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Cybersecurity Threats, Malware Trends, and Strategies - Second Edition

By : Tim Rains
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Cybersecurity Threats, Malware Trends, and Strategies - Second Edition

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By: Tim Rains

Overview of this book

Tim Rains is Microsoft's former Global Chief Security Advisor and Amazon Web Services’ former Global Security Leader for Worldwide Public Sector. He has spent the last two decades advising private and public sector organizations all over the world on cybersecurity strategies. Cybersecurity Threats, Malware Trends, and Strategies, Second Edition builds upon the success of the first edition that has helped so many aspiring CISOs, and cybersecurity professionals understand and develop effective data-driven cybersecurity strategies for their organizations. In this edition, you’ll examine long-term trends in vulnerability disclosures and exploitation, regional differences in malware infections and the socio-economic factors that underpin them, and how ransomware evolved from an obscure threat to the most feared threat in cybersecurity. You’ll also gain valuable insights into the roles that governments play in cybersecurity, including their role as threat actors, and how to mitigate government access to data. The book concludes with a deep dive into modern approaches to cybersecurity using the cloud. By the end of this book, you will have a better understanding of the threat landscape, how to recognize good Cyber Threat Intelligence, and how to measure the effectiveness of your organization's cybersecurity strategy.
Table of Contents (15 chapters)
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Index

Summary

Cybersecurity teams need to measure many different things for a range of purposes, including complying with regulatory, industry, and internal standards. However, this chapter focused on how CISOs and cybersecurity teams can measure the performance and efficacy of the implementation of their cybersecurity strategy, using an Attack-Centric Strategy as an example.

Data helps CISOs manage their cybersecurity programs and investments and helps them prove that their cybersecurity program has been effective and constantly improving; it can also help illustrate the effectiveness of corrective actions after issues are detected. A well-run vulnerability management program is not optional; leveraging data from it represents one of the easiest ways for CISOs to communicate effectiveness and progress. Vulnerability management teams should scan everything in their inventories every single day for vulnerabilities and misconfigurations. This can help minimize the amount of time that...