Technical Due Diligence
What Is Technical Due Diligence About? Technical due diligence is the process of analyzing an organization’s technology products, infrastructure, and engineering capabilities to evaluate their quality, scalability, security, and long-term viability. It enables stakeholders to understand the organization’s technical strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and risks before making strategic decisions. Technical due diligence provides a clear picture […]
Shadow IT
What Is Shadow IT? Shadow IT is the use of software, applications, devices, or cloud services by employees within an organization without the knowledge or approval of the IT department. Employees usually adopt these tools to collaborate more efficiently, improve productivity, or solve business challenges quickly. Shadow IT can help teams work faster; however, it […]
Security Control Validation
What is Security Control Validation? Security Control Validation (SCV) is the process of continuously verifying that an organization’s security controls can detect, prevent, and respond to real-world cyber threats. Instead of simply checking whether security tools are deployed or configured correctly, SCV measures their effectiveness against simulated attack techniques, helping organizations identify detection gaps, misconfigurations, […]
Risk Prioritization
What Is Risk Prioritization? Risk prioritization is the process of identifying, assessing, and ranking risks based on their potential impact and likelihood of occurring. It helps businesses focus their time, budget, and resources on the most critical threats instead of treating every risk equally. By assigning priority levels, security teams and organizations can address high-impact […]
Risk Assessment
What Is Risk Assessment? Risk assessment is the process of identifying, analyzing, and evaluating potential risks that can affect an organization’s assets, people, data, or operations. It helps organizations understand the likelihood and impact of cyber threats, allowing them to prioritize and address the most critical risks. By providing a structured view of potential vulnerabilities […]
Reconnaissance (Recon)
What is Reconnaissance (Recon)? Reconnaissance (Recon) is the first stage of the cyberattack lifecycle, where a threat actor gathers information about a target to identify potential entry points and attack paths. During this phase, attackers collect intelligence about an organization’s internet-facing assets, infrastructure, technologies, and employees to understand its attack surface and plan future attacks. […]
Penetration Testing as a Service (PTaaS)
What Is Penetration Testing as a Service (PTaaS)? Penetration Testing as a Service (PTaaS) is a cloud-based approach to penetration testing (pen testing) that combines expert-led security assessments with an online platform that enables continuous visibility and collaboration. Instead of providing a single report at the end of a project or engagement, PTaaS enables organizations […]
Open-Source Intelligence (OSINT)
What Is Open-Source Intelligence? Open-source intelligence (OSINT) is the process of collecting, analyzing, and interpreting publicly available information to produce actionable insights for decision-making, security, and investigations. Sources of information can include search engines, websites, social media platforms, public records, news articles, forums, and corporate reports. Organizations and security teams use OSINT to identify vulnerabilities […]
Network Penetration Testing
What Is Network Penetration Testing? Network penetration testing is a type of security testing that simulates real-world cyberattacks against an organization’s network infrastructure. Security professionals use ethical hacking techniques to identify vulnerabilities in computer networks, servers, and firewalls before threat actors can exploit them. The goal of this “pen test” is to uncover security vulnerabilities, […]
MITRE ATT&CK
What Is MITRE ATT&CK? MITRE ATT&CK (Adversarial Tactics, Techniques, and Common Knowledge) is a globally recognized knowledge base of adversary tactics and techniques based on real-world cyberattack observations. Developed and maintained by the MITRE Corporation, it provides a standardized way to understand, describe, and analyze how attackers compromise systems throughout the cyberattack lifecycle. Why Is […]