Audit Your Web Security with MTvScan Vulnerability Scanner

Your website is your brand and a virtual store for your business, but due to lack of awareness of the risks and consequences, one might face serious issues if the website is not protected. Business relations can suffer if your first point of contact – the website -- is not safe and secure. Cyber-attacks being reported every day because of the increasing amounts of vulnerable websites. However, the number of efforts being taken by the owners to stay ahead of the curve are not many. Hackers mainly use automated tools to find vulnerable sites no matter the size of the business. Small business owners don’t usually think about security for their website as they don’t see the importance of it. So they don’t set aside the funds and resources needed to safeguard their web presence.

You have spent countless hours of hard work on writing, designing and promoting your website and its content. You have a thriving business because your website is generating leads and eventually revenue. But what if suddenly, one day you lose your control on this website and all the hard work along with it? This scenario is very realistic and it could happen to you one day. You should know the importance of auditing your website for various types of threats like – malware in the website which will also affect site visitors, theft of customer’s data, retrieving client’s name and email addresses and even hijacking or crashing the site.


Protecting your website at all costs should be your agenda and with MTvScan, you can scan for each and every vulnerability in your website. Regularly scanning your website will ensure that there are zero issues in your site and you can smoothly run your business. MTvScan is a complete and advanced vulnerability scanner which examines different types of vulnerabilities in the purview of lurking danger.

The features of MTvScan are as follows:

1. Mail server IP Check in 58 RBL repositories
2. Scan SQL Injections for MySQL, MSSQL, PGSQL, Oracle databases
3. Domain reputation in Google, SURBL, Malware Patrol, Clean-Mx, Phishtank
4. Scan Local file injections (LFI)
5. Scan Remote file inclusion (RFI)
6. Scan XSS - Cross Site Scripting
7. Scan Malware
8. Detect and Scan CMS
9. Open Port Application Vulnerability detection
10. Directory Scanning
11. Detect open sensitive / admin area of the site
12. Scan for Directory Indexing
13. Scan Full Path disclosure in the pages
14. Scan Password auto complete enabled fields
15. Information disclosure
16. ViewState decoder
17. Scan password submission method
18. Authenticated area scanning
19. Reports
20. Robust Link Crawler
21. Backdoor WebShell Locater
22. WebShell Finder
23. Reverse IP domain check
24. Deep Application Testing
25. Botnet Monitoring
26. Defaced Keyword Monitoring
27. Content Change Monitoring
28. Schedule based Scan
29. SSL Check
30. Manual Scan
31. WAF Detection
32. CSRF Detection
33. ClickJack Protection Check
34. Page Source Scan
35. OS Detection
36. DNS Misconfiguration
37. Phishing Scan

MTvScan also scans for the Top 10 vulnerabilities detected and listed by Open Web Application Security Project (OWASP).

Organizations spend a fortune on securing their website because a lot of business comes from online presence. If there are any kind of security loopholes in your website then it can directly lead to loss of data, breach in privacy and decreased brand value. Threats which are present online will always remain a problem for website owners but keeping an eye on these threats will push the owners to take action on them. A healthy website will perform exceptionally if you take good care of it and scan it regularly.

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ESDS’ MTvScan is a website security scanner which endows a user with uninterrupted services while examining different types of vulnerabilities and threats.

Implementing Artificial intelligence at work

We all know how Internet of Things (IoT) has made it possible to turn everyday devices into sources of raw data for analysis in order to generate business insight. It has also been witnessed that Artificial Intelligence (AI) is making analytics more productive and efficient at workplaces too.

Enterprises expect much more data to be generated in the years to come as compared to the data generated today.

It is believed that AI is now beginning to enter workplaces and corporate organizations, and this change has made leaders revisit their business processes and functions. These days, startups are adopting AI technology to reduce manpower, increase work efficiency and save time. AI can generate insights, provide remote and virtual assistance, and analyze unstructured data generated by everyday devices. Specialists predict that more than 62 per cent enterprises would start implementing AI applications in some way by the end of 2018 and a major reason for this are a lot of benefits AI has provided to the enterprises.

According to a survey by Demand base, about 80 per cent of decision makers predict that AI will revolutionize marketing by 2020.

AI along with neural networks decipher discrete data in no time, and make sure a perfect solution is placed at the decision maker’s fingertips. The data being generated is continuously being updated, which also means the machine learning models too will be updated at regular intervals. The enterprises would be able to access up-to-date information – breakthrough insights -- that can be useful for rapidly changing business environments. Here are three most important ways in which AI benefits workplaces:

1.      Faster decision-making with more confidence: What if something goes wrong with the manufacturing plant at your industry, what would you fix first? I am sure most of the employees working on that plant would be clueless. In such cases, AI helps the maintenance team to decide what to fix first with confidence, as AI would automate and line up the decision-making processes for the maintenance team.

2.      Accessing insights from Big Data: An exciting opportunity after implementing AI in your workplace is AI’s ability to recognize and understand patterns in Big Data that humans cannot.

3.      Protecting sensitive data: AI enables elimination of human error which in turn helps improve output quality and strengthen cyber security.

A noticeable difference has been seen in the roles of employees, after deployment of AI. More attention is given on managing and on implementing strategic initiatives and at the same time analytic tools automate and scale data to facilitate better decision-making.

Let’s look at how AI is improvising work landscape:

·         Creating new technology related jobs: A report by Indeed predicts that there is an increase in demand for workers with AI skills over the last few years. When there's shortage of job seekers who can meet that need, it makes the skills more valuable for those who would possess them.

·         Using machine learning to reduce busy work: By enabling automation to complete their mission critical tasks, employees can free up their time for other essential tasks. According to a Digital Ocean report, 26 per cent of developers are using AI-based tools in their work processes, and about 81 per cent are keen in getting educated about the automated tools.

·         Automation helps prevent workplace injuries: A study by Injury Claim Coach predicts a lot of damages can be reduced by implementing automation at workplaces. The same study also found that in 2016 around 5,190 workers perished due to workplace injuries. About 14 per cent automation could be saving lives as high as approximately 3,500 per year by end of 2030. Hence, instead of thinking how AI is taking jobs away, it’s time to think how many hazardous jobs humans won't need to do in the days to come.

These were some ways in which you can step up your businesses using AI. What are your thoughts about AI? Have you implemented it in your organization, already?

Inter-connectivity and the Internet of Things

Introduction

Internet of Things (IoT) is a term coined by Kevin Ashton, executive director of the Auto-ID Center, in 1999; but it is only since the last few years that IoT has become a big and inseparable part of the world of Internet and technology. It has taken inter connectivity to the next level by independently interconnecting devices and not just people through devices. Digitization connected people and systems, but IoT connects our belongings in a seamless fashion to alter the way we live and the world as we know it.

IoT is now embedding itself in not just our lives but our culture as well. For example, you can sync your workouts on your smartphone, change the temperature of your home from the airport, update your navigation maps from your garage, monitor pollution levels and weather from your couch and the instances can just go on. Basically, you can interact with a huge variety of devices opening up the possibility of interconnecting anything from the simple to the complex. It literally means that you can now remotely control, monitor and sense just about everything.

Defining IoT

But what exactly is IoT? It is basically an elaborate network of interconnected objects, mainly devices, as well as people, all linked to the internet and interacting with each other, exchanging data through sensors and embedded circuits.

According to research giant Gartner, by 2020 IoT will comprise 26 billion devices, from 4.9 billion in 2015. The McKinsey Global Institute predicts IoT could have a total economic impact of up to $11 trillion by 2025. With all this projected growth, it seems like civilization is on the cusp of an IoT tsunami.

IoT Impact

IoT has already changed the way we live. In several countries products have transformed into products-as-a-service with connected homes and industrial machinery, appliances, etc. In developing nations like India, the concept of Smart Cities has been introduced where devices and the data they emit is expected to make buildings, electricity, public safety, transportation, education, water and waste management, etc. more interconnected and smart.

The advantages of IoT are varied and abundant. Increased productivity, better and smarter business operations, better decision-making due to data and expansion for almost any business are some of the primary advantages. For businesses, IoT enablement will eventually become a must considering the continuous refinement and upgrading of the business model, products, service and customer experience due to largescale data analysis and related insights.

However, it will also mean that infrastructure will need better monitoring and security will become the main point of contention.

Cyber Security

More devices and increased networking means more risks of cybersecurity, hacking and privacy concerns. Remember the big hack of US shopping chain Target wherein personal information including 40 million debit and credit card numbers of 70 million people was stolen? The entire theft was possible as hackers gained access to the shopping chain’s network via the internet-connected HVAC (heating, ventilation and air conditioning) systems. 

According to many experts, the current IoT systems are being built with too little regard for security. IoT will have be built like IT systems with best security practices including employing a risk-based approach, regular software updates, regular backups, multi-factor authentication, privileged user monitoring, etc.

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