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White hats to the rescue.

The article discusses the use of professional computer hackers, known as white hats, by technology companies to test for vulnerabilities in their data security infrastructure, a practice known as penetration testing (pentesting). Topics include consumer data breaches and costs to businesses and cons...

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Publicado en:Economist Vol. 410; no. 8875; pp. 55 - 57
Formato: Artículo
Publicado: Economist Newspaper Limited 2/22/2014
Materias:
Penetration testing (Computer security)
Data security failures
Internet security
Computer hackers
Computer security software
Prevention
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Sumario:The article discusses the use of professional computer hackers, known as white hats, by technology companies to test for vulnerabilities in their data security infrastructure, a practice known as penetration testing (pentesting). Topics include consumer data breaches and costs to businesses and consumers and comparing security software systems and pentesting strategies.