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Three crazy ideas for reforming the penetration testing industry
Posted on 2020-10-02by mattin Industry
In two posts I looked at how it’s almost impossible to validate penetration testing results and where an Evilfirm penetration testing firm might cut costs and invest.
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Telling whether a pentesting firm is good (and how they might get around it)
Posted on 2020-09-30by mattin Industry
I’ve talked about how it’s almost impossible to validate penetration testing results. Are we done then? Doomed to be left in the dark by ineffective testing?
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How do you know if you've had a good pentest?
Posted on 2020-09-28by mattin Industry
There’s a fundamental issue with penetration testing that people don’t really talk about very much. It’s not a fun issue to talk about, because it leads to what effectively becomes corruption in the industry, which then leads to the vulnerabilities that are missed being used to cause huge damage to businesses, everyday people, and society.
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Business partnerships in infosec
Posted on 2020-05-08by alexeiin Industry
Partnering with other business is a huge part of the Volkis business model. We spend significant effort finding, talking to, and proving our worth to potential partners. But why do we do it? It goes back one of our core principles:
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