What Is the Pyramid of Pain, and Why Is It Important in Threat Detection? | David Tidmarsh |Threat Intelligence Organizations today face more cyberthreats than ever before and have larger attack surfaces than ever. Given these challenges, companies need to stay ahead of the curve and make intelligent decisions about how they prevent, detect, and…
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What Are the Most Important Types of Cyberthreats? | Shelby Vankirk |Threat Intelligence As our lives increasingly move online, the risk of cyberattacks increases. While we often hear about large-scale hacks, there are many different types of cyberthreats that can harm individuals, businesses, and even governments. Understanding these threats and how to protect yourself from…
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The Benefits of Performing Threat Modeling with OCTAVE | Sydney Chamberlain |Threat Intelligence As business environments grow increasingly complex, it’s more important than ever that IT and cybersecurity professionals come together to utilize proven frameworks capable of guiding a comprehensive, systematic assessment of an organization’s IT risks. The OCTAVE model is widely regarded as the…
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Why Organizations Need to Deliberately Adopt Threat Intelligence Every organization will, one way or another, land on the radar of cybercriminals or hackers who have an incentive to compromise their systems. Threat intelligence has therefore become a top priority for many organizations around the world. Some of the top security challenges organizations have faced over the last…
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Threat Intelligence: The Most Critical Types of Cyberthreats You already know that there’s no shortage of malicious hackers waiting to get their hands on your most vital personal and business information. With each new technological advancement comes a new batch of nefarious cybercriminals ready to take advantage of it. For this reason, you should be…
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What Is Threat Modeling? Data breaches cost companies USD 8.64 million on average (Johnson, 2021), but many companies report they don’t have adequate protection against these vulnerabilities because there aren’t enough IT security professionals to help. The shortage of cybersecurity professionals leaves these organizations vulnerable to costly data breaches. Threat modeling is a technique cybersecurity…
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Why to Pursue a Career in Cyber Threat Intelligence Cybercriminals are continually on the move, looking for ways to conduct cyberattacks and hack into networks across the globe. The annual cost associated with cybercrime damages equates to trillions of dollars each year, with experts predicting that global cybercrime damages will likely exceed USD 10.5 trillion…
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DREAD Threat Modeling: An Introduction to Qualitative Risk Analysis By 2025, the global cost of cybercrime is projected to reach an estimated $10.5 trillion (INTRUSION, Inc., 2020). With 30,000 websites hacked every day (Bulao, 2022), companies of all sizes need to prioritize cybersecurity. As the prevalence and costs of cybercrime skyrocket, organizations have developed a variety of…
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The Cyber Kill Chain: The Seven Steps of a Cyberattack The Cyber Kill Chain framework, developed by Lockheed Martin (2022), explains how attackers move through networks to identify vulnerabilities that they can then exploit. Attackers use the steps in the Cyber Kill Chain when conducting offensive operations in cyberspace against their targets. If you’re responsible…
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