September 09, 2022

Automated Security Validation With Red Team Penetration Testing Software | There Is A Silver Lining | A Pentera Brand Story With Aviv Cohen

50 minutes

This is a story that begins with the journey of Arik Liberzon, the founder and CTO and head of the R&D and product teams at Pentera. Arik was the head of the red team for the Israeli Defense Forces, chartered with pentesting — or red teaming — all of the strategic assets against nation state levels of threats. He did so with a great number of people, just like you would expect to do with an enterprise level red teaming program, tapping into a wealth of ethical hackers and red teamers. But he also had another part of his brain, which was all about software. Arik fused the two mindsets and had an a-ha moment that 'I can do everything that I'm doing here with people and I can do it in software. I can shrink wrap a red team in a box of software and give every enterprise in the world the ability to red team irrespective of their budget. I can give every business the power of a big red team army, delivered through software.'

This story, and the broader capabilities, mission, and vision for the future at Pentera, was told to us by Aviv Cohen, Pentera's Chief Marketing Officer. Connecting the human element to software and operations, the team at Pentera believes that it is important to have a human view for the challenges organizations face when managing their security programs. This is why Pentera created a series of cyber cartoons that are specialized to represent cybersecurity life. The cartoons connect the life of cybersecurity personnel and their role in society. This is a way for us to laugh, adding some humor to reality, connecting the technology products and services that we provide to this reality.

The software-enabled red team army is here and ready to join your team. Have a listen and connect with the team at Pentera to begin and continue your own red team journey.

Note: This story contains promotional content. Learn more.

Guest
Aviv Cohen
Chief Marketing Officer at Pentera [@penterasec]
On Linkedin | https://www.linkedin.com/in/avivco/

Resources
Be sure to visit Pentera at https://itspm.ag/pentera-tyuw to learn more about their offering.

Meet Pentera Labs: https://itspm.ag/penteri67a

Browse the cybertoon series: https://itspm.ag/penttoon

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