The assume breach approach
Even with growing cyber attack prevention systems, including antivirus, next-generation antivirus, firewall, and next-generation firewall, advanced threats still manage to bypass the security system. Hence, none of the security prevention technologies can guarantee a complete protection against such threats. In the past few years, organizations have adopted a new approach called assume breach, which is a way of testing their incident response force.
The assume breach mindset allows organizations to be open to various security solutions and services, as follows:
- Red-team exercise: Red-team exercise is the enhanced version of penetration testing where the exercise is performed by a team of highly professional security experts, not just to find vulnerabilities, but to also test the detection and incidence response capabilities of the organization. This helps the organization's senior-level management use tactical recommendations for immediate improvement and strategic...
