8 Benefits of Cyber Threat Intelligence in Security Training
Integrating cyber threat intelligence into training equips security teams with practical skills to detect, analyze, and respond to evolving threats. This approach enhances collaboration, resilience, and decision-making, preparing teams to face real-world cyber risks with confidence.
Beware of Cyber Ghouls: How to Keep Your Organization Safe from Digital Nightmares
This October, as Halloween approaches, don't let cyber ghouls like ransomware and phishing scams haunt your organization. Stay vigilant during Cybersecurity Awareness Month by using training, simulations, and strong defenses to fend off digital nightmares. Equip your team to handle threats with confidence, and keep your data safe from lurking cyber monsters.
Simulating Real-World Attacks: How Cyber Ranges Strengthen Incident Response in State Government Agencies
Cyber ranges offer state government agencies realistic simulations of cyberattacks, helping them improve incident response, enhance team coordination, and build resilience. These tailored exercises prepare agencies for real-world threats, ensuring better preparedness and compliance with regulations while reducing recovery costs.
Leading from the Frontlines: Developing Strong Incident Commanders
The cybersecurity incident commander plays an important role in managing cyber incidents effectively. Beyond technical expertise, they must understand their team’s skills and personalities to orchestrate a cohesive response. From assessing the attack’s scope to directing actions and team communication, their strategic oversight ensures efficient incident resolution and preventive measures.
The Pivotal Role of Live Incident Response Rehearsal in Cyber Resilience
In today's threat landscape, complete incident prevention is unrealistic. Effective cyber resilience balances prevention with detection and response. Live incident response rehearsals are essential, providing hands-on experience to prepare teams for real-world attacks. Gartner research highlights the importance of recovery, advocating for regular rehearsals to build technical and psychological resilience.
Non-Technical Skills That Help SOCs Thrive
Explore the crucial non-technical skills necessary for SOC success. The human element plays significant role alongside technical skills. The blog discusses a range of soft skills including stress management, problem-solving, situational awareness, clear communication, empathy, attention to detail, and teamwork. These skills enhance the ability to handle cyber threats effectively and maintain operational efficiency.
The Forensics of Cyber Attacks – and the Power of Live-Fire Exercises
Delve into the critical world of digital forensics, and explore how forensic experts play a pivotal role in unraveling the mysteries behind cyber breaches. Learn about the indispensable collaboration between incident response and digital forensics, and how continuous learning and practical exercises can strengthen your cybersecurity defenses.
Cyber Reskilling: A Strategy to Reduce Cybersecurity Skills Gaps
Explore the concept of cyber reskilling and its effectiveness in addressing skills gaps within cybersecurity. Additionally, uncover best practices for reskilling individuals in the field of cybersecurity.
5 Crucial Techniques of Effective Incident Commanders
Get valuable insights into being an Incident Commander in cybersecurity, including essential skills and strategies for leading incident response teams. This blog provides an overview and some key takeaways from our recent webinar and panel discussion.
The Value of Human-Centric Cybersecurity
Gain insights into the importance of adopting a human-centric approach to cybersecurity and its impact on the capacity to thwart, identify, and address cyber threats. Explore the transformative potential of tailored training, security policies, and psychological elements in shaping your organization's security culture.
Speeding Discovery of a Cyber Attack
The landscape of cyber attacks is evolving, increasing in complexity, frequency, and associated costs. Explore the most effective strategies for expediting cyber attack detection through a proficient SOC team, understand the efficacy of this approach, discover leading detection tools, and recognize the risks associated with delayed detection.
Purple Teaming in Cybersecurity: 101
Explore purple teaming, a collaborative approach in cybersecurity. Learn about purple team activities, best practices, and the significance of live-fire cyber ranges in this dynamic security practice.
Exploring the NICE Framework Q&A
We had many compelling questions in our recent webinar applying the NICE Framework across different sectors, its relevance to different levels of seniority within a cyber role, how organizations can align their cybersecurity training strategies with the Framework, and more.
Demystifying the NICE Framework
The National Initiative for Cybersecurity Education (NICE) Framework makes it easier for you to find and train the right people for your cyber team if you know how to use it. This blog outlines 5 steps.
Training and Evaluating the Modern SOC
The modern detection and response analyst is faced with a variety of challenges. Adversaries are constantly developing and deploying new TTPs. Organizations must continually adapt their environment to meet business challenges, often introducing new security solutions for detecting and responding to an attack.
Communication: How live-simulation training helps cyber analysts speed up soft skills
What CyberMaxx has witnessed as a result of Cloud Range training is more open communication between analysts, which has equated to faster response times, a stronger team, and better results for both CyberMaxx and customers receiving MAXX services.
Using Realistic Range Simulations for Cyber Readiness with Cloud Range
In this interview with TAG Cyber, Cloud Range founder & CEO Debbie Gordon answers questions about current SOC team challenges, upcoming cyber threats, and products that prepare cyber defense teams.
FlexLabs™: Closing the Cyber Skills Gap
FlexLabs cyber skills training and development solutions help reduce the gap between what a job role requires and what someone actually can accomplish. Over 1,500 training labs, certification prep SkillPaks, work role learning plans, challenge labs, skills assessments, and more – all mapped to the NICE Workforce Framework. Accessible on-demand 24/7.
5 Ways Security Leaders Are Using Cyber Ranges and Simulation to Improve Security Posture
Cyber ranges and simulation can be used for multiple purposes that will help you identify the right team members and train them into an elite group of cyber defenders that work well together to improve your security posture.
National Cyber Security Awareness Month: Focus on People
This year’s National Cyber Security Month focuses on the human element of cybersecurity. We love that because PEOPLE are a vital part of your technology stack. When security teams are more prepared and confident, organizations benefit from an improved security posture and measurably reduced risk.