Pen testing adventures: How I sounded the alarm at a major supermarket chain

Asher de Metz has broken into countless high-security offices and hacked their networks while performing penetration tests as a Security Consulting Senior Manager at Sungard Availability Services (Sungard AS). Earlier this year, Asher shared one of these captivating stories. He’s back with more.

In this episode of IT Availability Now, Asher beguiles us with another one of his interesting pen testing endeavors and offers lessons organizations can learn to enhance overall resilience. Listen to the full episode to learn:

• Asher’s account of hacking into a grocery chain – how he did it, where the company was most exposed and what they could’ve done to stop it
• Common physical security vulnerabilities and how to get them in check
• How the most resilient organizations approach cybersecurity and steps you can take to reduce cyber incidents 

Brian Fawcett is a Senior Manager of Global Sales Engagement at Sungard AS. With over 15 years of experience in a range of industries, he specializes in forming enterprise-wide global talent and learning development programs. Brian has enriched corporate learning culture by matching organizational vision and core values to curricula, leading to application and impact.

As Security Consulting, Senior Manager at Sungard AS, Asher de Metz helps companies identify risks and secure their systems by conducting security audits and tests to avoid cybersecurity attacks. With almost 20 years of experience in information technology and security, Asher has been involved in hundreds of IT-security projects and has provided security counsel to some of the largest companies throughout the U.K., Europe, Middle East and North America within the financial, government, retail, healthcare, insurance and manufacturing industries. 

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The full transcript of this episode is available below.