Breaches happen, be prepared

In today's ever-changing threat landscape every organization, regardless its size, is a target for a cyber attack. It is not a question of if an organization will fall victim of a breach but when.

Small and medium sized companies (SMB) are very attractive targets because they lack resources and technical expertise to defend against attacks, that become more and more sophisticated and difficult to mitigate with traditional endpoint protection solutions.

At the same time IT security professionals have to monitor on a daily basis thousands of events generated by applications, systems and platforms inside the organization in order to detect signs of a potential breach. While SIEM solutions can help with the correlation of distinct events, they currently lack the intelligence to discern advanced techniques and procedures used by adversaries in their effort to gain access to the endpoints of an organization, because the attackers employ fileless methods and use legitimate OS tools like Powershell.

Furthermore, it is very difficult to detect post-compromise activity like persistence, credential access, lateral movement and data exfiltration. The attackers try to "stay below radar", so whatever traces of activity will probably go undetected, being just a few drops in the ocean of thousands of events generated daily. In fact, reports² show it takes on average 100 days to detect a data breach. In the meantime the attacker may have already achieved his objectives.

All of the above signify the importance of having a solution that will provide contextual visibility into advanced threats, enabling the organization to detect and respond to targeted attacks with automation and expert guidance.

F-Secure Rapid Detection & Response (RDR) has been designed to provide advanced threat protection for today's rapidly evolving security landscape. The solution is comprised of 3 vital elements:

• Constant visibility provided by the RDR dashboard into the organization's IT environment and its security status.
• Quick detection of potential breaches.
•  Swift response coupled with expert guidance whenever under attack.

How does it work?

1. Lightweight sensors monitor endpoints users' behavior and stream the events to F-Secure cloud in real-time.
2. F-Secure's real-time behavioral analytics and Broad Context Detection distinguish malicious behavior patterns and identify real attacks.
3. Visualized broad context and descriptive attack information make confirming a detection easy. F-Secure Partner or the organizations's own IT team manages the alerts. For ambiguous cases there is an option to elevate investigations to F-Secure.
4. Following a confirmed detection, the solution provides advice and recommendations to guide the security engineer through the necessary steps to contain and remediate the threat.

Following the introduction of GDPR regulation, organizations ought to be prepared for post-compromise breach detection, and invest in rapid response capabilities against advanced attacks.

F-Secure Rapid Detection and Response helps in the following ways by:

• Gaining immediate visibility into the organization's IT environment and security status
• Protecting business and sensitive data by detecting breaches quickly
• Responding swiftly with expert advice whenever under an attack

Stay ahead of the attackers! Drop us a message now and learn how F-Secure's detection and response solution can help your organization. We will be happy to schedule a web demonstration.

Sources:

https://www.gartner.com/smarterwithgartner/the-gartner-it-security-approach-for-the-digital-age/