By Bugcrowd Feb 16, 2021Complete Guide to Pentesting Penetration testing is a key cybersecurity best practice. Most organizations understand the need for it, but like many things in the industry, penetration testing can be a bit confusing. This blog covers penetration testing 101, helping to uncover the basics,… Read More
By Bugcrowd Product Marketing Feb 5, 2021Benefits of Penetration Testing Penetration testing (or pentesting) is a critical part of maintaining and fortifying your IP, network, and physical security. It involves giving professional pen testers permission to hack, test, and identify potential vulnerabilities in existing and new systems, networks, and apps,… Read More
By Erica Azad Jan 28, 202110 Ways to Save with Bug Bounty Bug bounties are a pay-for-results approach to proactive security testing designed to maximize discovery of high-impact vulnerabilities. Through managed bug bounty programs, organizations are given access to thousands of highly skilled and thoroughly vetted security researchers ready to help organizations… Read More
By Bugcrowd Product Marketing Jan 20, 2021Top Challenges of Traditional Pen Tests Penetration testing (or pen testing) has become common practice for vulnerability assessment over the past decade. There are several reasons why people do pen tests. Identifying risky vulnerabilities for developers to address is great practice for risk reduction. That being… Read More
By Bugcrowd Dec 15, 20202021 Cybersecurity Predictions from Casey Ellis Nobody could predict some of the wildcards that 2020 threw us (I'm looking at you, murder hornets). Even still, we're feeling hopeful that 2021 will bring better times, so we asked Bugcrowd's Founder, Chairman, and CTO, Casey Ellis, to share… Read More
By Bugcrowd Dec 3, 2020The Difference Between Bug Bounty and Next Gen Pen Test Last year we launched Next Generation Penetration Test (NGPT). It’s a new product with unique platform capabilities to meet organizations’ evolving application security needs as focused external threats grow at an accelerated pace. The next generation of pentesting can deliver… Read More
By Erica Azad Dec 2, 20203 Major Security Priorities in the COVID-19 Era 2020 is coming to a close, and it brought a lot of challenges and opportunities for the cybersecurity community, many of which were a result of the Coronavirus pandemic. The world saw a 500% increase in cyberattacks soon after the… Read More
By Erica Azad Nov 16, 20203 Cybersecurity Statistics That Give Us Hope In 2020 Ok, we get it, 2020 was a hot mess. This will be remembered as the year of failed sourdough starters, daytime versus nighttime pajamas, laundry room conference calls, and Zoom Happy Hours everyone pretended to like. Although many people are… Read More
By Erica Azad Nov 10, 2020Retail Cybersecurity: 2020 State of the Industry You can’t say 2020 without also saying “global pandemic,” plus maybe a few four-letter words under your breath. It’s no surprise that the retail industry was turned upside down, expediting industry trends towards an increase in online-shopping and forcing companies… Read More
By Erica Azad Oct 26, 2020What Attack Surface Skeletons are Hidden in your Closet? Let me tell you a little spooky tale that you may find eerily familiar. A marketing team builds a site for an event, but “forgets” to loop-in the IT team.. After the event, the site is forgotten-- for all but… Read More
