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October 11, 2023

Detection Engineering: Regain the Advantage with SimSpace

Let’s take a quick flashback to the Mel Brooks classic, Spaceballs, for a moment… Dark Helmet has sent his troops to “comb the desert” in search of the film’s main characters. The troopers are literally using giant hair combs to sift through the desert sand and finding nothing. It’s fun to laugh at this scene, but in reality a day in the life of a cybersecurity analyst can feel a lot like this!

October 2, 2023

October is Cybersecurity Awareness Month | SimSpace

October is Cybersecurity Awareness Month, a month dedicated to highlighting the importance of digital security and to reminding individuals and organizations alike to prioritize the protection of their digital assets and private, personal information. At SimSpace, our vision is to secure the infrastructure of the future. We honor our vision and Cybersecurity Awareness Month by looking at our industry’s history and best practices.

August 16, 2023

What is the Purple Team in Cybersecurity? Purple Teaming Explained | SimSpace

Teaming exercises are a valuable way for organizations to practice responding to cyber threats and hone their defensive capabilities. However, these exercises are often limited to a simple attack-and-response cycle, which can miss important opportunities for collaboration.

August 2, 2023

How to Perform a Cybersecurity Risk Assessment

A single data breach can cost millions of dollars in lost revenue, damage your reputation, and result in regulatory fines. Preventing these breaches requires a cycle of continuous improvements, identifying weaknesses in the organization’s security structure and then taking action to address them. Regular cybersecurity risk assessments are the first step in that process.

July 19, 2023

What is a Red Team Exercise and Why Is It Important? | SimSpace

An actual cyber attack shouldn't be the first time your team responds to a cybersecurity incident. Just like a firefighter wouldn't run into a burning building without prior training and experience, cybersecurity professionals need preparation and practice before responding to real-world threats. That’s where red team exercises shine. Red team exercises are simulated attacks designed to challenge and test an organization's defenses, incident response capabilities, preparedness, and overall resilience. The results yielded can help organizations identify and fix vulnerabilities in their security systems, enabling better prevention, detection, and response to cyberattacks.

July 5, 2023

Cyber Risk Management Explained: Strategies for Continuous Improvement

Do you have a robust cyber risk management plan in place that you update regularly? If your answer isn't an astounding yes, it's time to take action.

June 29, 2023

What is Cybersecurity Posture and How Can Teams Assess It?

How well is your organization prepared to fight back against cyber threats? Your ability to prevent attacks and mitigate them when they occur is a key element of your organization’s cybersecurity posture, which serves as the foundation for organizational resiliency.

June 16, 2023

What is a Firewall?

I am continuing my series of blogs that spends time discussing the components of the network and network security stack. Many/most organizations will have the basic components of the stack, and as we move towards other tools and solutions that fit further out on the edge of the stack, some may fall off. However, that doesn’t mean it will remain that way. As we all know, technology, networking, security and threats constantly evolves.

June 14, 2023

5 Things to Know Before Entering a Cyber Range Simulation

Cybersecurity isn’t an annual or even quarterly obligation — it’s a continuous, cyclical activity. As cyber threats grow more sophisticated and complex, businesses must prioritize constant improvement to stay ahead.

May 30, 2023

Threat Detection and Response Best Practices

When your organization is hit with a cyberattack, every second counts. The more time an attacker spends in your systems, the more likely they will inflict serious damage, leading to systems downtime, data loss and skyrocketing recovery costs.

May 23, 2023

How Cyber Ranges Help Organizations Achieve Cyber Readiness

How can you prevent a cyber attack? Unfortunately, you can’t. But you can control how prepared you are to respond to a potential attack.

May 10, 2023

Red Team vs. Blue Team: Cybersecurity Teaming Exercises Explained

As security teams face off against attackers, they need to know that their technical security controls and detection rules work as intended. To validate their processes and technologies, cybersecurity teams engage in penetration testing, a type of authorized simulated attack against the company’s systems that evaluate a security program’s effectiveness.

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