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Police: Pen tests could thwart 90 percent of breaches

By Darren Pauli

Oct 31 2011 2:01PM

But more resources needed.

Police: Pen tests could thwart 90 percent of breaches

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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