cyberResilience global concept

In the digital age where cyberattacks can occur at any moment, organizations must adopt a holistic and proactive approach to ensure not only defense against these threats but also the continuity of operations.
This is where the concept of cyber resilience becomes essential, encompassing preparation, protection, detection, response, and recovery from cyber incidents while maintaining operational capacity during and after attacks.
Cybersecurity, the cornerstone of cyber resilience, focuses on protecting data by ensuring its confidentiality, integrity, availability, and proof.
Confidentiality prevents unauthorized access to sensitive information, integrity ensures that data remains accurate and unaltered, availability guarantees continuous access to computing resources for authorized users, and proof ensures that all transactions can be reliably verified.
A fundamental aspect of cyber resilience is the response to cyber incidents, as recommended by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST).
According to NIST, the incident response includes several critical phases:

• Preparation: Development of incident response policies and plans, training response teams, and preparing the necessary tools and technologies.
• Detection and Analysis: Monitoring and analyzing warning signs to quickly detect and assess potential incidents.
  This includes identifying the source, method, and extent of the attack.
• Containment: Isolating the incident to prevent its spread. This step may require temporary or long-term actions, depending on the nature of the attack.
• Eradication: Removing the malicious component, such as malware, and securing affected systems to prevent recurrence of the incident.
• Recovery: Restoring systems and services to normal operation while implementing additional controls to strengthen security.
• Post-Incident Learning: Post-incident analysis to understand what happened, determine how the incident was handled, and identify necessary improvements in security policies and practices.

Creating and maintaining a robust security plan that integrates risk management, security policies, and employee awareness is essential to reduce vulnerability to cyberattacks.
The Security Operations Center (SOC) plays a vital role in this setup by monitoring and responding to threats in real time, supported by Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) systems that provide in-depth analysis of data and security alerts.
Furthermore, cyber resilience involves redundancy strategies and regular testing, such as security audits and penetration testing, to prepare the organization to withstand and quickly recover from incidents.
These practices not only ensure operational continuity but also an effective recovery, thus minimizing disruptions and associated costs.
Integrating the NIST-recommended incident response into the overall cyber resilience strategy enriches the organization's approach by ensuring a coordinated and effective response to cyberattacks.
This methodology is not just an additional layer of protection; it has become a strategic necessity for all companies wishing to successfully navigate today's complex digital landscape.

Our method for cyber resilience management

We have designed a pragmatic method to implement effective cyber resilience in organizations.
It requires a structured approach that integrates technology, processes, and people.
Here are the steps of our methodology:

• Step 1: Executive Engagement
  The commitment of leadership is vital. They need to understand the importance of cyber resilience and allocate the necessary resources.
  Deliverables:
  Formal commitment from leadership.
  Budget allocated for cyber resilience.
  Establishment of a cyber resilience steering committee.
  
  
• Step 2: Risk Assessment
  Identify, analyze, and prioritize cyber risks based on their potential impact on the organization.
  Deliverables:
  Risk assessment report.
  List of critical assets.
  Cyber risk matrix.
  
  
• Step 3: Development of Cyber Resilience Policy
  Draft a policy that clearly defines the objectives, and strategies for defense, detection, response, and recovery.
  Deliverables:
  Approved cyber resilience policy.
  IT security procedures.
  
  
• Step 4: Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery Planning
  Details: Develop plans to maintain operations during a crisis and restore functionality quickly after an incident.
  Deliverables:
  Business Continuity Plan (BCP).
  Disaster Recovery Plan (DRP).
  
  
• Step 5: Implementation of Protective Measures
  Install protective technologies such as firewalls, antivirus software, encryption, and access controls.
  Deliverables:
  Deployed security infrastructure.
  Security configuration reports.
  
  
• Step 6: Establishment of a SOC and Deployment of SIEM
  Details: Set up a security operations center for ongoing threat monitoring and management.
  Deliverables:
  Operational SOC.
  Operational SIEM system.
  Incident response protocols.
  
  
• Step 7: Incident Response and Recovery
  Details: Define processes for effectively responding to incidents and recovering critical systems and data.
  Deliverables:
  Incident response procedures.
  Post-incident recovery guides.
  
  
• Step 8: Training and Awareness
  Details: Regularly train employees on security practices, threat recognition, and incident response.
  Deliverables:
  
• Security training programs.
  Awareness materials distribuvted to employees.
  
  
• Step 9: Testing and Simulation Exercises
  Conduct penetration tests and attack simulations to evaluate the effectiveness of security strategies.
  Deliverables:
  Penetration testing reports.
  Simulation exercise analyses.
  
  
• Step 10: Review and Continuous Improvement
  Regularly review and update policies, procedures, and technologies to keep up with evolving cyber threats.
  Deliverables:
  Security review reports.
  Updated security policies and procedures.
  Tvhis methodology provides a comprehensive framework for developing effective cyber resilience in an organization, ensuring comprehensive protection against threats while optimizing recovery and response capabilities in the event of an incident.
  

Managing a cyber crisis

We have developed a 3 days training covering the cyber crisis.
what is a cyber crisis?
When and why cyber crisis happen?
How to avoid the crisis?
How to manage the crisis? The stages of responding to a cyber incident.
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Taylor Made resilience training

We can create training suitable exactly to your needs.
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One of our highly successful tailor-made training courses is "crisis management in the industrial world". Our client has ordered this training cycle every year since 2017 and it shows no signs of stopping.