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Introducing the Ahead of the Breach Podcast!

Introducing the Ahead of the Breach Podcast!

Sprocket's Ahead of the Breach Podcast is now LIVE! Join Casey Cammilleri as he interviews guests to explore innovative strategies, identify emerging trends, and share actionable takeaways to help security leaders stay ahead.
Network penetration testing: what is it and why do you need it?

Network penetration testing: what is it and why do you need it?

How your business will benefit from network penetration testing and why it’s important to conduct annual testing.
How to Share Passwords and Backups Securely Posthumously

How to Share Passwords and Backups Securely Posthumously

A tutorial on how to build a secure, distributed, and multiple authorization backup method to recovery your digital life.
Fix Cleartext Password Issues in Your Organization

Fix Cleartext Password Issues in Your Organization

The key to our engagements often and unfortunately involve the discovery of credentials on internal network file shares. We’re going to show you how we find cleartext password storage problems and how to address them.
Fourteen good reasons to require 14-character passwords

Fourteen good reasons to require 14-character passwords

Password. Password123. Yea, you’ve seen them all when it comes to bad passwords. It comes standard when managing IT security. But while your organization likely requires special characters, uppercase letters and even a number or two, if you don’t require longer passwords you’re not taking one of the most important steps to protect your network.
Preventing Social Engineering Breaches

Preventing Social Engineering Breaches

It’s pretty common for companies to bundle social engineering into their penetration testing programs. But when the report shows up, you may find you’re surprised and frustrated at the rate of employees clicking links to open malicious documents. How were my employees so easily manipulated? And why didn’t anyone on the IT staff catch this? Don’t sweat it. Happens to...
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