Coping with Cybersecurity Threats for Organizations

CISOs and information security leaders are now experiencing a world where threats increase exponentially while technology, regulation, and threats evolve. The dynamic nature of threats in cyberspace makes it significant to strike a balance between an organization’s appreciation of those threats and a proper response strategy in preserving an enterprise's defenses. In this article, the author defines the threats and the corresponding measures to be taken and how different organizations could implement the right balance of threat understanding and measures, besides putting forward clear procedures of threat preparedness.

What are cybersecurity threats?

Awareness of the risks posed by cybercriminals is the initial obtaining of insight into the horizon of danger for an enterprise. Organizations have to keep track of cybersecurity threats specific to their industry and enterprise-level threats and vulnerabilities regularly. This entails a process of threat intelligence, threat search, and vulnerability tests that are generally aimed at the identification of threats that may threaten an organization. Moreover, organizations have to know the strategies and activities of attackers, where information can be gathered from the attack, an open-source encyclopedia of known adversary tactics and techniques.

Focusing on threats is crucial to getting a profound insight into threats; however, putting this into practice may be difficult for an organization. Several threats alone can overwhelm; the technicality of the process and the specia