by Owen Hughes at ZDNet
While more companies are investing in beefing up their IT security, most cybersecurity practices are still reactive in their nature, relying on software tools to identify when a breach has happened – or been attempted – and then responding accordingly.
But as cyberattacks continue to increase in frequency and sophistication, it is clear that businesses need to take a more proactive approach to countering cybersecurity threats. Ethical hackers are being sought out to help businesses identify potential threats and weaknesses in their networks before an attack can occur, effectively working against cyber criminals to beat them at their own game.
“No matter how much budget you devote to cybersecurity tooling alone, you need a human element,” says Haris Pylarinos, CEO of ethical hacker training platform, Hack the Box.
Pylarinos, a former ethical hacker and pen-tester with over 15 years of experience in IT and cybersecurity, argues that typical approaches to cybersecurity are limited in that they aren’t reflective of the methods and techniques hackers use for cyberattacks…
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