Frost & Sullivan: High-Tech Bridge Moves Ethical Hacking to the Cloud with ImmuniWeb® SaaS

Movers & Shakers Interview with Ilia Kolochenko, CEO of High-Tech Bridge, a Leading Provider of Ethical Hacking Services in Europe

Mr. Kolochenko, the CEO of High-Tech Bridge and creative mind of ImmuniWeb® talked to Frost & Sullivan about the recent launch of ImmuniWeb® Beta, an innovative cloud-based ethical hacking SaaS solution for web applications.

The fundamentals of ImmuniWeb are ease and rapidity of use, and a powerful combination of human and machine. "ImmuniWeb is a hybrid of manual penetration testing, performed by security auditor, and automated security assessment under thorough control of the auditor. ImmuniWeb security assessment can be purchased and configured in less than 15 minutes on the ImmuniWeb Portal" Mr. Kolochenko says.

"ImmuniWeb presents a solution to three common issues of ethical hacking and the security auditing industry: lack of in-house technical knowledge among customers, administrative and regulatory complexities that takes lot of time, and relatively high market prices," he explains. "ImmuniWeb has a very attractive quality-price ratio and simplicity of use, making web application security assessment affordable to SMBs and even to private persons."

ImmuniWeb tackles one of the main end-user challenges when engaging ethical hacking services. "Although the ethical hacking market is quite well developed today, and there are many qualified players in the market, quite often customers still have to decide between buying either a good quality service at quite excessive price or a cheap service quality of which does not even worth its dumping price," Mr. Kolochenko explains. "We felt an obligation to find a solution that would be fair in terms of pricing, and technically efficient."

To read the entire interview and learn more on ImmuniWeb please see Movers & Shakers Interview with Ilia Kolochenko - CEO of High-Tech Bridge on frost.com.

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Video: The Growing Hacking Threat to Websites: An Ongoing Commitment to Web Application Security

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How to Secure Your Digital Assets in the Era of Cyber War (October, 16)

High-Tech Bridge Annual Conference

Date:	16 October 2012
Venue:	Crowne Plaza Hotel, Geneva, Switzerland

Businesses of all sizes are embracing new approaches to IT (such as cloud computing, virtualisation, BYOD and BPO), making them more and more dependent upon their IT infrastructure. This dynamic IT environment stimulates hackers, and organisations face increasingly targeted and sophisticated attacks. The attackers range from individual "hacktivists" to organised crime rings and totalitarian nation-states. Many hackers are highly organised and skilled.

Despite the prevalence of firewalls, IDS/IPS, encryption and other security measures, many organisations continue to fall victim to hacking attacks due to configuration errors or inadequate security solutions. As a result, companies are beginning to recognise the importance of regular security audits, because human experience and analysis are essential to the maintenance of a strong network security perimeter.

To raise awareness of the threat facing all types of organisations, High-Tech Bridge organises its annual conference entitled "How to Secure Your Digital Assets in the Era of Cyber War". The conference will take place on Tuesday, 16 October 2012, at Crowne Plaza Hotel, Geneva.

Frost & Sullivan Principal Alexander Michael will be speaking at the conference with the following presentation: "Ethical Hacking: Why it is a Business Investment, not a Cost".

For additional information about the event, please follow the link: https://www.htbridge.com/events/high_tech_bridge_annual_conference_2012.html

If you would like to obtain Mr Michael's presentation or receive Frost & Sullivan's two recent security whitepapers, please contact Joanna Lewandowska, Corporate Communications, at joanna.lewandowska (at) frost.com.

Source: How to Secure Your Digital Assets in the Era of Cyber War (frost.com)

4 out of 5 websites are vulnerable

Four out of Five Sites are Vulnerable, says Herald Online in article about Web Application Security.

Frost & Sullivan's recent White Paper (WP) discusses the growing threat to web applications putting it into its right business context. Describing the mysterious world of web applications hacking, the paper gives also an overview of the likely victims and outlines what are the solutions for organisations to protect themselves. The paper benefits from the insight and experience of leading security companies and organizations, like MITRE , High-Tech Bridge , and Online Trust Alliance (OTA), who have provided excellent support to Frost & Sullivan during the WP review.

Read more here: http://www.heraldonline.com/2012/09/05/4236143/web-application-security-is-an.html

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The Growing Hacking Threat to Websites: An Ongoing Commitment to Web Application Security

September 5, 2012 Frost & Sullivan has published a whitepaper, called "Web Application Security is an On-going Commitment due to Highly Dynamic Hacking Risks".

Frost & Sullivan, High-Tech Bridge, MITRE and OTA: The Growing Hacking Threat to Websites.

The Growing Hacking Threat to Websites, an Ongoing Commitment to Web Application Security from Frost & Sullivan

UPDATE (October, 15th of 2012): Video for this publication added: see it on our blog or on youtube.

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A Frost & Sullivan White Paper: The Importance of Ethical Hacking: Emerging Threats Emphasise Need for Holistic Assessments (From SlideShare)

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The Importance of Ethical Hacking: Emerging Threats Emphasise Need for Holistic Assessments, Says Frost & Sullivan

Frost & Sullivan's White Paper Recognises Complex Threat Landscape and Analyses Role of Ethical Hacking in Enterprise Security Architecture

LONDON, April 19, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- The need for more effective information security practices is increasingly evident with each security breach reported in the media. When adopting new technologies like cloud computing, virtualisation, or IT outsourcing, enterprises are facing imminent security threats and must adjust their security processes, policies, and architectures accordingly. Among the many options available to help customers to achieve this goal, organisations should consider the value of ethical hacking services, which are rapidly gaining attention as an essential security practice that should be performed on a regular basis.

The recently published white paper entitled "The Importance of Ethical Hacking: Emerging Threats Emphasise the Need for Holistic Assessments" by Frost & Sullivan, discusses benefits from independent ethical hacking assessments, the role of ethical hacking in an enterprise security architecture, as well as top technical concerns and solutions. "The increased sophistication and success rate for recent cyber attacks is directly related to the shift in attacker profile, indicating that nation-states and large criminal organisations are funding well organised, highly motivated, and well trained teams of programmers," points out Frost & Sullivan Industry Analyst, Chris Rodriguez. "The elevated threat landscape therefore, urgently dictates the need for a comprehensive, real-world assessment of an organisation's security posture. This assessment is a first vital step to enact effective security policies, procedures, and infrastructure that will prevent or mitigate the effects of a data breach."

The major challenge for businesses is the complexity of security requirements due to changing hacking tactics, myriad security vulnerabilities, evolving business practices, new business technologies, and emerging security technologies. Those numerous organisation-specific security challenges are best solved by professionals with extensive expertise.

Ethical hacking offers an objective analysis of an organisation's information security posture for organisations of any level of security expertise. The ethical hacking organisation has no knowledge of the company's systems other than what they can gather. Hackers must scan for weaknesses, test entry points, prioritise targets, and develop a strategy that best leverages their resources. The objectiveness of this kind of security assessment has a direct impact on the value of the whole evaluation.

"The result of such an assessment is an actionable report with valuable remediation advice tailored to the customer's unique IT environment, capabilities, and security objectives," says Chris Rodriguez. "This helps businesses to prioritise their security efforts, fine-tune security tools such as firewalls and Intrusion Prevention Systems (IPS) devices, adjust policies, and identify any necessary training."

As organisations of all sizes and sophistication levels can benefit from objective, expert, third-party analysis, ethical hacking has become a more mainstream service in the past decade. "However, businesses still remain sceptical about the risk inherent with inviting a third-party to attempt to access sensitive systems and resources. To reduce this fear, businesses should hire only ethical hacking companies that implement practices to ensure privacy and confidentiality. They should also be accredited by international trade organisations such as the EC-Council and International Information Systems Security Certification Consortium (ISC)," advices Rodriguez.

Ensuring effectiveness of the enterprise security architecture should be verified on a regular basis. This represents a great challenge for increasingly sophisticated organisations due to complex IT environments which include security solutions, end-user awareness, policies, and new technologies. These systems not only change continually but also interoperate with each other and therefore must be tested as part of holistic assessment to best emulate a real-world attack scenario. "Ethical hacking services are the best way to attain valuable assessments and recommendations necessary to properly tune these complex security architectures," summarises Chris Rodriguez.

Frost & Sullivan has conducted extensive research in the ethical hacking market to identify latest trends in the European industry and published the white paper entitled "The Importance of Ethical Hacking: Emerging Threats Emphasise the Need for Holistic Assessments". This research has recognised High-Tech Bridge, a Swiss based company, as one of the market leaders and best service providers in the ethical hacking industry. If you would like to obtain a free copy of the white paper, please contact Joanna Lewandowska, Corporate Communications, at Joanna.lewandowska (at) frost.com. Please include your full contact details in the query.

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