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Cybersecurity Blue Team Strategies

Cybersecurity Blue Team Strategies

By : Kunal Sehgal, Nikolaos Thymianis
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Cybersecurity Blue Team Strategies

Cybersecurity Blue Team Strategies

4.5 (2)
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)
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Part 1:Establishing the Blue
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Part 3:Ask the Experts

Internal attacks

Internal attackers are a real nuisance to blue teams. Between 2018 and 2020, there was a 47% increase in the occurrence of incidents involving insider threats.

This includes malicious data breaches and unintentional data loss. The latest research, from the Verizon 2021 Data Breach Investigations Report, advocates that insiders are accountable for around 22% of security incidents.

Why does this matter? Because these incidents cost organizations millions, are leading to breaches that expose sensitive data, and are especially hard to prevent.

There are also several different types of insider threats and the who and why behind these incidents can vary. According to one study, we see the following:

  • Neglectful insiders are the most common vectors and account for 62% of all incidents
  • Neglectful insiders who have their credentials stolen account for 25% of all incidents
  • Hostile insiders are responsible for 14% of all incidents
Figure 5.3 – Insider attacker types ...

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