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Ways CISOs Can Stay Ahead
Posted bySecurity leaders are expected to defend their organizations against existing and emerging threats. Here are some tactics they can use to crack down on the enemy.
Excerpt from: 9 Ways CISOs Can Stay Ahead of Bad Actors
It is often said that CISOs need to be right all the time and bad actors must only be right once. According to Wolfgang Goerlich, faculty member at independent cybersecurity research and advisory firm IANS Research, that mindset is counterproductive.
“That’s not the case. The criminals are fast, they’re strong, but there are things we can do. I’ve always started with threat intelligence [because] I want to know what the criminals are doing, what their tactics and procedures are. I want to know some good ways to stop them in ways that don’t interfere with my organizations,” says Goerlich. “Security is only as good as the last time you checked, so we will do tabletop exercises, drills, red team exercises and test all those ways a criminal would move through our environment, and ensure we have multiple ways to stop and catch them.”
There are many other things CISOs are doing to stay a step ahead. The following are some examples.
Read the full article: https://www.informationweek.com/cyber-resilience/9-ways-cisos-can-stay-ahead-of-bad-actors
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