Cybersecurity Explained: Defending Against Modern Cyberthreats

• Why is Cybersecurity Important?
• Cybersecurity Trends and Statistics
• Top Cybersecurity Threats and Attacks
• What Does Cybersecurity Defend?

• Cybersecurity Technologies and Solutions
• Cybersecurity Models and Techniques
• Notable Cybersecurity Tools
• Cybersecurity Best Practices

• Infrastructure such as servers, networks, and cloud systems could be vulnerable to cyberattacks.

• Employees are common targets of social engineering techniques, which can lead to data breaches.

• Endpoints such as employee workstations, mobile phones, and internet of things (IoT) devices can be targeted by attackers and serve as entry points to sensitive systems.

• Data is a valuable asset that is highly sought after by attackers. Almost every organization stores personally identifiable information (PII), which is important to the organization and its customers, and may be protected by data privacy regulations.

• Cost of DDoS attacks: The average cost of downtime due to a DDoS attack is $22,000 per minute, with an average DDoS attack lasting 54 minutes.
• Ransomware prevalence: Ransomware was involved in nearly 70% of malware-related breaches in 2024.
• Data breach costs: The average cost of a data breach reached $4.88 million in 2024, marking the highest average on record.
• Phishing attacks: Phishing remained the most common email attack method, accounting for 39.6% of all email threats.

• Cybercrime economy: Cybercrime has become a huge, global economy, with annual losses totaling $12 billion in the U.S. alone.
• Ransom payments: The average ransom demand in 2024 was $2.7 million, with some demands reaching as high as $100 million.
• Emergence of new ransomware groups: The number of active ransomware groups increased by 55% from Q1 2023 to Q1 2024, indicating a rapidly evolving threat landscape.
• Human error factor: Human error contributed to 88% of cybersecurity breaches, highlighting the critical need for employee training and awareness programs.

• General data protection regulation (GDPR): Enforced in the European Union, GDPR mandates strict data privacy and security controls for any organization handling EU residents’ personal data. It includes requirements for data breach notification, data minimization, and user consent.
• Health insurance portability and accountability act (HIPAA): A U.S. regulation that sets standards for protecting sensitive patient health information. HIPAA includes guidelines for securing electronic health records and reporting security incidents.
• California consumer privacy act (CCPA): Provides data privacy rights to California residents, including the right to know what personal data is collected and to request its deletion. It requires organizations to implement reasonable security measures.
• Payment card industry data security standard (PCI DSS): A global standard for companies handling credit card data. It specifies security requirements such as network protection, access control, and regular monitoring.
• Federal information security management act (FISMA): Requires U.S. federal agencies and contractors to develop and implement information security programs. It emphasizes risk management, security assessments, and incident response.

• NIST cybersecurity framework: A voluntary framework from the U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology used to guide cybersecurity best practices across industries.
• Sarbanes-Oxley act (SOX): Designed to prevent corporate fraud, SOX includes provisions that require secure electronic records management and internal controls over financial reporting systems.
• Gramm-Leach-Bliley act (GLBA): Requires U.S. financial institutions to protect customer data and disclose their information-sharing practices. It includes specific cybersecurity and risk management obligations.
• Critical infrastructure protection (CIP) standards: Managed by NERC, these standards mandate cybersecurity for the energy sector, especially for systems vital to national infrastructure.
• Cybersecurity maturity model certification (CMMC): Required for Department of Defense contractors to ensure that defense suppliers meet minimum cybersecurity practices based on the sensitivity of the data they handle.

Malware

Malicious software (malware) is a piece of program or a file designed to perform malicious actions. Malware may target a whole network, a server, or just a single computer, originating at a single location. However, it typically works to infect many other devices and systems as it attempts to spread across the network—or even other networks.

Malware is typically designed to perform a specific malicious action. For example, adware delivers malicious or unwanted advertisements with the intent to inflate revenue generated from ads, while viruses infect systems or devices with the intent to perform malicious acts across as many digital spaces as possible.

The scope of a malware attack depends on the type of malware—and the resulting damage depends on the exploited vulnerabilities, the spread of the malware, and the organization’s security posture. In some cases, next-generation antivirus (NGAV) may be able to catch and block malware from spreading. However, malware that bypasses security can spread to cause disruption and damage across many environments.

Ransomware

Ransomware is a type of malware that blocks access to information until the victim complies with the ransom demand. It typically works by encrypting the victim’s data, preventing access to an application, file servers, or entire databases. Once the information is encrypted, the ransomware displays a note demanding ransom, typically cryptocurrency. Ransomware can spread across servers and paralyze an entire network.

Learn more in the detailed guide to ransomware protection.

Zero-Day Attacks

A zero-day attack involves exploiting a vulnerability before anyone—software developers, security personnel, or an organization’s IT staff—gets the chance to fix it. Attackers look for existing zero-day vulnerabilities to exploit or use exploit kits to breach systems, networks, and devices.

Attackers can use various types of vulnerabilities to launch a zero-day attack, including buffer overflows, SQL injection, missing authorizations or data encryption, URL redirects, bugs, and any potential security issue. Because attackers can leverage any undetected or unpatched vulnerability to launch a zero-day attack, it can be difficult to proactively protect against these attacks.

Supply Chain Attacks

A supply chain attack exploits the trust relationships between vendors and their customers or partners. During the attack, threat actors compromise one partner or customer and then move up the supply chain. These threat actors aim to use one entry point to launch a large-scale attack that compromises as many targets as possible.

Learn more in the detailed guide to supply chain security.

Phishing

Phishing is a social engineering attack that aims to trick users into unwittingly revealing sensitive information or installing malware. It involves sending legitimate-looking emails or messages containing a malicious link or file or a legitimate-looking form.

Once a recipient clicks on the link or downloads the file, the action downloads malware on their systems or devices. Alternatively, a phishing email may ask recipients to send sensitive and financial information or fill out a form to divulge this information.

Learn more in the detailed guide to phishing.

Network Attacks

Network attacks perform unauthorized actions on digital assets belonging to a certain network. Threat actors launch these attacks to gain unauthorized access to a network’s internal systems so they can steal, modify, or destroy the information.

Here are the two common types of network attacks:

• Passive network attacks: Threat actors monitor the network and steal data without modifying it.
• Active network attacks: Threat actors encrypt, modify, or damage data found within the network.

Threat actors may escalate a network attack to perform other malicious actions. For example, after infiltrating the network, a threat actor may deploy malware or attack endpoints.

Advanced Persistent Threats

An advanced persistent threat (APT) is a long-term attack launched at a high-value target such as a large enterprise or nation-state. APTs aim to gain prolonged access to a network and remain undetected until achieving a certain goal, for example, stealing a massive amount of sensitive data.

DDoS

A Distributed Denial-of-Service (DDoS) attack aims to disrupt the operations of a network, server, service, website, or infrastructure until the target slows or shuts down. DDoS attacks attempt to overwhelm a target with a flood of Internet traffic using compromised computer systems to generate attack traffic. A successful DDoS creates an unexpected traffic jam that clogs up the traffic, denying service to legitimate traffic.

Command Injection

A command injection attack attempts to execute arbitrary commands on a host operating system. To inject commands, a threat actor typically needs to exploit application vulnerabilities like insufficient input validation, and/ or execute actions such as:

• Directly executing shell commands.
• Exploiting config files vulnerabilities like XML external entities (XXE).
• Injecting malicious files into a server’s runtime environment.

Learn more in the detailed guide to command injection.

Security Misconfiguration

A security misconfiguration is a vulnerability created by any of the following:

• Lack of security coverage: Failure to implement all security controls needed to protect a network, server, or system. For example, corporate networks that allow connectivity with IoT devices without implementing endpoint protection, or encrypting sensitive data only in transit and leaving data at rest exposed.
• Faulty security implementation: Poorly implemented security controls that result in errors or bugs. For example, using default passwords and administrator accounts, incomplete configurations, overly permissive cross-origin resource sharing (CORS), unused pages, and verbose error messages.

Deserialization

Serialization processes convert objects into a storable format such as text. Deserialization processes extract data from files, streams, or networks, and rebuild this data as objects.

Insecure deserialization enables threat actors to use unknown or untrusted data (or inputs) to perform malicious actions. Threat actors can use insecure deserialization for the following attacks:

• Inject a malicious serialized object into an application.
• Execute arbitrary code when objects are being deserialized.
• Launch Denial of Service (DoS) attacks.
• Abuse the logic of applications, e.g., by bypassing authentication controls.
• Use insecure deserialization as an entry point for large-scale attacks.

DNS Attacks

A domain name system (DNS) is responsible for translating URLs into IP addresses. A DNS service keeps records containing information on domains and is commonly used to associate a domain name with a location. A DNS attack targets DNS infrastructure, attempting to corrupt responses or render the service unavailable.

Cross Site Scripting (XSS)

Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) is a type of security vulnerability commonly found in web applications. XSS allows attackers to inject malicious scripts into web pages viewed by other users. These scripts typically run in the victim’s browser without their knowledge and can lead to a variety of harmful outcomes, including the theft of session cookies, user credentials, or sensitive information.

There are three main types of XSS attacks:

• Stored XSS: The malicious script is injected permanently into the target server, such as in a database or a comment field. When users view the infected webpage, the script is executed.
• Reflected XSS: The injected script is reflected off a web server, typically in error messages or search results. The attack requires the user to click on a crafted link that contains the malicious code.
• DOM-based XSS: The attack script is executed as a result of modifying the Document Object Model (DOM) of the web page in the user’s browser, rather than being sent to the server.

Protecting against XSS attacks involves validating and sanitizing all user inputs, implementing Content Security Policy (CSP), and using secure coding practices that encode special characters in HTML, JavaScript, and other code that might be rendered by the browser.

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• Cybersecurity threats
• Cyberthreats
• Cybercrime

Network Security

Network security is the use of hardware, software, and security processes to protect multiple layers of the OSI model, particularly Layer 3 (the network layer) and Layer 4 (the transport layer). Network security creates a secure perimeter around sensitive assets, preventing access by unauthorized users. The main goal of network security measures is to prevent unauthorized parties from penetrating the network, and to immediately identify and block malicious access attempts.

Endpoint Security

Endpoint security is the practice of securing endpoint devices such as employee workstations, on-premise servers, cloud servers, or mobile devices. Endpoint security tools have several goals:

• Protecting endpoint devices from basic threats like file-based malware.
• Protecting endpoint devices from advanced threats like zero-day attacks, fileless malware, or malware using evasion and obfuscation tactics.
• Detecting breaches on endpoints and giving security teams the tools they need to investigate incidents and respond to them, both manually and automatically.

Application Security

Application security is a set of tools and practices that can help defend applications from cyberattacks—this includes protecting the application, the host running it, the code, sensitive data stored by the application, integrated systems, and end users.

Application security starts at the development stage, and ideally is tightly integrated with application development processes (an approach known as DevSecOps). Application security continues in testing stages, when applications should be thoroughly tested to prevent security issues making their way to production.

Finally, there are specialized tools and techniques used to test and secure applications in production. These tools could be external to the application, as in the case of a web application firewall (WAF), or built into the application, such as an embedded intrusion prevention system (IPS).

Related product offering: Radware Cloud Application Protection Services

API Security

Application programming interface (API) security involves the prevention of malicious attacks on APIs. APIs are a critical asset for many organizations because mission-critical processes depend on APIs, and APIs commonly provide access to sensitive data and operations. At the same time, APIs were until recently not designed with security in mind, making them a primary target for attackers.

Key security risks in API systems include man-in-the-middle (MitM) attacks, authentication flaws, and identity attacks. API security measures include the use of API gateways, enforcement of strong authentication, and standardized definitions of API actions, such as the OpenAPI specification, which makes it possible to perform systematic testing of API operations.

Learn more in the detailed guide to API security.

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Cloud Security

Cloud security is the practice of protecting public and private cloud environments, their infrastructure, and the applications running within them. Cloud environments are increasingly used to run mission-critical applications and host sensitive data. At the same time, the cloud is a highly dynamic environment which is difficult to monitor and protect, and is incompatible with many traditional security tools.

Public cloud providers like Amazon, Microsoft, and Google provide extensive security tools as part of their cloud platforms. However, in many cases these tools are not enough to fully secure an organization and its workloads in the cloud. This led to the development of several categories of cloud-specific security tools, including:

• Cloud Workload Protection Platform (CWPP): Protects cloud workloads like VMs, containers, and serverless functions.
• Cloud Security Posture Management (CSPM): Detects misconfigurations in cloud environments and violations of compliance requirements, and helps remediate them.
• SaaS Security Posture Management (SSPM): Detects misconfiguration and vulnerabilities in SaaS applications and helps remediate them.
• Cloud Access Security Broker (CASB): Deployed within cloud resources and provides services like firewalls, application layer security, and data loss prevention (DLP).

Browser Security

Browser security focuses on defending web browsers from threats that originate during web browsing activities. Since browsers are the primary interface for accessing web applications and online services, they are common targets for attackers. Common threats include drive-by downloads, phishing attacks, malicious browser extensions, and cross-site scripting (XSS) exploits.

Security measures in this area include browser isolation, which runs browser sessions in a secure environment (such as a virtual container or sandbox), and secure web gateways that filter traffic and block access to malicious or suspicious websites. Endpoint protection tools may also include browser protection features to block dangerous scripts or prevent unauthorized access to browser-stored credentials.

Browser security plays a key role in preventing malware infections, credential theft, and other attacks that start with user interaction on the web.

Learn more in the detailed guide to browser security.

IoT Security

The Internet of things (IoT) adds Internet connectivity to computing devices, machinery, everyday objects, animals, or people (via wearable devices). Many organizations rely on the IoT for business critical operations, and some IoT devices contain sensitive data, which creates a new attack surface.

Multiple high-profile security breaches were related to security vulnerabilities of IoT devices. Attackers are realizing the high value of IoT devices, and at the same time, many IoT devices were not designed with security in mind. In many cases, IoT devices are not authenticated or have trivial security measures. Attackers can use them to breach enterprise systems, and can also herd IoT devices into massive botnets and abuse them for criminal activity.

IoT security solutions enable organizations to gain visibility over their IoT devices, understand their security weaknesses, and either remediate them on the device, or create defensive measures that can prevent attackers from abusing IoT systems.

Learn more in the detailed guides to IoT Networking.

Cellular Core Networks and Communication Infrastructure

Cellular core networks and communication infrastructure are critical components of modern connectivity, enabling mobile communication, data transfer, and Internet access. These systems include the mobile core, radio access networks (RAN), and supporting transport layers that carry data between devices and the cloud. Because they handle massive volumes of sensitive data including voice, SMS, and user location, any compromise of this infrastructure can lead to severe privacy breaches, service disruption, or national security concerns.

The cybersecurity challenges in this area include threats such as signaling storms, denial-of-service (DoS) attacks on base stations, IMSI catchers (rogue base stations), protocol vulnerabilities (e.g., SS7, Diameter), and exploitation of 5G network slicing.

Security solutions must address both legacy infrastructure and modern 5G architectures. This involves implementing strong access controls, securing signaling protocols, enforcing network segmentation, and using AI-driven analytics to detect anomalies in real time. Telecom operators also need to comply with regulatory frameworks like the GSMA’s NESAS and 3GPP standards to ensure resilience and trust in mobile network infrastructure.

Learn more in the detailed guides to:

• Core network
• Cellular technologies

Container and Kubernetes Security

Kubernetes is an open-source platform used to manage containers at scale. Kubernetes clusters have become a foundation of modern enterprise data centers. While Kubernetes provides robust security functionality, it is not secure by default. The risks of improperly secured Kubernetes clusters are becoming a top priority for cybersecurity teams.

Kubernetes risks align closely to steps in the container lifecycle. Security best practices involve:

• Securing containers during the build phase
• Scanning container images for vulnerabilities and misconfigurations
• Monitoring containers at runtime to detect security weaknesses and attacks

Containerized environments are highly dynamic and complex, and traditional security tools often cannot operate within a Kubernetes cluster. This led to the development of cloud-native security solutions, which can be deployed alongside containers in a Kubernetes cluster, to provide visibility over workloads, identify vulnerabilities and remediate them.

Learn more in the detailed guides to:

• Container security
• Docker security
• Kubernetes security

Serverless Security

Serverless computing is a new computing model in which cloud providers take full ownership of server infrastructure, automatically managing and allocating resources. Customers need only write simple units of code (known as serverless functions) which they can run at any scale on serverless infrastructure. The most popular serverless runtime platforms are AWS Lambda, Google Cloud Functions, and Azure Functions.

Serverless security is very different from traditional application security, because the organization has no access to the underlying server infrastructure. Instead of using traditional solutions like next generation firewalls (NGFW), organizations must build security directly into their serverless applications. There are specific techniques and best practices for hardening serverless functions and defining least-privilege access, so that each function does only what it is designed to do, thus limiting the impact of compromised functions.

Critical Infrastructure Security

Critical infrastructure involves parts of a country’s economy that are essential for its survival. The US Department of Homeland Security identified 16 critical infrastructure sectors including energy, transportation, food and agriculture, and financial services.

The increasing use of IoT, connectivity to public networks, and machine to machine (M2M) communication, exposes critical infrastructure to new threats. Today, critical infrastructure is exposed to regular cyberthreats and organized cyberattacks waged by hostile nations or terrorist groups.

Critical infrastructure security involves protecting critical infrastructure and ensuring its continuous operation. A major challenge is that critical systems often cannot be updated or modified because this can interfere with ongoing operations. Critical infrastructure security solutions overcome this challenge by a variety of techniques such as network segmentation and zero trust access.

Learn more in the detailed guide to cyberinsurance.

Operation System Security

Operating system security involves protecting the core software that manages a computer’s hardware and software resources. Since the operating system controls application execution and user access, it is a primary target for attackers seeking to exploit vulnerabilities, escalate privileges, or gain unauthorized access to data. Here are the key measures used to defend common operating systems:

Windows Security

Windows is widely used in enterprise and consumer environments, making it a frequent target for cyberthreats. Key security measures include:

• Windows Defender & EDR: Built-in antivirus and endpoint detection and response (EDR) solutions for malware prevention.
• Group policy & Active Directory (AD): Enforces security policies and access controls across enterprise networks.
• BitLocker: Provides full-disk encryption to protect sensitive data.
• Patch management (Windows update): Ensures vulnerabilities are patched to prevent exploitation.

Mac Security

Mac systems are known for their strong security model but are still vulnerable to threats. Key protections include:

• XProtect & Gatekeeper: Built-in antivirus and application security to block untrusted software.
• System Integrity Protection (SIP): Prevents unauthorized modifications to system files.
• FileVault: Encrypts the entire disk to protect user data.
• TCC (Transparency, Consent, and Control): Manages app permissions to access sensitive data from devices like cameras and microphones.

Regardless of the operating system, security measures should include patch management, access controls, endpoint hardening, and proactive monitoring to prevent and detect attacks. Operating system security is critical for protecting personal devices, corporate endpoints, and cloud-based workloads from modern cyberthreats.

Linux Security

Linux is common in server environments, cloud computing, and cybersecurity tools. Security best practices include:

• SELinux & AppArmor: Mandatory access control frameworks that restrict processes to predefined security policies.
• IPTables & firewalls: Built-in firewall tools to filter network traffic.
• Package management security: Ensures software updates come from trusted repositories to prevent supply chain attacks.
• Root user restrictions: Uses sudo and least-privilege principles to limit administrative access.

Regardless of the operating system, security measures should include patch management, access controls, endpoint hardening, and proactive monitoring to prevent and detect attacks. Operating system security is critical for protecting personal devices, corporate endpoints, and cloud-based workloads from modern cyberthreats.

DDoS Protection

Distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) protection solutions detect and mitigate attacks that flood a network, service, or application with excessive traffic. These attacks can overwhelm infrastructure, degrade performance, and cause service outages.

Modern DDoS protection tools use a combination of traffic analysis, rate limiting, and filtering to block malicious requests while allowing legitimate traffic to pass through. Many services are cloud-based and provide always-on or on-demand protection, scaling dynamically to absorb large-scale attacks.

Advanced solutions offer real-time analytics, automated threat response, and integration with threat intelligence feeds. Some also include scrubbing centers that clean traffic before forwarding it to the target network, reducing the attack's impact.

Discover Radware solution: Cloud DDoS Protection

Bot Management

Bot management solutions are designed to detect, block, and mitigate malicious bots that attempt to access web applications, APIs, or other digital services. Bots can be used for various malicious activities, including credential stuffing, web scraping, and denial-of-service attacks, all of which can disrupt business operations and compromise sensitive data.

Modern bot management platforms use advanced techniques like behavioral analysis, machine learning, and challenge-response tests to differentiate between human users and automated bots. These solutions can enforce rate limits, implement CAPTCHAs, and block traffic from known botnets, effectively protecting applications and services from automated threats.

A critical component of bot management is the ability to identify sophisticated bots that mimic human behavior to bypass traditional defenses. Solutions often integrate with threat intelligence feeds and leverage device fingerprinting and IP reputation analysis to enhance detection accuracy. By deploying a comprehensive bot management strategy, organizations can reduce fraud, protect user data, and maintain the integrity of their online services.

Discover Radware solution: Bot Management

Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR)

EDR is a security solutions category created by Gartner in 2013. Its goal is to enable security teams to detect breaches on endpoint devices and immediately intervene to contain and eradicate the threat. Thus, EDR is complementary to NGAV and preventive endpoint protection solutions.

Without EDR, security teams have very limited visibility into what is happening on endpoint devices. EDR lets them detect security incidents, provides the data needed for rapid forensic investigation, and also allows them to respond to an incident, for example, by isolating the endpoint from the network, or wiping and reimaging it.

According to the Gartner definition, an EDR solution has three components:

• Data collection: An agent running on endpoints which collects data about network activity, running processes, and user activity.
• Detection engine: A system that analyzes data from an endpoint and reports anomalies and suspicious activity to security teams.
• Analysis engine: A system that integrates data from endpoints with other data sources, including threat intelligence feeds, enriching the data to identify security incidents.

Extended Detection and Response (XDR)

XDR tools automatically collect information from several security layers and correlate it to facilitate rapid threat identification. The technology can track threats across multiple sources within an organization to extend visibility and response across the entire ecosystem, including servers, endpoints, email systems, application workloads, and cloud environments.

XDR technology connects individual security datasets to provide a unified attack view across the entire environment. It helps prevent threats from hiding between security silos due to a lack of integration between different security tools. XDR can also help improve productivity, providing security teams with a centralized platform for threat investigation and remediation.

UEBA

User and Entity Behavior Analytics (UEBA) is a cybersecurity solution that uses machine learning to identify abnormal behavior that could indicate a potential security threat. UEBA tools analyze data about user behavior and other entities (such as devices and applications) to identify anomalies that deviate from established patterns.

UEBA is particularly effective at detecting insider threats. While other security solutions focus on external threats, UEBA is designed to identify potentially harmful actions taken by legitimate users within an organization. This capability is crucial in helping organizations protect their sensitive data from insider threats.

The strength of UEBA lies not just in its ability to detect threats, but also in its ability to provide context about these threats. By analyzing behavior patterns, UEBA can provide insights into the motives and methods of an attacker, helping organizations to understand and prevent similar attacks in the future.

Learn more in the detailed guide to UEBA.

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Managed Detection and Response (MDR)

MDR services leverage advanced tools and expert security personnel to provide threat monitoring, hunting, and response. Organizations can outsource their detection and response responsibilities to MDR services that have the resources to identify threats and quickly minimize the scope of attacks.

MDR services leverage advanced analytics and threat intelligence to remotely monitor, detect, and respond to threats. It typically involves deploying EDR technology to achieve visibility and push alerts to relevant parties. These tools collect forensic data, helping security analysts triage alerts to determine the appropriate response.

Cloud Backups

Cloud backups involve storing copies of data and applications on remote servers, often managed by third-party providers. This ensures data availability and protection in case of hardware failure, cyberattacks, or natural disasters. Unlike traditional backups, cloud backups offer greater scalability and flexibility, enabling organizations to easily adjust storage capacity as their needs grow.

Cloud backups have critical security benefits. They are an effective protection against ransomware attacks, in which attackers encrypt sensitive data, making it inaccessible to its owners, and demand a ransom to release it.

Learn more in the detailed guides to:

• AWS Backup
• Azure Backup
• S3 Backup

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Web Application Protection

Web application protection focuses on securing web-based applications from a variety of threats, such as cross-site scripting (XSS), SQL injection, and denial-of-service attacks. Modern web applications are highly interactive and dynamic, making them attractive targets for attackers who exploit vulnerabilities in application code or underlying frameworks.

To protect web applications, organizations deploy a combination of security measures, including web application firewalls (WAFs) and secure development practices. WAFs inspect incoming traffic for known attack patterns. Developers can enhance web application security by adopting secure coding standards, conducting regular code reviews, and integrating security testing into the software development lifecycle.

Effective web application protection also involves continuous monitoring and real-time threat intelligence to quickly identify and respond to emerging threats. By integrating web application security with other defense mechanisms—such as DDoS protection and API security—organizations can build a comprehensive security posture that reduces risk across the entire application stack.

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Next-Generation Antivirus (NGAV)

NGAV technology employs machine learning and behavioral analysis to detect today’s sophisticated threats. It goes beyond traditional signature-based detection, providing functionality that helps detect and respond to unknown threats. Most NGAV solutions offer cloud-based deployment that enables organizations to leverage the technology quickly.

Network Firewall

A network firewall mediates communication between internal and external devices, blocking or mitigating unauthorized access to the network. It is a security device that sits in front of the network and uses policies to allow or deny traffic into the network. It protects private networks from traffic flowing from the public Internet or across intranet networks.

Organizations can configure their network firewall to control all traffic passing through, examining all incoming messages and rejecting any that do not meet predefined policies. However, it needs proper configuration to ensure it blocks only threats, like worms and malware, while allowing users access to the resources they require to perform their job.

VPN

A Virtual Private Network (VPN) is a technology that creates a secure connection over a less-secure network, such as the Internet. It encrypts data and provides anonymity to users by masking their IP address and location. This makes it harder for cybercriminals to track online activities and steal data.

VPNs are widely used by individuals and businesses to protect sensitive data, especially when using public Wi-Fi networks, which are often unsecured and vulnerable to cyberattacks.

Learn more in the detailed guide to VPN.

Intrusion Prevention System (IPS)

An IPS examines network traffic to detect and prevent the exploitation of vulnerabilities. This technology has evolved from intrusion detection systems (IDS) that passively scan traffic to report detected threats.

IPS sits inline, placed within the direct communication path between the source and the destination, and actively analyzes traffic attempting to access the network. IPS is a proactive layer of analysis that can take automated actions on traffic and detect or prevent malicious activity.

Vulnerability Scanning

Vulnerability scanning tools provide automated identification of potentially exploitable vulnerabilities in applications. These tools use data on publicly disclosed vulnerabilities, and check the application against a list of previously identified signatures.

Learn more in the detailed guide to vulnerability scanners.

Network Monitoring

Network monitoring offers continuous visibility into a computer network, checking for internal issues such as server or component failures, slow traffic, overloaded routers, and various network connection issues. Unlike IPS technology, network monitoring tools do not check for intrusion.

Network monitoring solutions continuously monitor the network and automatically notify administrators when detecting network issues, typically via email or text. These solutions can also initiate failover to remove problem circuits or devices before remediation. Proactive tools can identify anomalies indicating potential outages to prevent failure or downtime before it occurs.

Security Information and Event Management (SIEM)

SIEM solutions aggregate, analyze, and correlate security event data from across an organization’s IT infrastructure. They help security teams detect threats, investigate incidents, and ensure compliance with regulatory requirements.

A SIEM system typically collects logs from various sources, such as firewalls, servers, endpoint devices, and network appliances. It then applies real-time analytics and correlation rules to identify patterns that may indicate a security threat. Many SIEM platforms incorporate artificial intelligence and machine learning to improve detection capabilities and reduce false positives.

Beyond detection, SIEM systems provide incident response tools, allowing security teams to investigate threats and take action. Some SIEM solutions also integrate with other security tools, such as EDR and XDR, to provide more comprehensive protection and faster remediation.

Learn more in the detailed guide to SIEM security

Brand Protection

Brand protection refers to strategies and technologies used to safeguard a company’s brand and reputation from various cyberthreats. It involves monitoring and addressing activities that could harm the brand, such as phishing attacks, trademark infringement, counterfeiting, and fraudulent websites.

To implement an effective brand protection strategy, organizations should first identify which brand assets are most critical, such as logos, trademarks, and domain names. The priority is protecting these assets across all digital channels. Advanced technologies like AI and machine learning can detect anomalies and potential threats in real time, while automated monitoring and response systems can quickly address brand abuse incidents.

By implementing a comprehensive brand protection strategy, organizations can protect their reputation, maintain customer trust, and prevent financial losses caused by cyberthreats.

CMDB

A configuration management database (CMDB) is a centralized repository that stores information about the IT assets and services within an organization, along with the relationships between them. It forms the backbone of IT service management (ITSM) by enabling visibility into the configuration items (CIs) that make up IT infrastructure such as servers, applications, networks, and user devices.

A CMDB supports change management, incident response, and compliance by providing accurate data about the current state of assets and their dependencies. It helps teams assess the impact of changes, troubleshoot service disruptions more effectively, and maintain up-to-date records for audits.

Modern CMDB solutions often integrate with discovery tools to automatically identify and update asset information. They may also link with ITSM platforms, security tools, and orchestration systems to support automated workflows, policy enforcement, and risk assessment.

Learn more in the detailed guide to CMDB.

Security Operations Center

A security operations center (SOC) is a centralized location where security personnel monitor and analyze an organization’s network, systems, and devices for potential threats and vulnerabilities. The SOC is responsible for identifying, analyzing, and responding to security incidents in a timely and efficient manner.

The SOC typically consists of a team of security analysts and engineers who use various tools and techniques to monitor and protect the organization’s network and assets. These tools may include network and endpoint security systems, security information and event management (SIEM) systems, and other security technologies. The team may also use manual processes, such as reviewing log files and analyzing network traffic, to identify potential threats.

The goal of the SOC is to detect and respond to security incidents as quickly as possible in order to minimize the impact on the organization. This may involve identifying and isolating infected systems, restoring affected systems, and implementing measures to prevent future incidents from occurring.

In addition to responding to security incidents, the SOC may also be responsible for conducting regular security assessments, implementing security controls and policies, and educating employees about cybersecurity best practices.

Learn more in the detailed guide to the security operations center (SOC).

Zero Trust

“Zero trust” is a cybersecurity approach that requires validation for any user, system, service, application, or device requesting access to network resources. It helps protect modern networks with no traditional perimeter by enforcing policies and security controls that continuously validate security standards before granting access and privileges.

Modern networks often leverage many resources, including cloud environments, local resources, and third-party software. Corporate networks often allow remote connectivity to personally-owned devices, and healthcare facilities establish connectivity with Internet of Things (IoT). Zero trust security assumes any of these connections can become a threat, offering networks the ability to allow this connectivity securely.

Defense in Depth

Defense in Depth (DiD) is a cybersecurity approach that stacks multiple layers of security to ensure that if one fails, another layer exists to offer protection. It involves layering several defensive mechanisms to protect network resources and valuable data. DiD intentionally adds security redundancies to increase security and cover many attack vectors.

This approach assumes a single layer of protection cannot cover security needs because threat actors constantly innovate their attacks. Using only malware protection, for example, leaves an organization vulnerable to endpoint attacks. DiD offers comprehensive coverage, using various defenses such as IPS, data encryption, endpoint protection, threat hunting, and firewalls.

Learn more in the detailed guide to defense in depth.

Penetration Testing

Penetration testing (pentesting) is a cybersecurity technique that tests an organization’s security posture, trying to find vulnerabilities and security weaknesses. A pentest can simulate attacks on networks, systems, or applications, using various techniques and attack vectors. It is usually performed by ethical hackers, or by in-house staff, or even contracted out to third parties to simulate attacks and test the variability of compliance measures.

Learn more in the detailed guide to penetration testing.

Sandboxing

Sandboxing involves isolating threats in an isolated environment for inspection. A sandbox provides a safe environment where administrators can safely run, observe, and analyze untrusted or untested code without putting production assets at risk. It helps contain threats in a test environment and prevent them from infecting the operating system or host machine.

Vulnerability Management

Vulnerability Management is an ongoing process that involves the identification, classification, prioritization, remediation, and mitigation of software vulnerabilities. This process is crucial for maintaining the security integrity of systems and networks in an organization. The goal is to reduce the window of opportunity for attackers by continuously identifying and addressing vulnerabilities before they can be exploited.

For effective vulnerability management, organizations should adopt a proactive and systematic approach, incorporating it into their regular IT maintenance and software development routines. It involves collaboration across different teams including security, operations, and development, and requires executive support to ensure adequate resources are allocated. Regular reporting and auditing are also essential components, providing transparency and accountability for the vulnerability management process.

Learn more in the detailed guide to vulnerability management.

Microsegmentation

Microsegmentation involves creating isolated zones within cloud environments and data centers. It enables organizations to isolate workloads and establish policies that control network traffic between these workloads. System administrators typically use microsegmentation to implement zero trust, minimize the attack surface, strengthen regulatory compliance, and improve breach containment.

Application Security Testing

Application security testing (AST) is a set of techniques and tools used to identify vulnerabilities and security flaws in applications before they can be exploited. These methods help organizations secure their software by detecting weaknesses early in the development lifecycle or in deployed applications.

There are several types of AST solutions, each addressing different aspects of security:

• Static Application Security Testing (SAST): Also known as white-box testing, SAST analyzes source code, bytecode, or binaries without executing the application. It helps identify security flaws like hardcoded credentials, SQL injection, and insecure coding practices early in development.
• Dynamic Application Security Testing (DAST): Also known as black-box testing, DAST examines a running application to identify vulnerabilities such as authentication issues, cross-site scripting (XSS), and SQL injection. It mimics real-world attacks to detect exploitable weaknesses.
• Interactive Application Security Testing (IAST): This combines elements of both SAST and DAST by analyzing applications in real-time while they are running. IAST provides deep insights by leveraging instrumentation and monitoring application behavior during testing.

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DevSecOps

DevSecOps is a software development approach that emphasizes collaboration between software developers, security professionals, and operations teams throughout the entire software development life cycle (SDLC). The goal of DevSecOps is to create a culture of continuous integration, testing, and deployment, in which security is built into the software development process from the beginning.

One of the key principles of DevSecOps is that security is everyone’s responsibility. This means that developers, security professionals, and operations teams all work together to ensure that the software being developed is secure and compliant with relevant security standards and regulations.

To achieve this, DevSecOps teams may use a variety of tools and techniques, such as automated testing and continuous integration/continuous deployment (CI/CD) pipelines, to ensure that security is integrated into the development process from the start. This helps to identify and fix potential security vulnerabilities early in the development process, rather than waiting until later stages when it may be more costly and time-consuming to fix them.

Attack Surface Management

Attack surface management is a security practice that involves identifying, analyzing, and reducing the potential vulnerabilities and attack vectors that could be exploited by adversaries to gain access to an organization’s network, systems, and data.

Attack surface management typically involves identifying and inventorying all of the assets and systems within an organization’s network, including hardware, software, and data. This includes identifying the external and internal interfaces and points of access that could potentially be exploited by attackers.

Once the organization’s attack surface has been identified and mapped, security professionals can then analyze the potential vulnerabilities and attack vectors that exist within the organization’s environment. This may involve conducting vulnerability assessments, penetration testing, and other types of security testing to identify and prioritize potential vulnerabilities.

Once the vulnerabilities have been identified, the organization can then implement measures to reduce the attack surface and minimize the risk of successful attacks. This may involve implementing security controls and measures, such as firewalls, intrusion prevention systems, and access controls, to limit access to sensitive systems and data.

Tactics, Techniques, and Procedures (TTPs)

TTPs are patterns of activities or methods associated with a specific threat actor or group of threat actors. TTPs represent how threat actors (or hackers) orchestrate and manage their attacks.

Understanding TTPs can help organizations create effective cybersecurity strategies. By knowing the tactics and techniques used by attackers, organizations can better anticipate their actions and prepare their defenses accordingly.

TTPs provide valuable insights into the behavior of threat actors. They highlight the tools threat actors use, the techniques they apply to compromise systems, and the procedures they follow to carry out their attacks. This valuable information can improve incident response times and bolster an organization’s overall security posture.

Learn more in the detailed guide to TTPs.

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• Wireshark: An open-source network protocol analyzer that captures and analyzes network traffic in real time.
• Snort: An open-source intrusion detection and prevention system that monitors network traffic for suspicious activities.
• Nessus: A vulnerability assessment tool that scans networks to identify potential security vulnerabilities.
• Metasploit: A penetration testing framework that helps security professionals identify and address security issues.
• Aircrack-ng: A suite of tools used for assessing Wi-Fi network security by capturing and analyzing packets.

• NetStumbler: A tool for detecting wireless networks, useful for wardriving and network auditing.
• Tcpdump: A command-line packet analyzer that allows users to capture and analyze network traffic.
• OpenVAS: An open-source vulnerability scanner that assesses network systems for known vulnerabilities.
• SolarWinds Network Performance Monitor: A tool that provides comprehensive network monitoring and alerting.
• Nagios: An open-source monitoring system that provides monitoring and alerting services for servers, switches, applications, and services.

• Cynet: Provides advanced endpoint protection with multiple prevention technologies to stop ransomware, fileless malware, and zero-day exploits.
• CrowdStrike Falcon: A cloud-native solution utilizing AI-driven analytics for real-time threat detection.
• Symantec Endpoint Protection: Offers protection against malware and other threats for desktops and servers.
• McAfee Endpoint Security: Integrates threat prevention, firewall, and web control to protect endpoints.
• Trend Micro Apex One: Delivers automated threat detection and response with a focus on endpoint protection.

• Palo Alto Networks Traps: Prevents malware and exploits on endpoints by integrating with threat intelligence.
• Carbon Black CB Defense: A cloud-based antivirus and endpoint detection and response solution.
• Kaspersky Endpoint Security: Provides multi-layered protection against various cyberthreats.
• Cisco Advanced Malware Protection (AMP) for Endpoints: Offers continuous analysis and retrospective security to detect and respond to advanced threats.
• Sophos Intercept X: Utilizes deep learning technology to protect against advanced endpoint threats.

• Veracode: Offers a cloud-based platform for testing application security, including static and dynamic analysis.
• AppScan: Provides automated security testing for web, mobile, and open-source applications.
• Fortify Static Code Analyzer: Analyzes source code to identify potential security vulnerabilities.
• SonarQube: An open-source platform for continuous inspection of code quality, detecting bugs, vulnerabilities, and code smells.
• Qualys Web Application Scanning: Provides automated crawling and testing of web applications to identify vulnerabilities.

• Radware Cloud WAF: Protects apps and APIs with adaptive, AI-powered web application protection.
• Palo Alto Networks Prisma Cloud: Offers security and compliance coverage across cloud environments.
• AWS Security Hub: Provides a unified view of security alerts and compliance status across AWS accounts.
• Azure Security Center: A unified infrastructure security management system that strengthens the security posture of data centers.
• Google Cloud Security Command Center: Provides centralized visibility and control over Google Cloud assets.
• McAfee MVISION Cloud: Protects data and defends against threats across cloud services.

• Radware Cloud DDoS: Multi-layered protection against DDoS attacks, with advanced behavioral algorithms to detect and mitigate DDoS attacks at any level.
• Trend Micro Cloud One: A security services platform for cloud builders, providing protection for cloud infrastructure.
• Check Point CloudGuard: Offers threat prevention and unified security management for cloud environments.
• Cisco Cloudlock: A cloud-native cloud access security broker (CASB) that helps accelerate use of the cloud.
• Netskope: Provides real-time data and threat protection when accessing cloud services, websites, and private apps.
• IBM Cloud Pak for Security: Helps integrate existing security tools to generate deeper insights into threats across hybrid, multicloud environments.

• Device42: Automates IT asset management by providing visibility into hardware, software, and network dependencies.
• IBM Turbonomic: Utilizes AI to monitor and optimize application performance, supporting efficient resource utilization across IT assets.
• Lansweeper: Offers network discovery and asset management, creating an up-to-date inventory of all connected devices and software.
• ManageEngine Applications Manager: Provides application performance monitoring with capabilities to discover and map dependencies across servers and applications.
• Paessler PRTG Network Monitor: Monitors network infrastructure, offering real-time insights into device status, traffic, and performance metrics.
• ServiceNow Configuration Management Database (CMDB): Maintains a centralized repository of IT assets and their configurations, aiding in change management and incident response.
• SolarWinds Server & Application Monitor (SAM): Delivers server and application monitoring, supporting asset discovery and performance tracking.
• WhatsUp Gold: Provides network monitoring and discovery, enabling visualization of device relationships and statuses.

• NinjaOne: Offers automated IT asset discovery and real-time monitoring, ensuring accurate insights into all managed assets.
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Create a Cybersecurity Awareness Training Program

According to company surveys, two out of three preventable insider threat incidents are initiated by an employee or contractor. The first line of defense against cybercrime is employees. For an organization to be protected, educating employees on cybersecurity is vital to ensure that they have all the needed skills and knowledge. Organizations can implement a comprehensive cybersecurity awareness program to create a critical “security-first culture.” A program can address aspects like identifying risks, employee behaviors, and tracking improvement metrics.

Address OWASP Top 10 Vulnerabilities

The Open Web Application Security Project (OWASP) is a global community non-profit that promotes application security, and is widely considered to be highly credible. OWASP’s online knowledge base offers hundreds of chapters written by cybersecurity experts, which many developers rely on for essential web application security guidance.

OWASP publishes and revises its list of the top 10 web application vulnerabilities every few years. The list, recognized as an essential web application security best practices guide, includes the OWASP Top 10 threats, the potential impact of each vulnerability, and how organizations can avoid them. Various expert sources like security consultants, security vendors, and security teams with different sized companies and organizations compile the comprehensive list.

Learn more in the detailed guide to OWASP.

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MITRE ATT&CK Framework

MITRE ATT&CK is a free, globally accessible framework for organizations seeking to strengthen their cybersecurity strategies by providing comprehensive and up-to-date information on cyberthreats. Organizations can use the framework to evaluate their security methods, and cybersecurity vendors can test products and services. Each organization applies the framework’s evaluation criteria to align with its own cybersecurity priorities and focus areas. Evaluations results are noncompetitive. Organizations can not use results to gain a business advantage over other evaluated organizations.

MITRE is a not-for-profit security research organization that created and curated the framework and knowledge base. The knowledge base is an ongoing project containing analyses based on real-world events. Organizations can reference these analyses when they are developing threat models and methodologies. As organizations contribute their knowledge of cyberthreats, the knowledge base grows.

Using MITRE’s evaluations, companies can determine the strength of their products and services. The evaluations provide:

• Objective insights-the use of specific commercial security products
• Transparent analysis-analysis of a given product’s capabilities and strengths
• Strengthens the cybersecurity community-by strengthening vendors that develop products responsible for many industries customer security

Use CVE Databases

Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) are publicly disclosed flaws in information security systems and software.

CVE aims to make sharing information about known vulnerabilities easier so cybersecurity strategies are updated with the latest security flaws and issues.

CVE creates a standardized identifier for a certain vulnerability or exposure. CVE identifiers and CVE names or CVE numbers give security professionals access to information about specific cyberthreats across multiple information sources by using the same common name.

Organizations can set a baseline for evaluating the coverage of their security tools using the CVE database. Organizations can see what each tool covers and how they use CVE’s common identifiers appropriately.

Security advisors can search for known attack signatures and remediate critical exploits as a part of any digital forensics process referencing CVE vulnerability information.

 

Enforce Least Privilege Access

Least privilege access is an approach to cyberthreats that restricts every user’s access and endpoint to the minimum information and resources required to accomplish its designated function. Users trying to access information against an organization’s policy will immediately alert appropriate authorities. Information that requires elevated rights makes users go through a Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) process, correctly logging every event. Every event is looked through promptly and periodically. Enable monitoring and improvement of existing systems guiding administration rights and ensure their accuracy and applicability.

Use Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA)

MFA, a basic implementation, is still among the best practices in cybersecurity. By adding an extra layer of security, MFA helps organizations protect sensitive data. It leaves threat actors little chance to log in as if they were you.

Even with a password, threat actors would still need two or three “factors” of authentication for access, like a security token, a mobile phone, a fingerprint, or a voice. MFA benefits an organization by improving its access control by clearly distinguishing between users of shared accounts.

Monitor Third-party Access to Your Data

A vital part of an organization’s security strategy is controlling third-party access. Here is a list of people and companies that may remotely access an organization’s data :

• Remote employees
• Subcontractors
• Business suppliers
• Vendors

Third-party access introduces risks such as insider threats and exposure to malware and external attackers. Organizations can protect sensitive data from third-party access breaches by monitoring third-party actions. By limiting the scope of third-party user access, organizations will know who connects and why they connect to a network.

Organizations can monitor user activity in conjunction with one-time passwords to provide full logging of all user actions, allowing them to detect malicious activity and investigate when necessary.

Implement SSL Inspection

SSL/TLS encryption secures traffic between users and applications, but it also hides malicious content from security tools. SSL inspection enables organizations to decrypt and inspect this encrypted traffic for threats such as malware, phishing, and data exfiltration.

However, SSL inspection must be implemented carefully to avoid introducing new vulnerabilities. Organizations should use dedicated, up-to-date SSL inspection appliances or services that support strong ciphers and certificate validation. All decrypted data should be scanned immediately and securely re-encrypted before forwarding to the destination.

Privacy compliance is also essential. SSL inspection must exclude sensitive applications such as banking or healthcare portals to avoid violating regulations like GDPR or HIPAA. Maintaining a comprehensive policy for what gets decrypted and logging all inspection activity helps organizations stay secure and compliant.

Learn more in the detailed guide to SSL inspection.

Backup Your Data

The most important infrastructure components in any organization are data backups. Data backups help guard against data loss and provide a way of restoring deleted files or recovering an accidentally overwritten file.

Backups are an organization’s best option for recovering from a ransomware attack or a data loss event like a fire in a data center.

Critical databases or related line-of-business applications need a backup process. Predefined backup policies govern the process that specifies how frequently the data is backed up, how many duplicate copies, called replicas, are required, and by service-level agreements (SLAs) that stipulate the speed at which an organization must restore data.

A suggested best practice is for a full data backup, preferably during weekends or non-business hours, to be carried out at least once a week. Organizations usually schedule a series of differential or incremental data backups that have changed since the last full backup to supplement weekly full backups.

Learn more in the detailed guide to Disaster Recovery.

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Start an Incident Response Plan

Incident response is the structured process organizations use to detect, evaluate, and mitigate security events that affect network resource and information assets. Cybersecurity incident response is critical to businesses. Incidents like malware infections, lost or stolen unencrypted laptops, compromised login credentials, and database exposures can have ramifications that have lasting impacts on businesses.

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