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NIS2 Cybersecurity Directive: What CISOs Must Do to Stay Compliant and Mitigate Risk
The NIS2 Cybersecurity Directive raises the stakes for compliance, accountability, and enterprise resilience across the EU. For CISOs and security leaders, NIS2 is more than a regulation, it is an opportunity to integrate compliance with risk reduction, strengthen governance, and build long-term bus
Ransomware Readiness Assessment- A Strobes Guide to Resilience, ROI and Compliance
Ransomware can halt operations, drain budgets, and erode trust. A ransomware readiness assessment helps CISOs validate backup recovery, control high-risk access, and prove resilience against evolving threats. By aligning with CISA and NIST guidance, organizations gain clear steps, measurable outcome
Rethinking Cloud Security in Healthcare: Balancing Compliance Risk and ROI
Cloud technology is transforming healthcare by powering EHRs, telemedicine, and scalable patient services. But with benefits come risks, misconfigurations, shadow IT, and third-party exposures drive multimillion-dollar breaches. With the healthcare cloud market set to triple by 2032, balancing compl
Types of Penetration Testing: Which One Does Your Business Need?
Cybersecurity isn’t just about compliance checklists or antivirus software anymore. Businesses are dealing with increasingly advanced threats, and attackers are not bound by boundaries or playbooks. They’ll go after weak credentials, misconfigured servers, exposed APIs, and even unsuspecting employe
External Network Penetration Testing Checklist for 2025
External network penetration testing is one of the best methods to find any vulnerability that can be exploited before it happens outside of your organization. New scoring systems, voluntary compliance requirements, and alterations in the process of exposing services online require more exact and st
Understanding FFIEC Compliance: A Complete Guide by Strobes
Between rising cyber threats, growing consumer privacy concerns, and increasingly complex regulatory expectations, financial institutions must stay ahead of the curve or risk costly consequences. That’s where FFIEC compliance comes in. Established by a coalition of five federal agencies- including t
Addressing Data Protection and Compliance with Mobile Application Pentesting
Mobile applications are now central to business operations. From internal workforce tools to customer-facing platforms, organizations rely heavily on mobile ecosystems. But with this growth comes increased exposure. Addressing Data Protection and Compliance with Mobile Application Pentesting is esse
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OWASP Mobile Top 10 Vulnerabilities [2025 Updated]: Key Impacts & Preventions
The OWASP Mobile Top 10 2025 highlights the most critical security risks in mobile applications, helping organizations protect user data, ensure compliance, and build digital trust. This guide explains key threats and practical strategies to address them. Learn how Strobes, with Continuous Threat Ex
What is Vulnerability Management? Compliance, Challenges, & Solutions
Is your vulnerability management game on point? If it’s not, you’re handing attackers an open invitation. And if you believe that merely using a vulnerability scanner qualifies as effective management, it’s time to reassess your strategy. Everyone’s doing vulnerability scanning, but that’s just step
Penetration Testing Frequency: How Often Is Enough?
Is your penetration testing completed for this quarter? If it’s not you are giving an open door to Malicious actors to breach the data. Do you know 75% of companies perform penetration tests to measure their security posture or for compliance reasons. According to the National Institute of Standards
Strobes Penetration Testing Compliance For Audits and Assessments
With the rise of cybersecurity threats, keeping up with industry rules is important but can be difficult. That’s where Strobes Penetration Testing as a Service (PTaaS) comes into play. This innovative solution is transforming how companies manage penetration testing compliance, audits, and assessmen
Strobes 2023 Pentesting Recap: Trends, Stats, and How PTaaS is Transforming Cybersecurity
Like every year, we are releasing some research and analysis around our pen-testing in 2023. This article covers key penetration testing statistics, including what category of vulnerabilities we commonly report across hundreds of customers, and how we reduce compliance times and turnaround time when