Penetration testing and Red Teaming are two security assessment tools that have quickly gained traction in recent years, with professionals at all levels eager to jump onto the trend. However, to get real value out of these tools, you must first ensure your security program is mature enough to properly conduct one or both. But how do you figure out whether you’re ready for a pen test, a Red Team engagement, or a combination?
IT professionals like you know what you’re up against. The dynamics of today’s threat landscape require organizations to do more than just defend against cyber-attacks. While there will always be a need for defensive strategies and solutions, it is now essential for organizations to become more proactive and get ahead of threats to their critical assets.
Cyber criminals focus on the easiest targets, which often are federal agencies. A recent White House Executive Order on cybersecurity puts renewed focus squarely on securing federal network infrastructure, which means federal agencies must step up their security games, complying with both existing and emerging regulations related to information security.
With Core Impact and Cobalt Strike, security professionals can execute multi-faceted assessments of an organization’s defenses, exposing high-risk security weaknesses and offering targeted advice to better protect critical assets.
Making a decision on a new cybersecurity tool is never easy—particularly when it’s unclear how rival products compare. It’s tempting to simply type “product vs. product” into Google and see if one stands out as the clear favorite. However, sometimes you can find that two products have been mistakenly grouped together and aren’t actually in competition, but rather, they are in separate categories.
In The New Normal in Cybersecurity Part 1, we examined three leading trends in the cybersecurity community over the past year. In this installment, we will take a look into the future and make predictions about where the cybersecurity landscape is potentially headed in 2022 and beyond.
The past year has shown organizations that uncertainty and a transformed reality are the new normal in business. While remote work was intended as a temporary response to the global pandemic, it is now considered a regular part of the business environment—fundamentally altering the way companies operate. This means organizations have had to respond in real-time to shift their cybersecurity strategies and keep up with an expanding IT infrastructure, the explosion of IoT devices, and a new wave of threats from more sophisticated attackers.