Let me be your CyberBastet and tell you how to protect your organization😉.
During my studies for the Junior Cybersecurity Analyst course by CISCO (which I am done with now☺️), I learned about protecting an organization and possible ways to do that💯.
Let’s talk about Cybersecurity Devices and Technologies🤳🏾.
Security appliances are devices or software tools that protect from cyber threats.
There are six main types of Security appliances:
👉🏾Routers
👉🏾VPN
👉🏾Firewall
👉🏾IPS/IDS
👉🏾Antimalware or Antivirus
👉🏾Other devices
There are best practices organizations should follow to ensure security in their organizations.
👉🏾Create security policies.
👉🏾Perform risk assessments.
👉🏾Deploy network security devices.
👉🏾Test incident response procedures.
👉🏾Educate users about security practices
👉🏾Keep security patches and updates up to date.
These practices help organizations protect their networks and data from potential threats. Many national and professional organizations publish lists of security best practices.
Cybersecurity is more of behavior and mindset than we acknowledge.
Behavior-based security is a way to detect threats by studying how users communicate.
There are behavior-based security tools and techniques:
👉🏾Honeypots
👉🏾Penetration Testing
👉🏾NetFlow technology
👉🏾Cisco’s Cyber Threat Defense Solution Architecture
There are five steps to pen testing:
👉🏾Planning
👉🏾Scanning
👉🏾Gaining access
👉🏾Maintaining access
👉🏾Analysis and reporting
Once all the vulnerabilities are noted and their risks to the organization are outlined, risk management should be done.
Risk management is a formal process to reduce the impact of threats on an organization.
There are four steps involved in risk management.
👉🏾Frame the risk
👉🏾Assess the risk
👉🏾Respond to the risk
👉🏾Monitor the risk
Organizations need to have a team — CSIRT (Computer Security Incident Response Team) that handles security incidents. Organizations need to fully prepare for security breaches.
👉🏾Implement safeguards and provide personnel training.
👉🏾Establish security measures and processes after a breach occurs.
👉🏾Identify cybersecurity risks to systems, assets, data, and capabilities.
👉🏾Create a flexible response plan to minimize impact and damage during a breach.
This information should be documented in the security playbook of the company.
Finally, some tools are used to detect and prevent security incidents.
👉🏾Cisco ISE and TrustSec
👉🏾DLP (Data Loss Prevention)
👉🏾IDS (Intrusion Detection System)
👉🏾IPS (Intrusion Prevention System)
👉🏾SIEM (Security Information and Event Management).
These tools help organizations enhance their security measures and respond effectively to potential threats.
Does your organization have a security playbook? Have you seen it before?
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