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What is Cloud Pentesting?

Cloud Penetration Testing or 'Pentesting' typically refers to the testing of a Cloud-hosted environment such as against Amazon Web Services…

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What are the Best Laptops for Pen-testers?

There isn't really such as 'the best laptop' for a pentester to use. It also really depends on the type…

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What is CREST Certification?

CREST is the Council of Registered Security Testers. CREST is an international not-for-profit accreditation and certification body that represents and…

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What is a False Positive in Cyber Security?

A false positive within cyber security refers to an alert or vulnerability that has been incorrectly flagged, usually caused by…

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Internal vs External Pen Testing

The aim of the pen test is to identify weaknesses and flaws within the infrastructure’s attack surface and leverage them…

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What is Nmap in Cyber Security?

Nmap is a port scanning tool used by penetration testers and hackers to identify exposed services.

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What is an OSCP Penetration Test?

An OSCP Penetration Test or OSCP Pentest typically means that a Penetration Test is carried out by someone who has…

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What is PCI Pen Testing?

Payment Card Industry (PCI) Penetration Testing or more commonly shortened to PCI Pen Testing is running penetration tests for the…

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CovertSwarm Gains Further Accreditation with CREST STAR

CovertSwarm is modernising the penetration testing, red teaming, and bug bounty industries with its challenger ‘Constant Cyber Attack’ service. Today,…