Year: 2023

We had amazing conversations at our first monthly group mentoring session today! Thanks to all who were able to join us. The group-based mentoring model approach allowed attendees to share various perspectives on topics discussed. The insight gained was invaluable! We’ve had a lot of inquiries about our free monthly group mentoring sessions, so we […]

As part of the non-traditional benefits we extend to all team members, this year, PEN Consultants was pleased to add – for the first time – a mission trip. Each of our team members (and one of their family members) had the opportunity to participate at no charge to them. Click here for more information […]

What is WordPress? WordPress is a popular online platform designed for creating websites and blogs. It is a content management system (CMS) where users, regardless of their technical expertise, can easily design and publish their own websites. It is widely used due to its versatility, offering thousands of website templates, plugins, and features that are […]

PEN Consultants held its annual meet-up June 8-11, 2023, giving team members the opportunity to meet each other face-2-face, participate in team-building activities, and give back to the community by helping those who are disadvantaged and in need. Here is a summary of that event. Thursday Hill Country Daily Bread Serving at a ministry we […]

What is Penetration Testing? Penetration testing, which some may refer to as “ethical hacking” or “white hat hacking”, is the practice of testing a computer system, network, or web application, to find vulnerabilities an attacker could exploit. Penetration testers use much of the same knowledge, tools, and techniques as malicious hackers, but they do so […]

How many of the vulnerabilities from your last penetration test report did you risk accept? Everything with a Medium severity or lower? This article is intended to help you reconsider that mindset. Be careful about disregarding penetration testing findings just because they are not High or Critical severities by themselves. Companies are breached every day […]

5 Benefits of Hiring an Ethical Hacker for Your Business: Hacking has been around for centuries, but it wasn’t until the 1950s, when computers became more widely available, hacking, as we know it today, began to emerge. In the early days of computing, hackers were mostly just curious individuals who explored computer systems for fun […]