SSH & SSL — Step-siblings or Rivals?

Posted on October 22, 2020October 22, 2020

People often wonder whether SSH uses SSL/TLS for traffic encryption. The short answer is NO, even though both protocols have much in common, under the hood SSH has its own transport protocol, independent from SSL. Both of them were created to secure and encrypt traffic between clients and servers (SSL for website traffic, SSH for… Read More »

Red Teams: Understanding Cybersecurity’s Ethical Hackers

By XM Cyber Team

Posted on October 20, 2020

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XM Cyber Achieves SOC 2 Type II Certification for Second Consecutive Year

By XM Cyber Team

Posted on October 19, 2020October 19, 2020

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HERZLIYA, Israel, Oct. 19, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- XM Cyber, the multi-award-winning leader in breach and attack simulation (BAS), advanced cyber risk analytics and cloud security posture management, today announced that, for the second consecutive year, it has achieved SOC (System and Organization Controls) 2 Type II compliance. This indicates that the company had adequate measures in place to protect… Read More »

Penetration Tester vs. Red Team: What’s Right for You?

By Tamir Shriki

Posted on October 19, 2020October 19, 2020

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Penetration tests and red team exercises are, in many ways, two sides of the same coin. Both have similar objectives, and both share some commonalities in terms of how those objectives are achieved. However, they are not interchangeable -- and organizations may find one approach better suits their needs, depending on a few variables. To illuminate the… Read More »

How to close pentest blind spots with automated security testing

By Marcus Gilban

Posted on October 18, 2020

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XM Cyber Receives 2020 CyberSecurity Breakthrough Award for ‘Overall APT Solution Provider of the Year’

By XM Cyber Team

Posted on October 14, 2020October 14, 2020

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HERZLIYA, Israel, Oct. 14, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- XM Cyber, the multi-award-winning leader in breach and attack simulation (BAS), advanced cyber risk analytics and cloud security posture management, today announced that it was named "Overall Advanced Persistent Threat (APT) Solution Provider of the Year" in the fourth annual CyberSecurity Breakthrough Awards program. "It's the second time we receive this prestigious… Read More »

How to Find the Gaps in Your Cyber Defenses

By Marcus Gilban

Posted on October 13, 2020October 13, 2020

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If you're a cybersecurity pro, they are the last three letters you want to hear: G-A-P. And it has nothing to do with your jeans. We're talking about security gaps, which are an unfortunate fact of life and certain to remain so -- at least until humans are entirely replaced by AI. People are fallible, which… Read More »

Chile: XM Cyber enseña cómo proteger la ciberseguridad de organizaciones por medio del Equipo Púrpura

By Marcus Gilban

Posted on October 8, 2020

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Júntese a XM Cyber en nuestra presentación sobre la simulación de brechas y ataques (beach and attack simulation) para el mercado chileno de ciberseguridad, que será realizada en línea el 18 de noviembre, a las 10:00h (horario local). Con el apoyo de nuestro socio chileno, OZNet, nuestra charla intitulada Equipo Púrpura: El Futuro de los… Read More »

Supply Chain and Cyber Risks

By Raz Kotler

Posted on October 4, 2020October 5, 2020

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What is a Cyber Supply Chain Attack? A supply chain attack, which is also called a value-chain or third-party attack, occurs when someone infiltrates your system through an outside partner or provider with access to your systems and data. Supply Chain Connections Suppliers commonly have access to their customer’s networks to simplify the supply chain.… Read More »

Colombia: XM Cyber enseña cómo proteger la ciberseguridad de organizaciones en Tactical Edge 2020

By Marcus Gilban

Posted on October 1, 2020October 1, 2020

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XM Cyber participó de la Tactical Edge LATAM 2020, una cumbre virtual con casi 2,000 asistentes de Latinoamérica acerca del mercado colombiano de ciberseguridad, realizada en línea del 22 al 25 de septiembre. Con el apoyo de nuestro socio colombiano, ARTSEC, nuestra presentación intitulada "Equipo Púrpura: El Futuro de los Incidentes de Ciberseguridad; la Convergencia… Read More »