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A Balanced Approach to Vulnerability Analysis in Ethical Hacking: An Interview with Reuben Torres

Offensive Security Career: Bhargav Hede’s Journey Through the CPENT Program Vulnerability analysis is a fundamental component of ethical hacking, playing a crucial role in assessing gaps in the organization’s digital architecture that hackers could exploit. To understand the need for and best practices involved with vulnerability assessment capabilities, EC-Council’s CyberTalks team reached out to Reuben…

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Offensive Security Career: Bhargav Hede’s Journey Through the CPENT Program

Offensive Security Career: Bhargav Hede’s Journey Through the CPENT Program The evolving threat landscape demands proactive security measures, highlighting the importance of penetration testing. To explore the value of hands-on experience in this field, EC-Council’s webinar team connected with Bhargav Hede, a CPENT-certified security professional. This blog captures his personal journey toward pursuing the Certified…

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How to Become a Chief Technology Officer (CTO)

| Pappu Mandal| Executive Management In today’s digital world, online businesses depend heavily on reliable technology and strong networks. This increased reliance on technology has led to a critical demand for effective leadership, particularly in the role of Chief Technology Officer (CTO). A CTO leads a company’s technology efforts and must both build and manage…

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AI and Cybersecurity in Penetration Testers
AI and Cybersecurity: Penetration Testers at Crossroads

In the current threat landscape, where threats are evolving rapidly, proactive security is crucial. The introduction of Artificial Intelligence (AI) brings both benefits and risks, as security teams can use it to improve defenses while malicious actors leverage it to enhance their offensive strategies. Capabilities such as automation, predictive analysis, and the development of sophisticated…

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The Role of Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning in Enhancing Cybersecurity against Cybercrime

Technological advancements in recent years have been actively accompanied by cyberattacks targeting associated vulnerabilities. Recent data suggests that cybercrime is projected to cost businesses trillions of dollars annually, with global estimates indicating an increase of 6.4 trillion USD (+69.41%) from 2024 to 2029, reaching a peak of 15.63 trillion USD by 2029 (Petrosyan, 2024a). As…

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Embracing DevSecOps and Secure Software Development: A Proactive Approach to Cybersecurity

| Amitabh Srivastav | DevSecOps In the current digital landscape, as cyber threats evolve and become increasingly sophisticated and frequent, organizations need to adopt a proactive and integrated approach to cybersecurity. DevSecOps and secure software development practices have emerged as crucial components of this approach, enabling organizations to build security into their applications and systems from the…

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Vulnerability Management
From Drowning to Thriving: The Evolution of Vulnerability Management

The role of a CISO leading the security team in a technology company demands continuous vigilance and a proactive response to a relentless tide of security threats and incidents. With security teams continuously searching for vulnerabilities, each day of threat management resembles an incident response crisis. During these processes, it is essential for CISOs and…

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GenZ IAM: Transforming Identity and Access Management with Gen-AI

In today’s digital landscape, identity and access management (IAM) and regulating access to sensitive data and resources are paramount for any organization. From a zero-trust framework to a cybersecurity mesh architecture, the identity fabric is the core and is considered the most critical element in defining your security strategy. It is and was IAM that…

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