Adarma Cyber Insiders Vol 3 Digital spreads FINAL 2 - Flipbook - Page 41
CYBER RISK REDUCTION
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M
anaging and mitigating cyber exposures is a
complex task that can leave lightly resourced
security teams feeling overwhelmed.
Organisations often struggle to keep up with
the copious vulnerabilities and exposures, such
as misconfigurations, weak credentials and
overly permissive identities, making it nearly impossible to
address them as they occur, or sometimes spot them at
all. Prioritisation and risk-based vulnerability management
tools provide some insight. However, they are still limited
to vulnerabilities in software and, more importantly, don’t
often include the needed business context to enable you to
prioritise effectively.
As a result, security teams are
often left with never-ending and
often incomplete laundry lists
of issues requiring remediation,
leading to frustration and wasted
time. There is a strong need for
organisations to shift from a
visibility-centric “list” approach
to an exposure and threat-led
approach viewed through the
eyes of an attacker.
Understanding the steps attackers
take to target assets is crucial;
we need to comprehend the
processes and methodology that
drive their actions. Therefore, it is
critical to map and address attack
pathways and the choke points
that attackers must traverse to
access your critical assets. This
enhances remediation efficiency
by reducing the risk to critical
assets first, effectively allowing
security teams to head attackers
off at the pass.
WHAT IS AN ATTACK PATH?
An attack path is a sequence of
vulnerabilities, misconfigurations,
permissive identities, or human
errors that, when exploited, enable
attackers to navigate through a
network or system. Organisations
can identify and address potential
weaknesses by understanding
these attack paths, enhancing
their overall security posture and
mitigating the risk of successful
cyber-attacks.
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