Red Sentry's CyberSecurity Glossary

People have a lot of questions about common phrases in cybersecurity; and we felt like there wasn't a good centralized place that quickly and succinctly defined the terms.

So we made one. Find the term you're looking for and other common ones below. We hope it helps!

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Our team and platform is multi-faceted, so you don’t need to work with multiple vendors to cover all of your environments. Leveraging the power of our manual pentests paired with our automated platform, you can make sure every asset is protected.

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Boost revenue, gain insights that help you grow and scale faster.

Smarter management

Boost revenue, gain insights that help you grow and scale faster.

Smarter management

Boost revenue, gain insights that help you grow and scale faster.

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Stay agile in an evolving industry

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Avoid roadblocks

Beat deadlines

Deliver every time

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Spend less time on organizing and tracking, and more time on core functions for your projects.

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Tweak and use for multiple projects

Automate reminders, alerts and more

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Track time spent on individual tasks

Get automated daily and weekly reports

Distribute workload more efficiently

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Set up and get organized

Define your plan, set up workflows, add team members, mark deadlines.

02
Start monitoring progress

Create triggers for alerts and notifications and analyze performance in real-time.

03
Stay on track throughout

Stay ahead of potential roadblocks and delays, get periodic updates.

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Deliver every time

Prioritize and course-correct based on situation and never miss a deadline.

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Common Questions

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Should you work with a pen testing company?

Penetration testing companies are essential for cyber security.

Penetration testing is the best way to keep your company safe from hackers and other threats, because it helps you find vulnerabilities before they can be exploited by malicious actors.

Penetration testing uses a variety of methods to expose hidden issues in your system and identify opportunities for improvement. It's a more thorough way of assessing risk than vulnerability scanning, which only looks at your network without actually exploiting those vulnerabilities.

Why do you need cloud computer security?

Cyber security companies are essential to the health of your network. Network penetration testing, vulnerability assessment and penetration testing are all techniques that can be used to understand the security of your network, and identify areas of weakness that may be exploited by hackers.

Vulnerability assessment and penetration testing involves probing your system with a variety of attacks in order to find weaknesses in your system's security. The goal is to determine how long it would take for a hacker to break into your system, and whether or not they could do so without being detected. Penetration testing involves actually breaking into the system as much as possible, and then reporting what vulnerabilities were found and how quickly it was done.

Network penetration testing can help you understand how long it might take for a hacker to break into your system, but it cannot tell you if they will succeed at breaking in or not. This is why vulnerability assessment is important—it allows you to see what weaknesses exist within your system so that they can be addressed before they become an issue.

What is the difference between internal and external penetration testing?

As a business owner, you know that having a strong security system is critical to keeping your company safe and secure.

But what's the difference between external and internal pentest?

Internal pentesting is when an IT professional hires an external company to examine the security of their network.

There are several reasons why this might happen:

1) You want to make sure that your current system is up-to-date with all the latest security protocols

2) You suspect there may be issues with your current system or you want someone else's opinion on whether or not your current system is sufficient

3) You're looking for recommendations on how to improve your current system

4) You need help implementing new technologies and processes into your enterprise so that it is more secure than it currently is

5) You need help managing all of these things, which can be overwhelming for one person alone (and we've all been there!)

External penetration testing software like Red Sentry allows companies to conduct these tests without having to hire anyone from outside their organization.

This means less overhead cost for them, which means more money can be spent on other areas of the business!

How can you choose the right penetration testing provider?

If you’re in the market for a penetration testing provider, we are here to help.

We have been in the business of providing computer security network penetration testing services for years, and we have a proven track record of helping companies find and fix vulnerabilities in their systems. We know that every company is different, so we customize our approach to your needs.

Whether you need us to test your network or provide you with security assessments, we can help you stay safe and secure.

What is Penetration testing?

Penetration testing is the process of simulating a cyber attack to determine what weaknesses exist in the system.

Penetration testing services use specialized tools to try and penetrate your systems. It's a good idea to have this done regularly, as you never know what vulnerabilities might be present on your network or within your systems.

Red Sentry offers penetration testing services for companies of all sizes.

We also offer red team cybersecurity services, which include threat assessment, incident response planning, and other related services.

Red team cybersecurity: what is it, and why should you care?

Red teaming is a method of testing your cybersecurity by simulating an attack on your systems. This means that you can test for vulnerabilities in your system, including your employees' ability to identify and respond to a real-life attack.

Red teaming is part of a larger process called penetration testing, which looks at all aspects of your business from all angles—not just from the standpoint of cybersecurity.

The goal of penetration testing is to ensure that your business is secure against cyberattacks, but also that it can recover quickly if an attack does occur.

Penetration tests simulate real-world attacks from hackers and other malicious actors in order to detect security vulnerabilities and potential problems with your system.

Red teams are designed to mimic these attacks so closely that they can even fool your employees into thinking they're real.A red team is made up of two groups: the Red Team and the Blue Team.

The Red Team is the group that's trying to hack into your system, while the Blue Team is tasked with preventing them from doing so.

This way, you get an objective look at how easy it would be for someone else to break into your system—and how likely they'd be able to succeed if they tried.

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