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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 … Definition continues below.

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Expert eGuide: Best Practices for Integrated Threat Management sponsored by eEye Digital Security EDITORIAL RESOURCE GUIDE: Posted: 01 May 2008 \| Published: 01 May 2008 SUMMARY: Check out this expert eGuide and discover how your company can benefit from an integrated threat management solution, which can result in reduced costs and better compliance. TOPICS: California Senate Bill 1386 \| Endpoint Security \| Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act \| HIPAA Compliance \| Integrated Threat Management \| Intrusion Prevention \| Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard Compliance \| Policy Server Software \| Sarbanes-Oxley Compliance \| Vulnerability Assessments

How vulnerability assessments help with security compliance sponsored by Bit9, Inc. WEBCAST: Posted: 11 Mar 2008 \| When: Available On Demand SUMMARY: Check out this webcast to learn how vulnerability assessments can help you ensure your system's security. TOPICS: Compliance Best Practices \| Information Security \| Vulnerability Assessments

Editor's Desk sponsored by Information Security Magazine JOURNAL ARTICLE: Posted: 09 Mar 2008 \| Published: 01 Mar 2008 SUMMARY: Microsoft and Oracle are generous enough to regularly provide severity ratings on vulnerabilities. TOPICS: Information Security \| Security Threats \| Utilities Industry \| Vulnerability Assessments

Ping sponsored by Information Security Magazine JOURNAL ARTICLE: Posted: 09 Mar 2008 \| Published: 01 Mar 2008 SUMMARY: Security risk models are nowhere near as robust or proven as financial risk models, so at this time the information security practitioners have the best knowledge of the field to be able to assess this risk. TOPICS: Financial Services Industry \| Information Security \| Risk Assessment \| Risk Management \| Security Industry \| Vulnerability Assessments

Vulnerability Testing Blunders, Oversights, and Common Mistakes You Must Avoid sponsored by Bit9, Inc. WEBCAST: Posted: 03 Mar 2008 \| When: Available On Demand SUMMARY: In this webcast, information security expert Kevin Beaver will outline common security testing problems that not only create business liabilities but also waste your valuable time and money. TOPICS: Data Security \| Intrusion Detection \| Penetration Testing \| Risk Assessment \| Security Threats \| Vulnerability Assessments \| Windows

Security Best Practices for Enterprise VoIP sponsored by Sipera Systems WHITE PAPER: Posted: 25 Feb 2008 \| Published: 01 Sep 2007 SUMMARY: This white paper details security best practices for Enterprise VoIP implementation and use. TOPICS: Data Security \| Denial of Service Attacks \| Intrusion Prevention \| Messaging Security \| Remote Access Security \| Remote Users \| Security Best Practices \| Unified Messaging \| Virus Protection \| VoIP \| Vulnerability Assessments

E-Guide: Vulnerability Assessment & Reporting sponsored by Bit9, Inc. WHITE PAPER: Posted: 18 Feb 2008 \| Published: 01 Jan 2007 SUMMARY: This e-guide includes everything you need to know to conduct a vulnerability assessment of your Windows networks, explaining everything from how to plan and put together a report to the most common mistakes made when testing Windows networks. TOPICS: Data Security \| Intrusion Detection \| Intrusion Detection Systems \| Penetration Testing \| Risk Assessment \| Security Threats \| Vulnerability Assessments \| Windows

Future: The View from Visionaries sponsored by Information Security Magazine JOURNAL ARTICLE: Posted: 11 Jan 2008 \| Published: 01 Jan 2008 SUMMARY: In 10 years, information security as we know it may not exist. Rather than a separate product, it may simply be embedded into everything. Or Web services may upend traditional enterprise security. TOPICS: Application Security \| Information Security \| Security Threats \| Vulnerability Assessments \| Web Services Security

Know Your Security Posture - The importance of Security Assessments sponsored by IBM Software Group WEBCAST: Posted: 09 Jan 2008 \| When: Available On Demand SUMMARY: Discover how the knowledge gained by security assessment services can help you make more informed decisions and create business value for your organization. TOPICS: Risk Assessment \| Risk Management \| Security Architectures \| Security Best Practices \| Security Event Management \| Security Infrastructure \| Security Policies \| Vulnerability Assessments

Acquire a global view of your organization's security state: the importance of security assessments sponsored by IBM Software Group WHITE PAPER: Posted: 09 Jan 2008 \| Published: 09 Jan 2008 SUMMARY: Security assessments from IBM can help find "point-in-time" or ongoing security gaps in data confidentiality, integrity and accessibility as well as prior breaches and budgetary justification for making necessary security investments. TOPICS: Database Security \| Information Security \| Managed Security Services \| Managed Security Services Providers \| Network Security \| Penetration Testing \| Physical Security \| Risk Assessment \| Security Infrastructure \| Vulnerability Assessments

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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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