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6 CYBER-DEFENSE STEPS TO TAKE NOW TO PROTECT YOUR COMPANY

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February 25, 2022 1:49 pm
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Ransomware is getting worse, but Daniel Spicer, chief security officer
at Ivanti, offers a checklist for choosing defense solutions to meet the
challenge.

The headlines feel like Groundhog Day, if each of Bill Murray’s repeated days
grew increasingly threatening:

Ransomware attacks rise again.
Ransomware attacks up over last quarter.
Ransomware attacks tower over previous year.

You get the idea. And yet again, a new report from Ivanti sends a clear warning:
It’s still getting worse. The Ransomware Spotlight Year-End Report identified 32
new ransomware families in 2021, bringing the total to 157 and representing a 26
percent increase over the previous year. These ransomware families are
exploiting a total of 288 vulnerabilities – a 29 percent increase over the
previous year. The report was conducted in partnership between Ivanti, Cyber
Security Works and Cyware, and based on proprietary data, publicly available
threat databases, and threat researchers and penetration-testing teams.

The report found that these ransomware groups are continuing to target unpatched
vulnerabilities and weaponize zero-day vulnerabilities in record time to
instigate crippling attacks. At the same time, threat actors are broadening
their attack spheres and finding newer ways to compromise organizational
networks and fearlessly trigger high-impact assaults.

And according to Coveware, organizations pay an average of $220,298 and suffer
23 days of downtime following a ransomware attack. That’s devastating in an
optimal climate, and given the scramble to shift to the digital landscape
combined with unprecedented shortages of skilled IT labor, an attack could be
insurmountable.


IT’S TIME TO MAP YOUR CYBERSECURITY JOURNEY

The good news: while ransomware threats are increasing in sophistication, so are
countermeasures. There are things you can do to dramatically reduce your attack
surface and proactively protect against and/or remediate threats without further
exhausting your human resources.

To build a comprehensive, scalable and framework-aligned cybersecurity strategy
for the Everywhere Workplace, companies must go on a three-phased journey:
Manage, Automate and Prioritize (MAP). Manage, the first phase, is about
establishing your cybersecurity foundation. Automate is about alleviating the
burden on IT. Prioritize is about getting to a state where IT has the
information and ability to identify and address the top risk areas.

There are six steps to a comprehensive MAP strategy, and you can get started
right now:


STEP 1: GET COMPLETE ASSET VISIBILITY

You can’t manage and secure what you can’t find. Invest in an automated platform
that enhances visibility into all connected devices and software and provides
context into how those assets are being used, so your IT and security teams can
make better decisions. A comprehensive discovery initiative finds all assets on
a network, including both corporate-owned and BYOD devices, and then provides
context around who is using what device, how and when they’re using that device,
and what they have access to. This enables security teams to better keep assets
protected and improve overall security posture.


STEP 2: MODERNIZE DEVICE MANAGEMENT

Modern device management is an essential part of increasing security in remote
and hybrid work environments. A unified endpoint management (UEM) approach fully
supports bring-your-own-device (BYOD) initiatives while maximizing user privacy
and securing corporate data at the same time.

UEM architectures usually include the ability to easily onboard and configure
device and application settings at scale, establish device hygiene with
risk-based patch management and mobile threat protection, monitor device posture
and ensure compliance, identify and remediate issues quickly and remotely,
automate software updates and OS deployments, and more. Choose a UEM solution
with management capabilities for a wide range of operating systems, and one that
is available both on-premises and via software-as-a-service (SaaS).


STEP 3: ESTABLISH DEVICE HYGIENE

Most people associate device hygiene with patch management, but it extends
beyond that. Good device hygiene involves taking a proactive, multi-layered
approach to ensure that only devices meeting defined security requirements are
allowed to access business resources, thereby reducing the digital attack
surface. Companies should look to combat device vulnerabilities (jailbroken
devices, vulnerable OS versions, etc.), network vulnerabilities
(man-in-the-middle attacks, malicious hotspots, unsecured Wi-Fi, etc.) and
application vulnerabilities (high security risk assessment, high privacy risk
assessment, suspicious app behavior, etc.). Establishing good device hygiene
also includes building processes that are well-defined and repeatable so they
can eventually be automated.


STEP 4: SECURE YOUR USERS

The only people who seem to like passwords are the threat actors who weaponize
them. Credentials, like passwords, remain among the most sought-after data types
in breaches – involved in 61 percent of breaches. Further, single sign-on (SSO)
solutions can create a single point of failure that can be exploited by hackers
to gain access to most or all enterprise apps.

The ideal solution: Passwordless authentication via zero sign-on. Instead of
passwords, this approach uses multifactor authentication via alternative
authentication methods such as possession (what you have, like a mobile device),
inherence (biometrics like fingerprints, Face ID, etc.) and context (location,
time of day, etc.).


STEP 5: PROVIDE SECURE ACCESS

The network perimeters that worked when your team was in-office no longer
suffice in the Everywhere Workplace. Today’s networks should be built on the
principles of the software-defined perimeter (SDP). It’s designed to leverage
proven, standards-based components that help ensure SDP can be integrated with
your existing security systems. SDP still requires a layer of security to
maximize benefits, which is where zero-trust network access (ZTNA) comes into
play.


STEP 6: CONTINUOUSLY MONITOR & MAKE IMPROVEMENTS

Most assessments of security posture are made after an attack, and are specific
to the attack vector. This reactive approach, combined with too many empty seats
in IT roles, is a substantial problem. To stay in compliance and mitigate
threats, it’s imperative to get a handle government, risk and compliance (GRC)
management. Look for a solution with quick and easy regulatory documentation
imports to map citations with security and compliance controls, and seek to
replace manual tasks with automated repetitive-governance activities.

There’s a lot of information here – and the idea of tackling six steps can feel
overwhelming. Then again, the threats are overwhelming, too. It’s essential to
take partners and leverage solutions to support your cybersecurity journey. The
right solutions will be comprehensive and integrated to ease the burden on your
IT staff, and will also preserve a productive, intuitive user experience that
maintains integrity no matter where, when or how your employees work.

Daniel Spicer is Chief Security Officer at Ivanti.

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