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Will IE6 be the next NT4?

1st October 2009 All penetration testers will remember the long tail of Windows NT 4.0, and how this operating system continued to be used long past the point when security updates stopped at the end of 2004. For many years the presence of an unpatchable NT4 server was a common issue in a penetration test report, and it is only now, almost five years after security support ended, that finding an NT4 system on a network is becoming a rare event. Read More

One in four web applications susceptible to high risk security flaws

7th September 2009 NTA Monitor has reported a 10% increase in the total number of web applications found to have at least one high-risk security issue... Read More

Organisations facing a changing threat landscape

20th July 2009 According to NTA Monitor's 2009 Annual Security Report, the average number of Internet security vulnerabilities is on the rise... Read More

The Return of the Insider Threat

1st July 2009 When NTA started security testing twelve years ago, the main focus was on the insider threat. There were many reports with statistics showing that most security breaches were due to insiders. By contrast there was very little focus on the external threat via Internet and third-party network links. Back then many companies did not even have a firewall. Read More

NTA's experience

NTA has over 13 years' experience in IT security testing, auditing and consultancy and can provide clients with bespoke services to meet their exact requirements. With an increasing emphasis being placed on corporate governance and compliance, NTA is an ideal security partner to help organisations adhere to best practice guidelines and standards. NTA is a founder member of the CESG 'CHECK' scheme and the newly-founded CREST (Council for Registered Ethical Security Testers).

NTA has delivered IT security projects across the world, including the UK, France, Scandinavia, North Africa, Middle East, Singapore, Japan, Australia and the USA. Information security assessments and auditing projects are delivered by our senior consultants, who will quickly gain an understanding of individual clients' unique concerns and make realistic recommendations in line with best practice and industry standards.

The key benefits that you as a customer can gain from engaging NTA to undertake your IT security projects are:

Over 13 years' experience performing IT security testing, auditing and consultancy services
A wide variety of experience with customers in many industry sectors, including government, finance, retail, legal, education and manufacturing
Self-scripted testing software means that you will receive a unique and high quality test, conducted by staff who understand how the results are derived
NTA is a leading edge IT security consultancy, having been a founder member of both CHECK and CREST
NTA frequently discovers new vulnerabilities during the course of testing and through the work of its in-house research and development department