Police: Pen tests could thwart 90 percent of breaches

By Darren Pauli on Oct 31, 2011 2:01 PM
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Some 90 percent of data breaches investigated by the NSW Police's fraud squad could have been avoided if organisations conducted penetration tests, according to a senior official at the cybercrime fighting unit. Detective superintendent Bruce van der Graaf said the tests would detect holes in IT ...
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Police: Pen tests could thwart 90 percent of breaches
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