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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

Building risk indicators

Look back at Chapter 2, Managing a Defense Security Team, for a definition of Key Risk Indicators (KRIs).

When developing a KRI, knowledge of an organization and how it operates – as well as knowledge of the possible risks, threats, and vulnerabilities it faces – are key starting points. Without understanding an organization, it is tough to identify where it may be at risk.

Afterward, key operational aspects of the organization are mapped to internal and external risks to identify how those key aspects could be disrupted.

Therefore, features of a good and measurable KRI include the following:

  • Details on who is affected, which processes, and which technologies are at risk; where the risk takes place (so what facilities are affected); and other organizational characteristics most important to the organization’s continued operation and success
  • Recognition of the risks, threats, and vulnerabilities the organization faces...