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Cybersecurity Blue Team Strategies

By : Kunal Sehgal, Nikolaos Thymianis
Book Image

Cybersecurity Blue Team Strategies

By: Kunal Sehgal, Nikolaos Thymianis

Overview of this book

We've reached a point where all organizational data is connected through some network. With advancements and connectivity comes ever-evolving cyber threats - compromising sensitive data and access to vulnerable systems. Cybersecurity Blue Team Strategies is a comprehensive guide that will help you extend your cybersecurity knowledge and teach you to implement blue teams in your organization from scratch. Through the course of this book, you’ll learn defensive cybersecurity measures while thinking from an attacker's perspective. With this book, you'll be able to test and assess the effectiveness of your organization’s cybersecurity posture. No matter the medium your organization has chosen- cloud, on-premises, or hybrid, this book will provide an in-depth understanding of how cyber attackers can penetrate your systems and gain access to sensitive information. Beginning with a brief overview of the importance of a blue team, you’ll learn important techniques and best practices a cybersecurity operator or a blue team practitioner should be aware of. By understanding tools, processes, and operations, you’ll be equipped with evolving solutions and strategies to overcome cybersecurity challenges and successfully manage cyber threats to avoid adversaries. By the end of this book, you'll have enough exposure to blue team operations and be able to successfully set up a blue team in your organization.
Table of Contents (18 chapters)
1
Part 1:Establishing the Blue
14
Part 3:Ask the Experts

Definition of stakeholders and their needs

One of the most important things to consider when talking about governance is defining who the stakeholders are and what their activity in the organization is. There can be two types of stakeholders:

  • Internal stakeholders
  • External stakeholders

The governance team should identify internal stakeholders as corporate directors and employees who are involved in the corporate governance process.

External stakeholders, on the other hand, may include creditors, auditors, customers, suppliers, government agencies, and the public at large.

These stakeholders are influential but not directly involved in the process. The key to stakeholder theory is the realization that all stakeholders are involved in the business in some way, with confidence or anticipation that the business will provide the kind of value anticipated or predicted. Among these benefits may be dividends, wages, bonuses, additional orders, new jobs, tax revenue...