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ALSO CALLED: Network Vulnerability Assessment, Network Vulnerability, Security Vulnerabilities, Network Security Vulnerabilities, Vulnerabilities, Host Vulnerability Assessment, and Internet Security Vulnerabilities
DEFINITION: An ethical hacker is a computer and network expert who attacks a security system on behalf of its owners, seeking vulnerabilities that a malicious hacker could exploit. To test a security system, ethical hackers use the same methods as their less principled counterparts, but report problems
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IDC: Lumension Is Top "Patching & Remediation Vendor
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This report confirms what our 5,000 global customers already know - effective patch and remediation management is essential to an organization's overall security and vulnerability management strategy.
Posted: 11 Jul 2008 | Published: 15 Aug 2007
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Technology Brief: Achieving Comprehensive Protection with IPS and ETM
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Posted: 10 Jul 2008 | Published: 01 Jul 2008
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Integrating Vulnerability Assessment and Remediation
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In this article, process for successfully integrating vulnerability scanning and remediation capabilities to ensure organizations maintain a secure environment while complying with internal and external security policies.
Posted: 10 Jul 2008 | Published: 01 Oct 2007
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Podcast: How to Enforce an Always-on Security Posture
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Posted: 03 Jul 2008 | Premiered: 01 Jul 2008
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Implementing a "Smart IPS": IANS Working Knowledge Series™
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A New Affordable Event and Log Management Solution from OpenService to Help with Your Compliance Requirements (Press Release)
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Posted: 03 Jun 2008 | Published: 07 Apr 2008
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3 Key Components of a Risk-Based Security Plan
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Exchange Server Disaster Recovery: Planning for the Worst, Hoping for the Best
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VULNERABILITY ASSESSMENTS DEFINITION (continued): … instead of taking advantage of them. Ethical hacking is also known as penetration testing, intrusion testing, and red teaming. An ethical hacker is sometimes called a white hat, a term that comes from old Western movies, where the "good guy" wore a white hat and the "bad guy" wore a black hat. One of the first examples of ethical hackers at work was in the 1970s, when the United States government used groups of experts called red teams to hack its own …
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