Anti-malware is just one part of the picture

Beefing up security advice with factsLatest reports now online for enterprise, small business and home users.At SE Labs we spend our time testing things that are supposed to protect you but we also understand that securing your business, or your home n… Continue reading Anti-malware is just one part of the picture

Breach Response Test: Symantec Endpoint Security Complete

Testing anti-breach products needs the full chain of attack.
Symantec’s endpoint detection and response offering, Symantec Endpoint Security Complete, is the first to face our brand new Breach Response Test.
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SE Labs Annual Report 2019

SE Labs has been working at the core of the cyber security industry since its launch in 2016. We work with all of the major developers of IT security products as well as their main customers and even investors looking to increase their chances when bet… Continue reading SE Labs Annual Report 2019

Most IT pros find red team exercises more effective than blue team testing

More than one-third of security professionals’ defensive blue teams fail to catch offensive red teams, a study from Exabeam reveals. The survey, conducted at Black Hat USA 2019, also showed that 68% find red team exercises more effective than blue team… Continue reading Most IT pros find red team exercises more effective than blue team testing

Organizations that scan applications in production have a reduced risk of being breached

Despite a significantly increased focus on application security testing, remediation rates for vulnerabilities continue to shrink, according to WhiteHat Security. Setu Kulkarni, WhiteHat’s VP of Strategy and Business Development, said, “It is more crit… Continue reading Organizations that scan applications in production have a reduced risk of being breached

The best security tests keep it real

Why it’s important not to try to be too clever
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Realism is important in testing, otherwise you end up with results that are theoretical and not a useful report that closely represe… Continue reading The best security tests keep it real

How can you tell if a security test is useful or not?

How to tell if security test results are useful, misleading or just rubbish?
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In security testing circles there is a theoretical test used to illustrate how misleading some test reports can be.
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Microsoft’s Attack Surface Analyzer now works on Macs and Linux, too

Microsoft has rewritten and open-sourced Attack Surface Analyzer (ASA), a security tool that points out potentially risky system changes introduced by the installation of new software or configuration changes. About Attack Surface Analyzer The initial … Continue reading Microsoft’s Attack Surface Analyzer now works on Macs and Linux, too

Industrial Control Systems Security: To Test or Not to Test?

According to X-Force Red data, the number of vulnerabilities exposing industrial control systems has increased 83 percent since 2011. Should organizations test them and risk destabilizing operations?

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How IBM X-Force IRIS Prepared for the Ukraine Election

More than a month before the first round of the Ukraine election in March, we decided that we couldn’t afford to sit on our heels until an attack was launched.

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