Cybersecurity Training Security Operations Security Training Making crisis simulations matter: the importance of non-linear crisis simulations October 19, 2023 by arpit CISOs, CIOs dread it. They toss and turn over it in bed. They wake up in a cold sweat thinking about it. They can’t escape it. They know it is coming. The crisis. But they don’t know when it will happen, where it will hit, or how big it will be. That’s what a cyber […] Read more » Cyber Crisis Management Cyber Training Soft Skills
Cybersecurity Training Security Operations Security Training Cyber Ranges – Developing Cyber Team Readiness for Global System Integrators October 10, 2023 by arpit Global System Integrators (GSIs) and consulting firms manage large-scale teams as part of their cyber security practice. The teams provide managed security services to their clients, in an MSSP model. Services may include managed incident response, managed SOCs, and more. Consulting firms and GSIs must keep their MSSP teams at peak performance. The teams must […] Read more » Cyber Crisis Management Cyber Training Soft Skills
Security Operations The International Cyber League 2022 Is Over – The Results Are In! June 1, 2022 by arpit Hundreds of cyber defense teams compared their skills in responding to real-world, simulated attacks. May 27th officially marked the last day of this year’s International Cyber League. It was a day of intense competition, anticipation, and excitement. Today, we are here to announce the winning teams and give you the inside scoop on the ICL. […] Read more » Cyber Range ICL incident response International Cyber League SOC
Cybersecurity Training Security Operations Strategies to Win the Cybersecurity Talent War January 28, 2020 by arpit Just when the industry mantra has finally been set in stone, leading cybersecurity talent recruiter challenges the belief that there just aren’t enough talented people to fill the mounting number of open cybersecurity positions. “The difficulty companies are facing recruiting has led to an all-out bidding war,” tells Karl Sharman, Vice President of BeecherMadden, a […] Read more » Cyber Range Cyber Security Training SOC SOC Training
Security Operations Recruiting SOC analysts? Here’s a pitch deck I use January 13, 2020 by arpit Dear SOC managers and recruiters, I feel your pain. The cybersecurity skill shortage is the bane of our existence. Recruiting and retaining top SOC analysts is vital to your company’s cybersecurity and reputation. It’s also basically Mission Impossible. But just as Ethan Hunt uses his wit, creativity and superhero prowess to get the job done, […] Read more » recruiting SOC Analyst
Security Operations SOC Efficiency Improving Thanks to SOAR November 28, 2019 by arpit Today, organizations are threatened by APTs from multiple vectors and cybersecurity teams need to respond within minutes. On top of this, they are also bombarded with too many alerts and an ever-growing number of security tools. This requires a new layer on top of the SIEM – which resulted in the birth of the SOAR […] Read more » SOAR SOC
Security Operations Get the Best out of your SIEM Solution October 16, 2019 by arpit Today, organizations threatened by complex and persistent attacks from multiple vectors are required to respond within minutes. That’s where a SIEM tool comes handy as it speeds up incident response and remediation. SIEM has become an integral component of any enterprise’s comprehensive cybersecurity framework. It is necessary for compliance reporting, incident response and forensics, real-time […] Read more » SIEM
Security Operations Equifax Breach Cost is Much Higher than $700M August 4, 2019 by arpit The latest Equifax breach settlement figure is staggering. We aren’t accustomed to such large sums, but this is a new reality of costly data breaches is likely to become the norm. Both the public and private sectors have benefited enormously from the Internet technologies, and now the bills have begun to arrive, in the form […] Read more » Cost of Data Breach Equifax Breach
Security Operations 2019 SANS Survey Highlights July 11, 2019 by arpit This year’s (2019) much-anticipated SANS Security Operations Center (SOC) Survey was just released and is an important read for security stakeholders of all levels and job descriptions. It’s also worth tuning into the webinar presenting the findings, or listening to the recording if you missed it live. The traditional SANS SOC survey provides objective data […] Read more » SANS SOC