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What is Shadow IT? Risks, Detection Methods & How to Manage Them
Today, with a rise of 48% in remote-first teams in the global workforce and generative AI, employees are increasingly bypassing IT for speed, exposing entire enterprises to the risk. Shadow IT now covers unauthorized SaaS, OAuth grant chains, shadow APIs, and even unapproved AI agents that process your most sensitive data without your knowledge. This guide answers what is Shadow IT?
CERT-In SBOM Guidelines 2025: What Fintech Companies Must Know
UPI fraud spiked 85% in FY 2024, reaching ₹1,087 crore. Most of it traced back to vulnerabilities in third-party APIs and unpatched components that fintechs didn’t know they were running. As such, in July 2025, CERT-In released SBOM Guidelines 2.0, making Software Bills of Materials mandatory for all government, public, and essential services orgs, while encouraging others to adopt it as best practice. For CTOs and CISOs, the message is direct.
Top 13 Web Application Penetration Testing Tools
Web application penetration testing refers to a security assessment process where ethical hackers simulate real-world attacks on a web application to identify vulnerabilities, exploit weaknesses, and provide actionable insights to enhance security posture. But, with a continuously evolving landscape and an ocean of vendors, how do you choose the best web pentest tool for your company and security needs?
17 Most Popular Penetration Testing Tools in 2025
With the global cost of cybercrimes estimated to reach 9.2 trillion in 2024, which is Japan’s GDP doubled, it is more critical now than ever to mitigate threats posed by attackers. As a business owner or security analyst, how can you mitigate such threats? While hundreds of penetration testing tools promise complete cybersecurity solutions for enterprises and analysts, finding the perfect match that suits your needs can be like looking for a needle in a haystack.
Continuous Security in the Age of AI: Moving Beyond Point-in-Time (VAPT) Testing
As AI speeds up development, traditional quarterly or annual pentests just can’t keep pace. In this session, leaders from Astra Security and ValueWave discuss how to move toward continuous security—a proactive approach that evolves with your code, your cloud, and your team. What You’ll Learn Speaker: Ujwal Ratra, COO – Astra Security Highlights: Key Takeaways Security can’t be a quarterly event - it must be continuous. Combine automation with expert validation, use AI to find real issues faster, and make every release more secure by design.
A Practical DORA Compliance Testing Checklist
The Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA) is a legislative measure of the European Union designed to enhance the digital operational resilience of financial institutions. It has been in effect since January 17, 2025. Drafted to ensure that banks, insurance companies, and other financial intermediaries, as well as stock exchanges and trading platforms, can withstand, respond to, and recover from ICT (Information and Communication Technology) disruptions.
CMMC 2.0 Certification: Your Survival Guide
Most defense contractors focus on winning contracts, delivering on time, and maintaining quality. However, the reality is that without CMMC certification, you won’t even qualify to bid. The Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification exists for one primary reason: to protect the defense industrial base from >$600 billion annual cost of intellectual property theft (per Forbes) targeting defense information.
Top 7 Online Penetration Testing Tools in 2025
Online penetration testing is a proactive cybersecurity practice that aims to identify vulnerabilities in your web app, network, mobile application, or infrastructure. Think of it as your digital security guardian scrutinizing your defenses by stimulating real cyber intrusions remotely. Before we get into the debate of which online penetration testing tool is the best for you, want to see the power of online penetration testing in action? Try our free website scanner!