Identifying and matching organizational roles with the correct cyber security training content is critical, but it is also important to manage programs at every step to get maximum value from them. Program management means ensuring your training objectives match organizational roles, and following up training with practice runs and refreshers to keep specific skill sets… Read More
Tag: incident response
Lessons Learned from Real-World Data Breach Examples
We recently spent some time with a client who is at the tail end of response and recovery from a data breach. Although the past few months have taken their toll on the security team, there is finally a light at the end of the tunnel. However, that light is going to dim quickly as… Read More
[White Paper] Cyber Threat Hunting: How to Find Attackers Others Missed
As 2016 draws to a close, we predict that the term hunt will continue to be a talking point throughout the cyber security community in 2017. As we pointed out in a previous blog, Threat Hunting: More Than a Marketing Buzzword, cyber threat hunting involves any concentrated effort to discover attackers inside your network that everyone else may have missed… Read More
17 Cyber Security Trends for 2017
You’ll see and read plenty of 2016 year-end recaps and 2017 predictions articles. However, this list of cyber security trends for 2017 comes from the unique Delta Risk perspective, based on discussions with our clients, customers, experiences in the field, and what we’ve learned this past year. Ryan Clancy, Senior Associate at Delta Risk, presents his 17… Read More
7 Steps for Building a Successful Data Breach Response Plan
FTC Releases Data Breach Response Standards New guidance released by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Data Breach Response: A Guide for Business, outlines basic considerations and procedures for businesses to engage when responding to a data breach. The FTC data breach response guide offers these valuable tips for responding to a breach: Secure operations to prevent further… Read More
5 Ways a Data Breach Coach Can Restore Order to Incident Response
Andrew Cook is the incident response and hunt capability lead for Delta Risk, and manages the company’s ActiveResponse services. He explains the important role a data breach coach can take in guiding response teams through a cyber security incident. Imagine this nightmare scenario: it’s late in the work day, and you’re just about ready to… Read More