Hindsight, as we know, offers perfect clarity. Most organizations weren't expecting a global pandemic to speed up digital transformation or create an anywhere workforce. Not only are security teams being forced to combat increasingly sophisticated attacks and match the speed of innovation with the right security, they're doing so in a remote-work environment. In parallel with this, organizations are accelerating cloud adoption, which expands the threat surface for cybercrime cartels and nation-state actors who have used the pandemic as a chance to industrialize their operations.
Whether it's island-hopping as we saw with SolarWinds, new attack techniques, or the 118% increase in destructive attacks, it is evident that cyberspace has become more hostile. As the saying goes, it's no longer a matter of if an organization will get attacked, but when.
As CISOs arm their teams with the resources needed to defend against attackers, two things should remain top of mind. First, the assumption that cybercriminals will not only target their organization but that they will attempt to hijack their infrastructure. And second, that attackers will fight back via counter-incident response.
But there are some best practices CISOs can employ to remain vigilant against cybercrime cartels.
Increase Situational AwarenessIt is critical that organizations begin to take a proactive and comprehensive approach to security, regardless of sector or size. Telemetry is thus fundamental to achieve situational awareness; one must integrate the network detection and response platform with the endpoint protection platform. Additionally, consider setting up a secondary line of communications within an organization. This is a vital step to take as CISOs should assume that all ..
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