Category: Cybersecurity
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SIEM
Read more: SIEM🔬 Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) is a crucial cybersecurity approach for organizations to safeguard their digital landscapes. 🔦 In the world of cybersecurity, SIEM plays a pivotal role by offering a comprehensive solution: collecting, storing, and normalizing data from diverse sources like servers, applications, and security devices and real-time monitoring and analysis of…
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Secure element
Read more: Secure element✅ A secure element is a tamper-resistant hardware component that is designed to provide a high level of security for sensitive data and cryptographic operations. The primary purpose of a secure element is to create a trusted environment where critical operations, such as encryption, decryption, digital signatures, and authentication, can be performed without being exposed…
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Defense in depth
Read more: Defense in depthDefense in depth is a comprehensive approach to security that involves implementing multiple layers of defense to protect critical assets: 🚨 Perimeter Security: The organization implements physical barriers, such as fences, gates, and security guards, to control access to its premises. 💳 Access Controls: access cards, biometric authentication systems, and security personnel to ensure only…
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Security Operations Center
Read more: Security Operations CenterA Security Operations Center (SOC) is a centralized unit within an organization that is responsible for monitoring, detecting, and responding to cybersecurity threats and incidents. It is staffed by a team of security analysts who leverage advanced technologies, threat intelligence, and incident response processes to protect the enterprise’s networks, systems, and data. The key benefits…
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Zero Trust
Read more: Zero TrustZero Trust is a security framework that emphasizes strict access controls and continuous monitoring of network traffic, regardless of whether it originates from inside or outside the network perimeter. The primary benefit of implementing a Zero Trust architecture are: 🥇 Increased Security: Zero Trust architecture assumes that no user or device can be trusted by…
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Pyramid of Pain
Read more: Pyramid of PainPyramid of Pain is a cybersecurity concept to illustrate the hierarchy of indicators of compromise (IOCs) based on their level of difficulty and effectiveness for an attacker. The concept was introduced by cybersecurity expert David J. Bianco. Pyramid of Pain holds significance for both cybersecurity specialists and business leaders in these ways: 1️⃣ Prioritization of…
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Advanced Persistent Threats (APTs)
Read more: Advanced Persistent Threats (APTs)APTs are sophisticated and targeted cyber attacks conducted by skilled and persistent threat actors. APTs pose significant danger to organizations’ cybersecurity defenses due to their complexity, duration, and objectives. ⌨ APTs often leverage multiple advanced attack vectors (zero-day exploits, custom malware, social engineering, spear-phishing, and other stealthy tactics) to achieve their objectives. ⌛ APTs are…
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Cyber Kill Chain
Read more: Cyber Kill ChainThe Cyber Kill Chain framework came from Lockheed Martin to describe the stages that a cyber attack would normally flow through. Understanding this chain will help organizations and employees prepare ourselves across the trust gaps to proactive defense, improve incident response and conduct comprehensive risk assessments: ⚔ 1. Reconnaissance: Attackers gather information about the target,…
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CIA Triad
Read more: CIA TriadCIA stands for Confidentiality, Integrity, and Availability and is a widely recognized model used to assess and ensure the security of information and data. 📑 Confidentiality focuses on protecting sensitive information from unauthorized access or disclosure. Measures such as encryption, access controls, and data classification are implemented to maintain confidentiality. The Equifax data breach in…
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Security Posture
Read more: Security PostureA security posture is the comprehensive strength and effectiveness of an organization’s security measures and practices. It encompasses various components and strategies aimed at protecting an organization’s information, systems, and assets from potential threat actors. Key elements that shape up a security posture are: 🔐 1. Policies and Procedures: These outline the organization’s approach to…