your own security programs, postures, and processes?
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Cyber Security Awareness Month - IoT Week
It's cyber security awareness month! This week we cover Internet of Things (IoT) security, everything from Alexa devices to home thermostats and smart lights, or even your sous vide machine and security cameras you have around your home.
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Cyber Security Awareness Month - Network Week
It's cyber security awareness month! This week we cover network security, including securing Wi-Fi networks, using guest Wi-Fi networks safely, and protecting your business Wi-Fi networks.
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Cyber Security Awareness Month - Computer Week
It's cyber security awareness month! This week we focus on computer security, be that a laptop or desktop, we will look at some common techniques to protect devices using complex passphrases, preventing malware, and avoiding phishing scams.
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• Cyber Security Awareness Month - Phone Week
It's cyber security awareness month! Join us for this weeks theme, which is phone week! Protecting your mobile device is important, especially if you allow your users to bring their own devices to your network.
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The Cyber Security Skills Gap
There is a shortage of qualified cyber security professionals, so what can you do to ensure your own organization doesn't fall between the cracks.
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• The Threat Is Inside The Organization!
We often focus on the external threat, but ignore the insider threat. Not all insider threats are malicious, some are well intentioned.
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• It Starts At The Top - Executives & Security
Taking security seriously is like a lot of processes and behaviour business leaders want their employees to follow - if the executive leadership isn't behind the idea, it is bound to fail.
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Security Is Like An Onion
There is no one-size-fits-all solution when it comes to cyber security, it's a layered solution. In this article, we describe some common security layers that organizations should have for their own security programs.
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• Dealing With Security Researchers
When a security researchers reaches out, what do you do? This blog article covers some strategies that organizations can use when dealing with an external security researcher.
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• Let's Talk About The CRA Hack
The Canada Revenue Agency had recently suffered a security breach that affected a lot of Canadian residents. Is your own organization protected against a similar attack?
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News Alert - EliteSec Founder Quoted in vpnranks.com Article
The Founder and Principal Consultant of EliteSec shares his thoughts on cyber security awareness training for employees over on vpnranks.com
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News Alert - EliteSec Founder Quoted in BestCompany
EliteSec's Founder and Principal Consultant, John Svazic, shares his thoughts on password management for everyday users over on BestCompany.com
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All Your Employees Are Working From Home - Now What?
Having your employees working remotely comes with its own security challenges, so let's cover some strategies you can employ to reduce the risk to your own organization.
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• So you need a security program - Part 1
Taking a closer look at the importance of a solid security program at organizations of any size. There are may options out there, but in this article we start with the overview of why you need a security program in the first place.
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• What is a Gamified Tabletop Exercise?
Describing what tabletop exercises are, how gamified tabletops are different, and why you may want to conduct your own gamified tabletop exercise for your organization.
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• You Don't Need a Penetration Test (Yet)
Penetration testing is a common requirement for organizations looking to sell their products to other larger organization. In this blog post, we look at some of the reasons why you may not need a penetration test, at least not yet.
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• I'm Not A Target!
When organizations think about security, they often have the same reaction: I'm Not A Target! Unfortunately the statistics do not support this thought.
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Welcome to EliteSec
Welcome to EliteSec! This blog post outlines who EliteSec is, what we do, how we can help your own organization, as well as giving some history on why we decided tp start the business.
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