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Incorporating a Prevention Mindset into Threat Detection and ResponseThreat detection and response systems, by definition, are reactive because they have to wait for damage to be done before finding the attack. With a prevention-mindset, security teams can proactively anticipate the attacker's next move, rather than reacting to specific threats or trying to detect the latest techniques in real-time.
The report covers areas enterprises should focus on:
What positive response looks like.
Improving security hygiene.
Combining preventive actions with red team efforts.
Incident Readiness and Building Response Playbook
In this special report, learn the Xs and Os of any good security incident readiness and response playbook.
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1/25/2018 | 4:49:44 PM
You can add: disguising as ransomware.
Cryptocurrency isn't the only means of processing a ransomware payoff; but the advantages are obvious. Also obvious is that the proliferation of ransomware strains, attacks and attackers coincides with the emergence of cryptocurrencies.
That a successful RW attack requires the same sort of unauthorized requisition of the victim's computing device's resources, as would enable cryptocurrency mining, is obvious, as well.
In both cases, the characteristics and availability of cryptocurrency provide an unprecedented opportunity for cybercriminals.
When you tally the costs of cybercrimes, where cryptocurrency provides a game-changing level of means, motive and opportunity, don't stop at the costs in RW payouts, or any of the costs to businesses which might be covered by insurance, but by the cost of that insurance - and all the other costs in money, resources, talent and attention that have increased as a result.
Draw up a society-wide balance sheet, put the costs on one side, and the benefits of cryptocurrency on the other. Then ask: What's the score?