{"href":"http://player.captivate.fm/services/oembed?url=http%3A%2F%2Fplayer.captivate.fm%2Fepisode%2F22dca46b-60cc-423d-9487-df7c519a1e57","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Captivate.FM","provider_url":"https://www.captivate.fm","width":600,"height":200,"type":"rich","html":"","title":"Penetration Testing: A Managed Service Or Only Once Per Year?","description":"In this episode Stanley Li and Sean Mahoney from Netswitch are joined by James Watson to discuss exactly what is Penetration Testing as a Service (PTaaS) and the increasing trend for businesses to move away from once-a-year pen tests to more regular, monthly ones instead.\n\nEpisode highlights:\n\n- 15 years ago, when manual vulnerability scanning and assessments were the only options.\n- The market opportunity we missed out on 15 years ago, and the lessons we learned as a result.\n- Why manual plus automated testing combined is essential to get the highest quality results from pen tests.\n- The new CVE 2020 1472 vulnerability Microsoft recently announced that won't be patched until 2021, and what this means for your testing schedule.\n- Why insecure configurations created by your IT admins could be increasing your risk more than you realise.\n- How the increasing number of regulatory and certification requirements have changed the testing landscape.\n- Why companies now have to demonstrate they're consistently pro-active in testing their networks.\n- Why the increase in remote working has only amplified these issues.\n- Why penetration testing as a service is much more affordable than annual tests of years gone by.\n- Which types of companies are particularly increasing their testing frequency.\n- Why vulnerability assessments alone will not protect you from Ransomware attacks.\n- What data penetration tests can identify that vulnerability assessments are unable to.\n- How to effectively manage security risk if you're a small business with a limited budget.\n- How an international hotel group client has increased their vulnerability assessment frequency from annually to monthly.\n- Why they jumped at the chance to use our Penetration Testing as a Service approach.\n- How the old way of manual penetration testing could take over a month.\n- Why the new combination of automation and manual effort can now perform the testing and deliver a report with remediation in just one business week.\n- Why this means more time can be spent on remediation efforts and less on the testing itself.\n- Why consistency is the key to effectively managing your cyber risk in an increasingly insecure world.\n\nSponsored by Netswitch Technology Management - netswitch.net","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300,"thumbnail_url":"https://artwork.captivate.fm/44f82f80-5a51-4b04-b0c1-602d699858b2/wUWK9M4PbjxsNcNwlvVVXGSM.png"}