5 GIFTS THAT COMPANIES SHOULD MAKE THEMSELVES
Attackers don’t go on vacation.
Precisely in this period of frenzy, excellent opportunities are created to catch unattended companies, unprepared and with a reduced number of human resources available on site, but always online even on vacation.
So, you better take a look at the following list of gift ideas for Christmas in order to be prepared for the most wonderful time of the year.
- RED TEAM BUSINESS ATTACK SIMULATION
- EMPOWER YOUR WORKFORCE
- VULNERABILITY ASSESSMENT AND PENETRATION TEST
- INCIDENT RESPONSE PLAN
- MULTIFACTOR AUTHENTICATION
RED TEAM BUSINESS ATTACK SIMULATION
How sure are you about your company’s security?
The best gift you could give to your company, is a measurement of the real effectiveness of your defenses and an evaluation of how impactful cyber threats could be on your business. The most effective way to prevent attacks is embodying the same mental process, using the same techniques as the real attackers. Here comes the Red Team Exercise. The Red Team Exercise simulation will give you a chance to know what might happen in the event of a cyberattack, helping you to explore every aspect of company’s Security Posture:
- Network Infrastructure
- Application Security
- Human Behavior
- Physical Security Control Business Process.
EMPOWER YOUR WORKFORCE
How could we forget a gift for employees?
Every employee, of any business level, plays an essential role in the improvement of the internal security of the company and cyber threats’ detection.
Processes, Security Awareness Training and Technologies can become reinforcement tools, however, they could be complemented by a more “hands on” activity, such as Purple Team Training.
Purple Team training takes place as a role-playing game between Red Team and Blue Team and involves the simulation of attacks carried out theoretically, without an impact on the real business operations.
By formulating different scenarios, the two teams compare in a Table-top simulation discussing possible actions to be taken.
VULNERABILITY ASSESSMENT AND PENETRATION TEST
“Hic sunt leones”*. Explore the map of your corporate surface.
A system bug, an incorrect configuration, a sensitive document inadvertently disclosed, or a user with high privileges are just a few examples of situations that can expose the company to serious consequences.
Vulnerability Assessment and Penetration Test allow your company to assess how technological vulnerabilities can be exploited and what consequences they could have.
This test gives you the map of the digital attack surface of your company up to date, so you will have the control over your digital assets in order to check their security level.
* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Here_be_dragons
INCIDENT RESPONSE PLAN
That’s the gift that everyone should receive, but that no one would ever want to unwrap.
It consists of an operational plan that prepares the organization to respond effectively to security incidents.
Adopting an Incident Response Plan, enables your company to systematically manage incidents, so that appropriate decisions will be made promptly. Your organization could:
- Correctly and quickly detect a safety incident
- Organize incident response activities according to the severity of the incident itself
MULTIFACTOR AUTHENTICATION
Passwords or not passwords? That is the question!
We know how difficult password management can be for users or administrators and how often passwords are coveted by cyber crime. Sometimes, in a business environment, relying exclusively on username and password may expose the company to major cyber risks. 2FA tools can be useful, but their use may not be enough to ensure the security of the entire company network.
A safer solution can be to avoid the use of passwords thanks to hardware-based passwordless authentication tools. Using a tool with no connection to the internet can help your employees to protect access to all business devices, outside and inside the office.