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Regularly Validating Security Controls with Breach and Attack Simulation

Regularly Validating Security Controls with Breach and Attack Simulation   Validating Security Controls is of vital importance for all organisations and is mandated by Cyber Security Frameworks like National Institute of Standards and Technology (N.I.S.T.) who offer a simple high-level way to do this using 5 steps:   IDENTIFY (CROWN JEWELS) PROTECT DETECT RESPOND RECOVER   To emphasise the importance of validating Security Control on a regular basis think of pilots doing a pre-flight check and inspection of their aircraft. Not performing these checks and inspections could lead to a loss of license for the pilots and the airline as it is mandatory and so should validating your organisation’s Security Controls. Simplistically you start by Identifying a Crown Jewel which could be an Endpoint, A Domain Controller or a Business Application. The next step is to detail and understand the attack vectors, which could be infiltration via email or a

By |2023-03-30T17:09:53+00:00May 18th, 2020|Blog|Comments Off on Regularly Validating Security Controls with Breach and Attack Simulation
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You Should Adopt a Cyber Security Framework – Here’s Why

You Should Adopt a Cyber Security Framework – Here’s Why Today, cyber attacks and cyber security breaches are constantly happening around the world. These attacks are also continuously evolving, becoming more sophisticated and unforeseen. This makes it difficult for organisations to proactively prevent phising, malware and ransomware attacks. So what can your organisation do to become resilient to cyber threats? A suitable cyber security framework and cyber security policies and procedures can reinforce your organisation’s IT security.       Cyber Security Framework A growing number of organisations are coming to the realisation that their extensive investment in cyber security technologies has not provided the resilience to cyber attacks that they were expecting and are looking for answers as to why they are still susceptible to phishing, ransomware and malware. The answer to this susceptibility conundrum lies in the understanding and adoption of a Cyber Security Framework (CSF). This doesn't mean that blindly adopting

By |2023-03-30T17:09:54+00:00April 29th, 2020|Blog|Comments Off on You Should Adopt a Cyber Security Framework – Here’s Why
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Why use the FAIR Model to quantify Cyber Risk for 3rd parties?

Why use the FAIR Model to quantify Cyber Risk for 3rd parties? Historically, questionnaires and or risk scoring have been the traditional tools used to evaluate the risk a 3rd party poses to an organisation. The Findings from questionnaires and risk scoring are often incredibly technical and complicated and are generally presented in heatmap style – red, orange, yellow, green – accompanied by a score and or letter grade, which aren't very useful in quantifying Risk to the business. To understand what the FAIR Model has to offer, let us first look at what we need to articulate to the Board or C-Level. In simplistic terms let’s begin by considering what Risk a 3rd Party could pose to an organisation if they were to share 2,000 data records with them. The Board or C-Level wants to know in financial terms what the cost to business will be if the 3rd Party is breached

By |2023-03-30T17:09:54+00:00January 28th, 2020|Blog|Comments Off on Why use the FAIR Model to quantify Cyber Risk for 3rd parties?
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