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Security leaders can use compliance auditing and penetration testing to help keep an organization ready in the event of a cyberattack.

From data backups to penetration testing, enterprise cybersecurity leaders can follow these 14 tips to protect business data from ransomware.

Like many other security processes, penetration testing and threat hunting are often incorrectly equated. However, the difference between the two is that between prevention and detection. 

Organizations should start perceiving penetration testing not as a formalistic or superfluous security task but as a legal duty and, most importantly, as a valuable contribution to their competitiveness on the global market where customers strongly value that you care about security of their data. 

In a new study that surveyed enterprises with 3,000 or more employees, 60% of respondents are concerned pentesting gives them limited coverage or leaves them with too many blind spots.

The 2020 Penetration Risk Report also says cloud environments are most vulnerable to two types of attacks and medium-sized enterprises are the slowest to improve network security.

CompTIA and Immersive Labs are challenging cybersecurity professionals in the United States and United Kingdom to test their penetration testing skills this month.