Keeping information secure is a difficult task, even if you have bountiful resources. With companies like Nintendo, Twitter, Marriott, and Zoom all suffering high-profile data breaches recently, it’s clear that no one is safe from cybercriminals. While most organizations understand the need to build defenses and develop policies to reduce the risk and potential impact of a successful cyber attack, many fail to rigorously test those defenses.
Cybersecurity exercises are useful simulations of specific cyber attack scenarios that enable organizations to gain valuable insights into their real-world response. From basic, small-scale, brief tests to complex, wide-scale, sustained attacks, cybersecurity exercises can provide verification that your defensive strategy is effective or highlight weaknesses that require immediate attention.
Despite their importance, 74% of respondents to the ISF Benchmark stated that they do not subject critical systems under development to cyber attack simulations or exercises. This may be because cybersecurity exercises are…
