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Perspectives

Think your attack surface is covered? Let’s look at the math.

Jason-Pappalexis
By Jason Pappalexis
Sr. Technical Marketing Manager
September 30, 2024

Many organizations believe their security testing is robust, but common tools like vulnerability scanning and penetration testing often leave surprising gaps. Infrequent tests, limited asset coverage and inaccurate results leave exposure and risk. Achieving ideal security goals requires full coverage, high accuracy, and frequent testing—criteria most approaches struggle to deliver. CyCognito bridges these gaps with automated testing for network systems and web applications, helping organizations strengthen their security, continuously.



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Common security testing approaches leave gaps. Here’s how to find them.

Jason-Pappalexis
By Jason Pappalexis
Sr. Technical Marketing Manager
September 16, 2024

Gaps in security testing involve more than missed assets – infrequent and inaccurate security testing can be just as big. This blog provides a five-step plan to help you find testing gaps and tighten your testing program, improving risk management, decision-making, and cost efficiency. A must-read for anyone looking to strengthen their security across their external attack surface.



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Automated Pen Testing for Efficient Red Teaming

Jason-Pappalexis
By Jason Pappalexis
Sr. Technical Marketing Manager
October 9, 2023

Explore the complexities of manual pen testing and red teaming. How can you leverage automated pen testing solutions to optimize your team’s process?



Perspectives

BYOPT (Bring Your Own Pen Tester) A CyCognito Use Case for Pen Testing

Phillip-Wylie
By Phillip Wylie
Was Hacker in Residence at CyCognito
June 2, 2022

While some organizations may be fine with an ASM solution that automatically bundles in pen testing, for more companies I think CyCognito, supplemented with a dedicated pen testing team, is a better solution.



Perspectives

How to Get the Most out of Pen Tests

Phillip-Wylie
By Phillip Wylie
Was Hacker in Residence at CyCognito
March 30, 2022

Over the years, pen tests have increasingly become a mandated component of regulatory and compliance standards. The Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) requiring pentests be performed in card data environments (CDEs) grew this need for compliance-based pen testing. 



Research

Research Results: The Challenges With Pen Testing for Cybersecurity

Raphael-Reich
By Raphael Reich
Was Vice President of Marketing at CyCognito
May 5, 2021

Does pen testing still make sense in an era of digital transformation where companies are reinventing themselves to be digital-first businesses?



Perspectives

Still Required, Not Admired: Traditional Pen Tests

CyCognito
By CyCognito Staff
Rule Your Risk
April 7, 2021

Learn why the human-led pen test is a security tool that should be an addition to a comprehensive security testing program.



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State of External Exposure Management, Summer 2024 Edition

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