incident response

November 3, 2018

SECURITY

War Games: A WOPR of a Security Test (Part 3)

12 min read

The Team believes that the likelihood of a successful Internet delivered attack by either a malicious insider or via an external actor is high, given the systemic failures identified in these scenarios.

October 30, 2018

SECURITY

Cisco Recognized as a Leader in Incident Response

3 min read

It is never ideal to “go it alone” during a cybersecurity breach. Talk about a high-pressure situation.  Getting access to experts is critical: with a strong support team, you’ll have...

October 27, 2018

SECURITY

War Games: A WOPR of a Security Test (Part 2)

3 min read

Having defined the scenarios, you can see how these could be linked together in different ways to form comprehensive attack vectors.

October 20, 2018

SECURITY

War Games: A WOPR of a Security Test (Part 1)

3 min read

In what was an interesting change to the usual technical and risk/compliance focused consultancy, the Team carried out a War Games exercise - similar to a "Red Team" engagement.

August 28, 2018

SECURITY

Cognitive Intelligence: Empowering Security Analysts, Defeating Polymorphic Malware

5 min read

In psychology, the term “cognition” refers to a human function that is involved in gaining knowledge and intelligence. It helps describe how people process information and how the treatment...

August 21, 2018

SECURITY

Streamlining Threat Investigations with AMP Unity

3 min read

Preventing malware incidents is very much like preventing bad things from happening in our day-to-day life. We all take precautions every day (well, most of us do, anyway). Actions as...

July 23, 2018

CISCO SERVICES (CX)

Security: Is it Mission Impossible?

3 min read

Vigilance is key. You can purchase all the tools in the world, but when a breach hits, you need to be prepared--an expert team backed by the latest threat research by your side.

July 9, 2018

SECURITY

Putting the “Active” Back in Proactive Security: Tabletop Exercises

4 min read

Security practitioners the impossible task of defending an ever-changing environment. Cisco Security Incident Response Services offers several proactive services to plan against new threats.

June 6, 2018

SECURITY

The Importance of Logs

3 min read

It's funny how the world turns. I started off in security working for a bank. The model there was very much build it, break it, fix it with our Operational...