Two cybersecurity powerhouses partner to provide defensive and offensive security services to boost enterprise companies’ security posture. Scottsdale, Ariz.— Datashield, a Scottsdale-based cybersecurity company, recently inked its partnership with offensive security services firm Bishop Fox. Both companies are based in Arizona and provide outsourced cybersecurity services to top Fortune 500 companies.

A penetration test or pen test is a simulated cyber-attack against computer systems, application systems, and IT infrastructure to discover loopholes. These simulated cyber-attacks come in diverse forms with the intent of breaching a system through its servers, web or mobile applications, and other endpoints. The purpose of pen testing is to discover exploitable vulnerabilities in a controlled setting before cybercriminals take advantage of them.

There is a lot more to cyber security than just hacking... So… Everyone wants to be a penetration tester! Lately I’ve been speaking at events, conducting interviews, mentoring new security professionals and students and every single person when asked how they want their career to progress or what they are interested in doing, like clockwork every single person says, “penetration tester”. Maybe I’m the only one, but this is a huge pet peeve of mine!