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Phillip Wylie
Was Hacker in Residence at CyCognito
Offensive Security Evangelist, formerly at CyCognito, Phillip Wylie is a cybersecurity professional and offensive security SME with over 18 years of experience, over half of his career in offensive security. He is a former college adjunct instructor and published author. He is the concept creator and co-author of The Pentester Blueprint: Starting a Career as an Ethical Hacker and was featured in the Tribe of Hackers: Red Team.
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BYOPT (Bring Your Own Pen Tester) A CyCognito Use Case for Pen Testing
By Phillip Wylie
Was Hacker in Residence at CyCognito
June 2, 2022
While some organizations may be fine with an ASM solution that automatically bundles in pen testing, for more companies I think CyCognito, supplemented with a dedicated pen testing team, is a better solution.
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How to Get the Most out of Pen Tests
By Phillip Wylie
Was Hacker in Residence at CyCognito
March 30, 2022
Over the years, pen tests have increasingly become a mandated component of regulatory and compliance standards. The Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) requiring pentests be performed in card data environments (CDEs) grew this need for compliance-based pen testing.
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Exploit Intelligence: It’s Not Just for Offensive Security Pros Anymore
By Phillip Wylie
Was Hacker in Residence at CyCognito
March 16, 2022
Equipping defenders with exploit intelligence is a way CyCognito helps defenders learn the offensive security side of things.
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