The ABAN Healthcare team is a strong proponent of proactive cybersecurity practices, including offensive security testing, to ensure the security program and controls are operating as intended. ABAN Healthcare had experienced challenges identifying vendors whose expertise included testing environments with a cloud component, as well as vendors aligned with the Company’s tools and technology. ABAN [...]
Blockchain: Blockchain is the new application model of computer technology such as distributed data storage, point-to-point transmission, encryption algorithms etc. Blockchain is an important concept of bitcoin and essentially a decentralized database. Blockchains are helpful, but this technology can be detrimental because of its own specific set of security issues. Blockchain security risks - An [...]
What is SCADA? Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) is a system of software and hardware elements that allows industrial organizations to: Control industrial processes locally or at remote locations Monitor, gather, and process real-time data Directly interact with devices such as sensors, valves, pumps, motors, and more through human-machine interface (HMI) software Record events into [...]
Penetration testing is a vital component in the field of cyber security. To be theoretical it should be placed in the forefront for any security tragedy. Now let’s look at the stages of pen testing that AI can impact. As cyber-attacks grow in volume and complexity, artificial intelligence (AI) is helping under-resourced security operations analysts stay [...]
What is meant by Penetration testing? Penetration testing, also known as pen testing, is the practice of testing a computer system, network, or web application to find security vulnerabilities that an attacker could exploit. Penetration testing can be automated with software applications or performed manually. In any of the ways used, the process involves gathering [...]
Even if an application has been built following security and defensive coding best practices, it will still require significant testing before it's ready for release. Whether this is routine testing for common vulnerabilities or security-focused penetration testing to pick up on the types of problems that often slip through the cracks, following security best practices [...]
Many businesses understand that it’s important to properly manage their web application security. But in truth, it goes far beyond the need to simply “avoid being hacked”. There are often serious liabilities associated with the failure to properly manage your security. Unfortunately, many of those liabilities are an afterthought. Until of course, there is a [...]
