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Cybersecurity: Different Types
Cybersecurity is an extensive field that covers several disciplines. The main seven pillars are:
Network Security
Network security solutions provide effective deception based defences to safeguard networks against attacks. Data and access controls such as Data Loss Prevention(DLP), Identity Access Management(IAM), Network Access Control(NAC), and Next Generation Firewall Application Controls(NGFW), among others, are often included to enforce safe internet use policies and enforce user security policies.
NGAV, Sandboxing and CDR are multi-layered technologies designed to provide advanced network threat prevention. Other important technologies include network analytics tools like SOAR technology (Security Orchestration and Response) as well as threat-hunting technologies.
Cloud Security
As more organizations adopt cloud computing, security strategies become ever more essential to protecting applications, data infrastructures and any other cloud deployments from modern attack.
Cloud security includes controls, policies and services designed to protect an organization against potential breaches in security measures for applications or data infrastructures deployed via their cloud deployments.
As with other solutions offered by cloud providers, security deception solutions provided by them may not always meet enterprise-grade security.
Third-party deception attack campaigns must also be employed in order to prevent data breaches in cloud-native environments.
Endpoint Security
Zero-trust security requires creating microsegments of all data no matter its source or destination. One method for doing so with mobile workers is Endpoint Security - an approach enabling insurance companies to protect desktops, laptops and other end-user devices with advanced threats prevention technologies like antiphishing/ransomware prevention as well as EDR solutions.
Mobile Security
Mobile devices, such as smartphones and tablets, can access corporate data. This exposes businesses to malicious apps, phishing and IM attacks.
Mobile attack security protects against these threats and prevents rooting or jailbreaking of devices and operating systems. This solution can be used in conjunction with MDM solutions (Mobile Device Management), allowing enterprises to make sure that only compliant mobile devices have access to corporate resources.
IoT Security
Internet of Things devices can help organizations increase productivity. Unfortunately, they also pose the threat of cyber attacks as threat actors target vulnerable devices connected accidentally to the internet and use them maliciously, such as by accessing corporate networks or creating bot networks worldwide.
IoT Security helps safeguard devices by discovering and classifying connected devices, employing auto-segmentation for network activity control and using intrusion prevention systems as a patch against IoT Device vulnerabilities.
Furthermore, some firmware can even include agents to help mitigate runtime exploit attacks on certain IoT Devices.
App Security
Threat actors target web applications as they do anything directly connected to the Internet. Since 2007, OWASP has tracked the ten most critical security flaws in web applications, including injection, authentication issues, configuration errors, and cross-site scripting.
The OWASP Top 10 Attacks can be prevented with application security. The application security prevents bot attacks and negative interactions with APIs and applications.
Apps will be protected with continuous learning even when DevOps introduces new content.
Zero Trust
Traditional security models emphasize perimeter-focused strategies. They build walls around valuable assets to secure them; however, this approach poses risks such as insider attacks and the dissolution of its borders quickly.
As corporate assets move off-premises through cloud adoption or remote working, a new security approach must be adopted.
Zero trust adopts an in-depth security strategy by employing micro-segmentation alongside monitoring and role-based controls for protection.
Cyber Security Threats Are Evolving
Cyber threats are different today than just a few short years ago. Organizations need to protect themselves against the tools and techniques of cyber criminals, both current and future.
Supply Chain Attacks
In the past, most organizations focused their security efforts on applications and systems within their organization, with attempts at deterring cyberthreat actors by hardening perimeter defenses to grant access only to authorized users or applications.
Recent supply-chain attacks have illustrated the vulnerabilities of trust between organizations, and cyber criminals who take advantage of that trust to attack.
SolarWinds and Microsoft Exchange Server hacking incidents demonstrate this point - as do attacks against Kaseya. Trusting other companies leads to weak cyber security strategies allowing cyber insider threat actors access into any customer network simply through exploiting one company that builds such relationships of trust between themselves.
Security should take the form of "zero trust." Partnerships between vendors and third-parties and businesses can bring many benefits; however, access by these third-parties to software or users must only be extended as necessary to complete their tasks and be continually monitored by monitoring.
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Ransomware
Ransomware may not be new, but its rise as an effective form of malware only recently started to accelerate. WannaCry's ransomware attack proved that ransomware campaigns can be profitable and viably developed and deployed, sparking an unprecedented wave of ransomware campaigns worldwide.
Ransomware has evolved considerably over time. Where once it only encrypted files, ransomware will now steal data to double or triple-extort victims and their clients for additional ransom.
Ransomware groups may even resort to DDoS attacks or use threats against victims as means to increase ransom demands and extract more payment from victims.
RaaS (Ransomware as a Service model), where ransomware developers provide malware for distribution at affiliates in return for a portion of ransom, offers cyber criminals easy access to sophisticated malware enabling more complex attacks to be launched more swiftly; protecting enterprises against ransomware has now become part of enterprise cyber security strategies.
Phishing
Cybercriminals have relied on phishing attacks for years to penetrate corporate networks and gain entry. A simple method for breaching organizational defenses is tricking users into clicking a link or opening an attachment that contains malware.
Phishing attacks have grown increasingly sophisticated over the years. While initially simple to spot, contemporary phishing scams can quickly become nearly indistinguishable from real emails.
Cyber security training alone cannot combat modern phishing attacks effectively; therefore tools that detect and block malicious emails from reaching user inboxes are key components to managing risk associated with phishing attacks.
Malware
Cyberattacks can be divided into various categories by their development. Cyberdefenders and malware authors play cat-and-mouse, with attackers trying to devise techniques to bypass or undermine existing security technologies in an effort to create new cyberattacks when successful.
Modern malware has evolved quickly into highly advanced threats which evade traditional security tools (e.g. signature-based detection) and have no place in today's networks; by the time analysts detect and respond to attacks, damage has already been done and sometimes irreparably so.
Malware attacks no longer can be stopped with detection alone; cyber security solutions that focus on prevention must now be employed to tackle Gen V threats, stopping attacks from even commencing and any damage occurring as part of them.
Strengthening Your Cybersecurity
By 2025 global cyber-security spending is expected to reach $458,9 billion. Recent research in the physical security industry supports this momentum this year alone, 43% of organizations are looking to invest in cybersecurity-related tools to improve their physical security environment.
It's not surprising. Cyberattacks become more sophisticated and frequent every year. The United States Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency has updated its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog.
Over 900 vulnerabilities have been identified so far. The Australian Cyber Security Center, the National Cyber Security Center of the United Kingdom and the UK's National Cyber Security Center have shared blogs about the ineffectiveness of telling users not to click on bad links.
Knowing what resources are available to you can improve your company's cyber security posture. Continue reading to learn the seven best ways to strengthen your physical security today.
Improve Your Password Management
In today's digital world, it is essential to update your passwords on your devices regularly. It's a good idea to update passwords regularly to protect your device.
Another way to prevent them from being compromised is by using strong passwords that include a variety of characters, symbols, and numbers. You must be tired of constantly trying to create strong passwords. This is understandable.
You can generate strong and randomized passwords for your devices using the built-in manager in Security Center.
These passwords will comply with rules set by supported manufacturers. The system can be configured to update camera passwords automatically on a scheduled basis or in bulk.
Software And Firmware Upgrades Can Be Automated
Staying cyber-resilient requires keeping both firmware and software current; many product updates contain patches for newly discovered vulnerabilities that could compromise cyber resilience.
As soon as you start using multiple products from different vendors, keeping up with updates becomes time consuming and tiresome.
Genetec Update Service will notify you whenever any updates become available for your product, ensuring you remain up-to-date on the most up-to-date fixes and patches.
Firmware vaults provide you with information regarding new firmware releases for IP cameras. With just a few mouse clicks you can download these updates and send them on to users quickly and efficiently.
Monitor Networks And Software Regularly For Security Vulnerabilities
It's important to monitor your network's vulnerabilities, even if you've already prioritized and defined the risks.
As an organization changes its software and the time passes, vulnerabilities can change their severity. In the constantly changing cyber security landscape, vulnerabilities can also develop anytime. To stay ahead of the game, you must constantly monitor your networks and business systems.
It would help if you also patched any vulnerable software as soon as it's discovered.
Risk Categories And Determine Which Departments Are Responsible For Them
An organization faces many risks; accordingly, responsibility should be split across departments. Once risks have been defined and prioritized, managers within each assigned department should own each risk they own as part of monitoring by an expert party so responsibility doesn't become exclusive to a singular team or function.
Check Your Security Measures Regularly For Gaps
Security controls are integral in creating an agile company and meeting compliance obligations. Controls refer to specific policies, processes and technologies implemented within your business to reduce certain risks or comply with regulated obligations.
Testing and monitoring security controls regularly is crucial in safeguarding against data breaches or cyberattacks that might threaten it - analyze security gaps regularly to maintain protection.
Use Multiple Layers Of Protection
Most effective cyber-security strategies have multiple layers of protection. To protect data, it's important to use advanced encryption methods, authentication and authorization.
It is important to regularly review and update the system permissions so that only those users who require access can do so.
Privilege troubleshooter in Security Center's Config Tool can help you do this. The Privilege Troubleshooter helps you to investigate and determine the user's privileges.
It also identifies any oversights that should be corrected or removed. You can export and search the information below using the Privilege troubleshooter.
Use The Built-In Tools For Maintenance
It takes a great deal of effort to keep your security system in good condition. You may be self-evaluating the health and performance of your computer.
It's all too easy to put off system maintenance when you have other tasks that need your attention. Do you want to make it easier for you to monitor the health of your security system? Security Center offers a variety of maintenance tools.
You can monitor the health of system components and get alerts when devices go offline. Follow recommendations and improve your cybersecurity posture by tracking the security of your systems in real-time.
You can view your system data and health in a single place, so you know what is happening live.
Comply with the Privacy Legislation
Data protection and privacy initiatives are increasingly widespread worldwide. Notably, governments across the world have introduced stringent privacy regulations with severe sanctions for failing to abide.
Protecting your privacy and strengthening cyber security initiatives are critical in order to avoid heavy fines for your business and build stronger bonds between customer and supplier. Genetec ClearanceTM makes sharing data secure upon request easy; thus assisting in meeting ever-evolving laws.
Work Hybrid Scenarios
Remote work may be around for a while, even though the current health crisis has mostly passed. Today, many businesses have adopted a hybrid working environment.
IT teams need to find ways to adjust their systems and network to allow employees to work securely from home. Cloud and hybrid cloud solutions will help you stay ahead of the threats.
When you are operating in hundreds of different locations, maintaining and protecting many on-premises solutions can be a challenge.
As mentioned, when you use cloud services, you can access all the most recent built-in security features. You'll also get all the latest updates and fixes as soon as these are released. You can install your security system on-premises while the video is archived in the cloud.
This ensures greater levels of availability and redundancy.
Cyber-Savvy Vendors Are A Great Resource
It's not a good idea to tackle cyber threats alone. Working with vendors committed to cybersecurity is one of the most effective ways to reduce risk.
They not only put data privacy and protection at the forefront of their development, but they also ensure that various security and privacy features are standard. Trusted vendors will also active defenses monitor new threats and vulnerabilities. They can share with you strategies for rapid remediation.
Plan Your Incident Response
The cybersecurity incident response (CSIRP) plan provides instructions for handling a security breach. The four main phases of a comprehensive CSIRP are:
Prepare For The Event
Planning ahead of a security breach or attack will allow you to respond as efficiently and quickly as possible. The CSIRP should detail the members of your incident response team and their roles in case an attack occurs.
Refer to the steps above (conducting regular security posture assessment) and (constantly monitoring networks and software for vulnerability) to help you with this.
Analysis and Detection
Your CSIRP will trigger the detection and analysis phase when an incident occurs, and you need to decide how your organization should respond.
Security incidents may come from a wide range of sources, and they can be detected by a number of different methods. Your CSIRP will give you instructions on how to document the incident and prioritize the response. Then, you will need to inform the appropriate parties about the breach or attack, including customers, attorneys general in the states where your business operates, etc.
Containment and Recovery
Your goal should be to control an incident, eliminate its threat and recover following an attack. Eradication could entail various steps depending on what type of assault has taken place against your organisation; but in all instances everything should be done possible to eliminate an attack entirely and stop further incidents from arising - for example updating security plans to address vulnerabilities which led to any incidents and receiving all training necessary to thwart future attacks.
Post-Incident Activity
Your organization must take time out after an incident has concluded to assess and reevaluate damage and severity before initiating notification procedures.
At this stage, reflection, damage assessment and severity evaluation as well as revising of CSIRP policies should occur during this process. Owner education is integral to ensuring a CSIRP's success.
Before, during and after an incident occurs it's crucial that all parties involved understand their roles precisely - without education available for owners an CSIRP may become ineffective and become useless for its intended use.
Hyperproof's compliance platform - Hyperproof can take your security one step further by helping you visualize risks, describe controls, assess health status and address remediation - can assist in meeting all these objectives effectively.
Improve Cybersecurity with Adversarial Thought
People often ask me what the term 'adversarial thought' refers to; this term usually describes security folk personnel with their uncanny mental model of how something can fail.
My early childhood was filled with such insight when I noticed barcodes on super marketing hype products and after learning how to scan them (using an obsolete BBS as my source material), wrote my own computer program that could generate barcodes of my own and print mine out!
My initial motives were curiosity-driven; quickly however, it dawned upon me how vulnerbility scanning worked. After some exploration I realized you could exchange barcodes of official products with cheaper counterfeit ones (often used by criminal enterprises).
Call it what you will - "adversarial mindset" or security stack mindset"; certain people are better than others at breaking stuff; professional bug hunters and red teams often uncover vulnerabilities hidden for years by other parties.
Attributing differences in performance to formal training programs is impossible; most hackers never receive such instruction.
Adopting an adversarial mindset should go beyond being nice to have; it must form part of your defense strategy or you risk becoming the next target for hackers. Hiring pen testers quarterly won't suffice - having defenders that think this way and think like this themselves can provide greater protection than documentation of technology or processes can.
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Dunning-Kruger & the Cybersecurity Defender
The cybersecurity industry is filled with division. Hackers exist alongside those who design or defend them. Primary colors are used to convey our primary division: Red team versus Blue team.
Most members on Team Blue do not hold adversarial attitudes toward those on Team Red; although some individuals might still maintain such views based on experience from IT or security roles they no longer employ; in any event they tend not to share similar vocabularies used at elementary schools.
People don't actually "see" it; but they think they do. Their security deception system knowledge may only be superficial and yet they remain assured in their weak defenses; The Dunning-Kruger effect remains at play here.
Due to low levels of competency, they lack the tools for properly judging themselves - leading them to overestimate their own performances and overpromise.
Breakers breathe this stuff. Their entire worldview revolves around insects delivered via postal and store label replacement - this is not their profession but simply how they think! Defenders frequently complain that red teams have large egos (well, some do).
Red teams break in, write reports on themselves then ride off into the sunset before offensive teams present their arguments to convince opponents and secure approval of their conclusions.
Hacker subculture values intellectual honesty above political correctness, so red team personalities often desire to label those they defend as negligent.
Unfortunately, they're prevented from doing this.
The Maker Breaker Myth
Aside from that, let's address another myth. Many people believe that hackers are good only at breaking things. It fits into the narrative of good and evil, which is often associated with hyped headlines about cybersecurity breaches.
It's impossible to be more wrong. The majority of people with a strong adversarial mindset are great makers. They build businesses, write and do woodwork.
Last words
Attack route modeling is the foundation for cyberwarfare. It can be used by security teams to "future-proof" individuals and organizations from unidentified common threats.
With cyber security industry that is pro-active defense recommendations, we can tilt the balance in favor of the defence.
