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Matt Morris is currently the Global Managing Director for 1898 & Co., where he leads a diverse team of ICS cybersecurity practitioners. Penetration testing is a vital part of a critical infrastructure ...

Red teaming (or offensive) cybersecurity exercises take traditional penetration (pen) testing a step further by simulating real-world attacks that replicate real-world adversaries' techniques, tactics ...

Definition: Penetration testing is a process in which a security professional simulates an attack on a network or computer system to evaluate its security—with the permission of that system’s owners.

Social engineering techniques are often crucial to executing penetration tests. But which methods cross the ethical line - or even venture into the dangerous territory of illegal? Social engineering ...