Post on 17-Feb-2017
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How Security Testing Reveals Flaws
for Los Angeles Distributors
Craig PollackFounder & CEO
Why We Don’t See
Security Holes
that Are Under Our Noses
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Between sales quotas that
need to be reached, vendors
pushing for results, resellers
clamoring for deliveries,
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shipments going out the door,
and those support questions
to boot,
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there isn’t always
a lot of time left for security
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We simply get lackadaisical
until computer hackers,
thieves, or irate customers
give us a painful reality check
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IT Systems
in the Security Spotlight
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Indeed, more and more
distribution activities are
driven by IT and IT systems
can hold all sorts of
confidential information
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Without protection,
data may be corrupted,
copied without authorization,
or stolen
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However, physical stock
protection, site access
control, and employee
awareness are all important
aspects of security as well
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Testing to Get Around
Security Blind Spots
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The best person to see the
security holes in your own
organization is somebody
else
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• An IT tool that methodically
checks for common
vulnerabilities
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• An expert who doesn’t
have your blind spots,
and who knows the
devious tricks hackers use
to penetrate IT systems
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Bringing Security Flaws
to Your Attention
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A security test report may list
holes relating to SQL injection,
cross-site scripting or other
strange-sounding names
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A competent tester will be
able to give you a simple,
practical explanation of the
weakness and what it means
in business terms
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What has your company
done about its security
weaknesses?
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