decrypting myths
considering today’s changing threat
landscape this leaves many businesses
vulnerable to the cyberdangers out there.
One thing that’s certain is that a
dynamic and proactive security strategy
is the best option for mitigating against
risk. Security programmes must contain
continuous improvement and budgets
and effectiveness regularly validated to
keep them on target with the challenges
of the day. However, traditional risk
evaluation is often done through point
in time engagements which are soon
out of date and supply chain audits are
increasingly burdensome, diverse in
method and costly.
The security landscape will
continue to evolve and we all
need to work together if we’re
going to be able to keep one step
ahead of the cybercriminal.
CIOs making a business or purchasing
decision can now access a dynamic
snapshot of their risk profile that is
relevant to their industry.
This is fused with company specific dark
and deep web intelligence and utilises a
company risk scoring tool-set enabling
businesses to make data-driven security
decisions based on their risk and
efficiently adapt their security posture in
real-time to address any gaps that are
identified in their profile. A security that’s
based on what’s happening right now is
an obvious choice if you’re serious about
protecting yourself against cybercrime.
2. Hunt and confront threats
with intelligence
The next step is engaging and using
cyberintelligence to effectively hunt
and confront cyberthreats head on.
The timely automation and analysis of
cyberintelligence is a game changer
in beating cybercriminals at their own
game. Used correctly, cyberintelligence
can make the difference between
preventing a serious cyberattack – or an
attack bringing a business to a standstill.
Verizon operates one of the largest
global IP networks, which gives us
insight into what threats are being made
against a large portion of the world’s
data traffic. Cross referencing this
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with intelligence gleaned from over a
decade of analysis from our DBIR series,
enables us to offer our customers a
treasure trove of cyberintelligence that is
hard to beat. This information enables a
security professional to identify threats
early in the cyber-kill chain and put
combative action into place. Basically,
this enables us to help our customers to
hunt out cyberthreats early in the game.
3. Optimise the usage of
data you already have to
track cyberthreats
Not every business has the budget or
opportunity to engage professional
security personnel to help review
cyberintelligence to determine what
security solution is required. However,
there are automated, end-to-end, threat
hunting tools available that optimise
data organisations’ already have. They
perform much of the identification,
investigation, analyses and decision-
making of security professionals, but
with computer-driven precision, speed
and scale.
They work by automating the hunt
for compromised or infected assets
by applying data science concepts
and Machine Learning technologies,
transforming gigabytes of log data,
multiple threat intelligence feeds and
varied raw threat indicators into a
prioritised list of high-quality alerts with
reduced false positives.
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