4 Big Mistakes to Avoid in OT Incident Response (Dark Reading)
What works successfully in an IT network may be problematic for conducting incident response (IR) in an OT/ICS environment, where availability and safety of operations must be maintained.
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.
Cloud Range Named #1 Fastest-Growing Female-Led Cybersecurity Company
Cloud Range has been recognized as the #1 fastest-growing female-led cyber company in the world! The list was featured in The Security Industry by industry analyst and author Richard Stiennon.
Debbie Gordon Featured in Nashville Business Journal “The Boss” Column
This synopsis of Debbie Gordon’s interview with the Nashville Business Journal covers entrepreneurship, business, Grateful Dead concerts, her views on golfing, and more.
4 Ways to Close the Cybersecurity Talent Gap
It is hard to find that purple unicorn who has all the skills and experience you want. If you do find that experienced person, it means paying a high salary. Plus, it’s perpetuating the talent shortage problem because people are moving from company to company instead of bringing more people into the industry. We need to fix the problem. This blog outlines four ways to fill your cyber hiring bench.
Cloud Range Named a CyberTech100 Company for 2023
Cloud Range, the industry’s leading cyber range solution to reduce cyber risk across the organization, today announced that it has been recognized as one of the Global CyberTech100 innovative companies of 2023.
How Does Cyber Range Training Improve Soft Skills?
In addition to improving the SOC's ability to respond to a major attack while increasing the team's hard skills, Cloud Range’s unique cyber range training also helps teams improve their soft skills including critical thinking, problem-solving, communication skills, insight/instinct, and teamwork.
Cyber Ranges – Cloud Range CEO Featured on CISO Tradecraft Podcast
Cloud Range CEO Debbie Gordon was recently a guest on CISO Tradecraft hosted by G Mark Hardy. They talked about everything from the fundamentals of what a cyber range is to obtaining speed advantages in cyber and how cyber ranges make a CISO's job easier.
The SOC Teams’ Role in Keeping Companies Safe — ICS Pulse Podcast
Cloud Range CEO Debbie Gordon was recently a guest on the Industrial Cybersecurity (ICS) Pulse podcast with Gary Cohen and Tyler Wall discussing how security leaders and SOC teams can play an even more vital role in keeping companies cyber safe.
How Does Cyber Range Training Offer an Accurate Measure of Cyber Risk?
Cyber range training is an essential tool to align cyber operations readiness as a measure of cyber risk. This article illustrates how this type of training is used to measure that risk in the context of the commercial Cloud Range offering.
Measuring SOC Performance in the Cyber Range
Security operations managers struggle with obtaining meaningful metrics on their team’s performance, leaving them with no clear picture. Incident tracking tools can measure the average time from incident detection to resolution, or hours spent on addressing an incident. What these metrics cannot tell leadership is how well the team is trained and ready to execute on detection and response tasks.
How Does Cyber Range Training Make Life Easier for SOC Managers?
Cyber range training with Cloud Range includes aptitude testing, candidate assessments, skills development labs, and live-fire team simulation scenarios. Learn how that helps SOC managers overcome with the ongoing skills gap and measurably improve team performance.
State of Florida Selects Cloud Range for First-Ever Experiential Cybersecurity Simulation Training Across State
Cloud Range, the leading full-service cybersecurity readiness solution, announced that the State of Florida has selected its full-service cyber range and simulation training solutions to support Florida Digital Service’s (FL[DS]) enterprise cybersecurity initiative.
Cybersecurity Risk Remediation: A Non-Negotiable Expense in Times of Financial Crisis
In times of financial crisis, cutting back on cybersecurity may seem like a tempting option, but is it worth the risk? Discover how Cloud Range bolsters risk assessment by prioritizing your people - your tech stack's greatest asset. Empower your team with a robust risk remediation strategy.
How Does Cyber Range Training Optimize Hiring and Retention?
The cyber hiring process requires a significant investment of time and effort for SOC managers. Unfortunately, resumes, interviews, and certifications don’t tell the whole story about a given candidate. That’s why security leaders are increasingly using cyber ranges to improve the effectiveness of their hiring and evaluation process to build a skilled and knowledgeable team.
5 Critical Infrastructure Cyber Attacks and Key Lessons Learned from Them
Threat actors continue to target critical infrastructure in their cyber attacks. Cloud Range looks at 5 recent, high-profile critical infrastructure attacks, outlines key cybersecurity takeaways, and defines a measurable way to reduce IT and OT cyber risk.
How Does Cyber Range Training Prepare SOC Teams for the Next Attack?
You don’t want the first time your SOC team sees an attack to be when one is happening. That’s too late. It is valuable for your SOC team to train on attacks in a live-fire, simulated environment, so the team will be prepared to detect them and respond accordingly. Learn how cyber range training gets your team ready.
Industry Experts Analyze US National Cybersecurity Strategy - SecurityWeek Article
Cloud Range Founder & CEO Debbie Gordon was featured in a recent SecurityWeek article for her thoughts on the new national cybersecurity strategy. “While we applaud the administration’s goal to build out our national cyber workforce… it unfortunately doesn’t move the needle on what needs to be done to strengthen the workforce we have today.”
Empowering Students to Succeed in the Cybersecurity Job Market
Experiential learning (ExL) is critical in cybersecurity. Hands-on, live-fire cyber range and simulation exercises help students succeed in the classroom – and ultimately in their role as cybersecurity professionals.
What Is Cyber Range Training?
Cyber range training is an important component of the learning ecosystem for security operations center (SOC) practitioners and teams. This article kicks off a blog series from TAG Cyber. It explains the basic elements of cyber range training in the context of the commercial Cloud Range offering.