Offensive penetration testing, or offensive pentesting, involves actively probing a system, network, or application to identify and exploit vulnerabilities, mimicking the tactics of real-world attackers. The goal is to assess security weaknesses and provide actionable insights to strengthen defenses before malicious actors can exploit them.
Bishop Fox is a private professional services firm focused on offensive security testing. Mark Goodwin is the Director of Operations at Bishop Fox and he was previously an officer in the U.S. Air Force where he did cyberspace operations. Mark joins the podcast with Gregor Vand to talk about Bishop Fox and the future of offensive pentesting.
Gregor Vand is a security-focused technologist, and is the founder and CTO of Mailpass. Previously, Gregor was a CTO across cybersecurity, cyber insurance and general software engineering companies. He has been based in Asia Pacific for almost a decade and can be found via his profile at vand.hk.
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