Internet, Cyber-attacks and threats are becoming more prevalent. This Infographic explains the current state, and things to consider for yourself and your business.
Emerging Need of a Chief Information Security Officer (CISO)Maurice Dawson
This submission examines the emerging need of the Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) to include the associated roles and responsibilities. One of the key artificacts associated with the CISO shall be detailed such as the security plan.
Internet, Cyber-attacks and threats are becoming more prevalent. This Infographic explains the current state, and things to consider for yourself and your business.
Emerging Need of a Chief Information Security Officer (CISO)Maurice Dawson
This submission examines the emerging need of the Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) to include the associated roles and responsibilities. One of the key artificacts associated with the CISO shall be detailed such as the security plan.
Connecting the Dots Between Your Threat Tntelligence Tradecraft and Business ...SurfWatch Labs
Threat intelligence needs to be in a language the business understands. SurfWatch Labs can help connect cyber threat intelligence to business operations in order to help manage cyber risk.
Implementing Business Aligned Security Strategy Dane Warren LiDaneWarren
This was presented at the AISA national seminar day. It is a helicopter view on how to implement a security strategy that is aligned with the business.
What can go wrong?!
Thirty years of commercial information security have taught us to orchestrate perimeter controls, to correctly configure AAA systems, to evaluate risks and manage them.
But when we talk about the supply chain, the context dramatically changes and we risk realising we did not understand it all or we naively transferred our risk to an unaware third party.
State of Security Operations 2016 report of capabilities and maturity of cybe...at MicroFocus Italy ❖✔
As businesses continue to adopt new cloud and mobile functionality rapidly, we find the
edges of the network even more blurred, and our definitions of data ownership and breach
responsibility continue to evolve. Staffing and training continue to be the foremost challenge
of the modern SOC. This is paving the way to hybrid staffing models and hybrid infrastructures
that require less in-house expertise. As a result, highly skilled security team members can then
be utilized for a more specialized hunt and analytics-focused work.
There is no question this year has been both an exciting and challenging time to be in the field
of cyber security. On one hand, it is disheartening to see the continued decline in the maturity
and effectiveness of security operations, while, on the other, I know that we are in the middle
of an exciting and transformative change in our field. You can feel it. We must go where the
data leads us, and we believe that is to widen our definition of security operations to leverage
analytics, data science, Big Data, and shared intelligence to become more effective in protecting
today’s digital enterprise.
Data Protection becomes increasingly important, especially in the digital world. Data Protection by Design and by Default (“DPbDD”) plays a critical role in this connection and has been enshrined in Article 25 the EU General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”). Data Protection by Design requires that data protection principles are to be taken into consideration at the earliest stage of the design process, while Data Protection by Default should ensure that, by default, only personal data that are necessary for each purpose of the processing are processed.
Even though Article 25 GDPR specifically addresses data controllers (e.g. companies or public administrations using software for processing personal data), developers may find it useful to get familiar with DPbDD requirements for creating GDPR compliant software that enables data controllers to fulfill their data protection obligations. This could possibly lead to competitive advantages over competitors who do not design their products with data protection principles in mind.
Cyber risk isn't new, but the stakes grow higher every day. An incident is no longer likely to be an isolated event, but a sustained and persistent campaign. There is no single solution that will offer protection from an attack, but a Cyber Resilience strategy can provide a multi-layered approach that encompasses people, processes and technology. Pete's presentation talks about eliminating the gap between IT and the business to present a united front against threats. This is a paradigm shift that uses security intelligence to guide decisions and support agility.
Booz Allen Mission Engineering® enables clients to reduce costs by eliminating redundant and irrelevant systems, while enhancing mission capabilities through enterprise system integration.
Connecting the Dots Between Your Threat Tntelligence Tradecraft and Business ...SurfWatch Labs
Threat intelligence needs to be in a language the business understands. SurfWatch Labs can help connect cyber threat intelligence to business operations in order to help manage cyber risk.
Implementing Business Aligned Security Strategy Dane Warren LiDaneWarren
This was presented at the AISA national seminar day. It is a helicopter view on how to implement a security strategy that is aligned with the business.
What can go wrong?!
Thirty years of commercial information security have taught us to orchestrate perimeter controls, to correctly configure AAA systems, to evaluate risks and manage them.
But when we talk about the supply chain, the context dramatically changes and we risk realising we did not understand it all or we naively transferred our risk to an unaware third party.
State of Security Operations 2016 report of capabilities and maturity of cybe...at MicroFocus Italy ❖✔
As businesses continue to adopt new cloud and mobile functionality rapidly, we find the
edges of the network even more blurred, and our definitions of data ownership and breach
responsibility continue to evolve. Staffing and training continue to be the foremost challenge
of the modern SOC. This is paving the way to hybrid staffing models and hybrid infrastructures
that require less in-house expertise. As a result, highly skilled security team members can then
be utilized for a more specialized hunt and analytics-focused work.
There is no question this year has been both an exciting and challenging time to be in the field
of cyber security. On one hand, it is disheartening to see the continued decline in the maturity
and effectiveness of security operations, while, on the other, I know that we are in the middle
of an exciting and transformative change in our field. You can feel it. We must go where the
data leads us, and we believe that is to widen our definition of security operations to leverage
analytics, data science, Big Data, and shared intelligence to become more effective in protecting
today’s digital enterprise.
Data Protection becomes increasingly important, especially in the digital world. Data Protection by Design and by Default (“DPbDD”) plays a critical role in this connection and has been enshrined in Article 25 the EU General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”). Data Protection by Design requires that data protection principles are to be taken into consideration at the earliest stage of the design process, while Data Protection by Default should ensure that, by default, only personal data that are necessary for each purpose of the processing are processed.
Even though Article 25 GDPR specifically addresses data controllers (e.g. companies or public administrations using software for processing personal data), developers may find it useful to get familiar with DPbDD requirements for creating GDPR compliant software that enables data controllers to fulfill their data protection obligations. This could possibly lead to competitive advantages over competitors who do not design their products with data protection principles in mind.
Cyber risk isn't new, but the stakes grow higher every day. An incident is no longer likely to be an isolated event, but a sustained and persistent campaign. There is no single solution that will offer protection from an attack, but a Cyber Resilience strategy can provide a multi-layered approach that encompasses people, processes and technology. Pete's presentation talks about eliminating the gap between IT and the business to present a united front against threats. This is a paradigm shift that uses security intelligence to guide decisions and support agility.
Booz Allen Mission Engineering® enables clients to reduce costs by eliminating redundant and irrelevant systems, while enhancing mission capabilities through enterprise system integration.
Booz Allen Hamilton is helping military organizations develop and implement readiness decision-support solutions that provide a clear understanding of the relationships and trade-offs among requirements, resources, capabilities, capacities, costs, and risks.
Booz Allen Hamilton offers an integrated suite of cloud capabilities, deep subject matter expertise, and unparalleled hands-on experience with a broad range of cloud technology products.
This infographic outlines five recommendations for successful agency reform implementation. Booz Allen’s work with FedScoop has resulted in a Government Reform Study (available here: bit.ly/1y9jZgE). The study reveals that reform is necessary and welcomed by senior decision-makers in government and the private sector, but implementing reform is often met with challenges. The study highlights five key recommendations around ways senior decision-makers can navigate the complexities of reform.
At Booz Allen Hamilton, we saw many of our clients languishing with dispersed program artifacts, slow and inaccurate analysis, and complex project issues that required a new generation of program analysis software. We created Polaris™ to be fully equipped with advanced features to help solve the most complex project issues.
Strategic Information Management Through Data ClassificationBooz Allen Hamilton
This white paper presents a comprehensive approach to information management programs. It outlines how data growth directly affects the risk posture of critical corporate information assets. In addition, it defines common problems caused by gaps in information management programs as well as consequences associated with immature methodologies.
Theft of intellectual property is troubling, no matter what the victim’s identity. But theft of IP from the defense industry can be terrifying. IP that falls into the wrong hands can have devastating security and espionage repercussions, troublesome competitiveness implications, and can even be used to target employees and families for blackmail or kidnapping. Learn more: http://www.cyberhub.com/research/IP_threat
Cybersecurity: Quick Preparedness AssessmentCBIZ, Inc.
Any company that relies on technology to manage client information is vulnerable to liability or loss if a data breach occurs. Use this quick assessment tool to determine whether your business is prepared for a cyber threat.
The cost of a security breach can be devastating for businesses. PetaBytz's cybersecurity strategy offers comprehensive protection to minimize the risk of data loss and financial damage.
What CIOs Need To Tell Their Boards About Cyber SecurityKaryl Scott
Companies are under increasing risks of breaches, theft of intellectual property and erosion of customer trust. CIOs and CISOs need to be able to explain to executive management what's being done to shore up their company's security strategy and defenses.
Too Small to Get Hacked? Think Again (Webinar)OnRamp
SMBs are a major target in today’s threat landscape since larger organizations have invested in security measures in the last couple of years. Find out how much your data is worth and the best way to safeguard those assets from our experts.
According to StaySafeOnline.org, attacks on SMBs account for over 70% of data breaches, a figure that is on the rise. Sophisticated digital criminals easily exploit businesses with limited security budgets, outdated security controls, and untrained employees. Not to mention, insider threats are becoming more prevalent. Each security incident costs SMBs a loss of $120k, on average. So what can you do about it?
Data security requires implementing the right technology, people, and processes. Like many SMBs, you may see the value in security, but may not be sure where to start. Join our panel of experts in this educational webinar to find out what steps you can take to protect your business today and its valuable assets. We’ll review current trends in attack methods, how to determine what to protect, and what methods are best suited for your objectives.
Takeaways and Learning Objectives
Find out what threats are most common today and how to prevent them.
Get actionable tips on how to protect your business in the short-term and long-term, despite budget and resource constraints.
Get clarity on data security best practices, including tools, policies, processes and developing a culture of security.
Cyber-attacks are an alarming threat to all types of businesses & organizations.The risk of a cyber-attack is not just a risk to your company but also to your privacy.Hence, cybersecurity is crucial for every business. Cybersecurity protects critical data from cyber attackers. This includes sensitive data, governmental and industry information, personal information, personally identifiable information (PII), intellectual property, and protected health information (PHI). If you are looking for tools to fight against cyber threats, then Techwave’s tools & technologies with adequate controls will help your organization stay protected.
Cyber-attacks are an alarming threat to all types of businesses & organizations.The risk of a cyber-attack is not just a risk to your company but also to your privacy.Hence, cybersecurity is crucial for every business. Cybersecurity protects critical data from cyber attackers. This includes sensitive data, governmental and industry information, personal information, personally identifiable information (PII), intellectual property, and protected health information (PHI). If you are looking for tools to fight against cyber threats, then Techwave’s tools & technologies with adequate controls will help your organization stay protected.
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You Can Hack That: How to Use Hackathons to Solve Your Toughest ChallengesBooz Allen Hamilton
“Hackathon” has become a trendy word in today’s business vernacular, and for good reason. The word “hackathon” comes from both “hack” and “marathon.” If you think of a “hack” as a creative solution and “marathon” as a continuous, often competitive event, you’re at the heart of what a hackathon is about. Hackathons enable creative problem solving through an innovative and often competitive structure that engages stakeholders to come up with unconventional solutions to pressing challenges. Hackathons can be used to develop new processes, products, ways of thinking, or ways of engaging stakeholders and partners, with benefits ranging from solving tough problems to broader cultural and organizational improvements.
This playbook was designed to make hackathons accessible to everyone. That means not only can all kinds of organizations benefit from hackathons, but that all kinds of employees inside those groups—executives, project managers, designers, or engineers—should participate and can benefit, too. Use this playbook as a reference and allow the best practices we outline to guide you in designing a hackathon structure that works for you and enables your organization to achieve its desired outcomes. Give yourself anywhere from six weeks to a few months to plan your hackathon, depending on the components, approach, number of participants, and desired outcomes.
Contact Director Brian MacCarthy at MacCarthy_Brian2@bah.com for more information about Booz Allen’s hackathon offering.
Booz Allen's U.S. Commercial Leader and Executive Vice President, Bill Phelps, recently released his list of 10 Cyber Priorities for Boards of Directors. As we peer into how business, technology, regulatory, and cyber threat realities are evolving in the coming year, here is a reference guide for board members to use in validating their company's cybersecurity approach.
We looked at the data. Here’s a breakdown of some key statistics about the nation’s incoming presidents’ addresses, how long they spoke, how well, and more.
Our Military Spouse Forum built a roadmap to help you navigate your career between deployments, moves, and the unpredictable. Interested in how Booz Allen can help you navigate your career? Check out our opportunities at www.boozallen.com/careers
In August 2016, Booz Allen partnered with Market Connections to conduct a survey of National Security Leaders and the General Public to understand their perspectives on the current threats. Fifteen years after the September 11 attacks, we wanted to know what keeps them up at night today, and what they will be worried about in 15 years. This infographic provides the high-level results of our survey and we will be releasing a more detailed report later in the month of September – so stay tuned. #NationalSecurity2031
Booz Allen convened some of the smartest minds to explore making healthcare more accessible. This report shares the latest healthcare payment trends and what policy experts discovered when planning for different health reform scenarios.
An interactive workshop that guides you through the many relationships that exist in an agile team, with a business value emphasis. Team members gain empathy, discover expectations of others and the importance of these agile team relationships.
An immersive environment allows students to be completely “immersed” in a self-contained simulated or artificial environment while experiencing it as real. With immersive learning, you can show realistic visual and training environments to teach complex tasks and concepts.
Nuclear Promise: Reducing Cost While Improving PerformanceBooz Allen Hamilton
To remain competitive, nuclear operators must take aim at all addressable costs, ensuring maintenance is optimized, taking proactive steps to minimize unplanned outages and, where possible, reducing administrative and other overhead costs. There are multiple opportunities to reduce capital and operational spending, while improving safety and reliability.
General Motors and Lyft; Target and Walmart; Netflix and Amazon - we call these “frenemies”. A strange trend is emerging as unlikely partner companies join forces, and they’re transforming industries around the world. Understanding what's driving the frenemies trend, knowing what options best fit your needs, and making yourself an effective partner are all critical to success.
Threats to industrial control systems are on the rise. This briefing explores potential threats and vulnerabilities as well as what organizations can do to guard against them.
Booz Allen Hamilton and Market Connections: C4ISR Survey ReportBooz Allen Hamilton
Booz Allen Hamilton partnered with government market research firm Market Connections, Inc. to conduct the survey of military decision-makers. The research examined the main features of Integrated C4ISR through Enterprise Integration: engineering, operations and acquisition. Two-thirds of respondents (65 percent) agree agile incremental delivery of modular systems with integrated capabilities can enable rapid insertion of new technologies.
Modern C4ISR Integrates, Innovates and Secures Military NetworksBooz Allen Hamilton
A majority of the military believe Integrated C4ISR through Enterprise Integration would provide utility to their organization. Check out other key findings from our study in this infographic http://bit.ly/1OZOjG2
Agile and Open C4ISR Systems - Helping the Military Integrate, Innovate and S...Booz Allen Hamilton
Integrated C4ISR is a force multiplier that significantly improves situational awareness and decision making to give warfighters a decisive battlefield advantage. This advantage stems from Booz Allen Hamilton’s Enterprise Integration approach http://bit.ly/25nDBRg: bringing together three disciplines and their communities—engineering, operations, and acquisition.
Booz Allen Hamilton created the Field Guide to Data Science to help organizations and missions understand how to make use of data as a resource. The Second Edition of the Field Guide, updated with new features and content, delivers our latest insights in a fast-changing field. http://bit.ly/1O78U42
PHP Frameworks: I want to break free (IPC Berlin 2024)Ralf Eggert
In this presentation, we examine the challenges and limitations of relying too heavily on PHP frameworks in web development. We discuss the history of PHP and its frameworks to understand how this dependence has evolved. The focus will be on providing concrete tips and strategies to reduce reliance on these frameworks, based on real-world examples and practical considerations. The goal is to equip developers with the skills and knowledge to create more flexible and future-proof web applications. We'll explore the importance of maintaining autonomy in a rapidly changing tech landscape and how to make informed decisions in PHP development.
This talk is aimed at encouraging a more independent approach to using PHP frameworks, moving towards a more flexible and future-proof approach to PHP development.
Dev Dives: Train smarter, not harder – active learning and UiPath LLMs for do...UiPathCommunity
💥 Speed, accuracy, and scaling – discover the superpowers of GenAI in action with UiPath Document Understanding and Communications Mining™:
See how to accelerate model training and optimize model performance with active learning
Learn about the latest enhancements to out-of-the-box document processing – with little to no training required
Get an exclusive demo of the new family of UiPath LLMs – GenAI models specialized for processing different types of documents and messages
This is a hands-on session specifically designed for automation developers and AI enthusiasts seeking to enhance their knowledge in leveraging the latest intelligent document processing capabilities offered by UiPath.
Speakers:
👨🏫 Andras Palfi, Senior Product Manager, UiPath
👩🏫 Lenka Dulovicova, Product Program Manager, UiPath
Slack (or Teams) Automation for Bonterra Impact Management (fka Social Soluti...Jeffrey Haguewood
Sidekick Solutions uses Bonterra Impact Management (fka Social Solutions Apricot) and automation solutions to integrate data for business workflows.
We believe integration and automation are essential to user experience and the promise of efficient work through technology. Automation is the critical ingredient to realizing that full vision. We develop integration products and services for Bonterra Case Management software to support the deployment of automations for a variety of use cases.
This video focuses on the notifications, alerts, and approval requests using Slack for Bonterra Impact Management. The solutions covered in this webinar can also be deployed for Microsoft Teams.
Interested in deploying notification automations for Bonterra Impact Management? Contact us at sales@sidekicksolutionsllc.com to discuss next steps.
Key Trends Shaping the Future of Infrastructure.pdfCheryl Hung
Keynote at DIGIT West Expo, Glasgow on 29 May 2024.
Cheryl Hung, ochery.com
Sr Director, Infrastructure Ecosystem, Arm.
The key trends across hardware, cloud and open-source; exploring how these areas are likely to mature and develop over the short and long-term, and then considering how organisations can position themselves to adapt and thrive.
"Impact of front-end architecture on development cost", Viktor TurskyiFwdays
I have heard many times that architecture is not important for the front-end. Also, many times I have seen how developers implement features on the front-end just following the standard rules for a framework and think that this is enough to successfully launch the project, and then the project fails. How to prevent this and what approach to choose? I have launched dozens of complex projects and during the talk we will analyze which approaches have worked for me and which have not.
LF Energy Webinar: Electrical Grid Modelling and Simulation Through PowSyBl -...DanBrown980551
Do you want to learn how to model and simulate an electrical network from scratch in under an hour?
Then welcome to this PowSyBl workshop, hosted by Rte, the French Transmission System Operator (TSO)!
During the webinar, you will discover the PowSyBl ecosystem as well as handle and study an electrical network through an interactive Python notebook.
PowSyBl is an open source project hosted by LF Energy, which offers a comprehensive set of features for electrical grid modelling and simulation. Among other advanced features, PowSyBl provides:
- A fully editable and extendable library for grid component modelling;
- Visualization tools to display your network;
- Grid simulation tools, such as power flows, security analyses (with or without remedial actions) and sensitivity analyses;
The framework is mostly written in Java, with a Python binding so that Python developers can access PowSyBl functionalities as well.
What you will learn during the webinar:
- For beginners: discover PowSyBl's functionalities through a quick general presentation and the notebook, without needing any expert coding skills;
- For advanced developers: master the skills to efficiently apply PowSyBl functionalities to your real-world scenarios.
UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series, part 4DianaGray10
Welcome to UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series part 4. In this session, we will cover Test Manager overview along with SAP heatmap.
The UiPath Test Manager overview with SAP heatmap webinar offers a concise yet comprehensive exploration of the role of a Test Manager within SAP environments, coupled with the utilization of heatmaps for effective testing strategies.
Participants will gain insights into the responsibilities, challenges, and best practices associated with test management in SAP projects. Additionally, the webinar delves into the significance of heatmaps as a visual aid for identifying testing priorities, areas of risk, and resource allocation within SAP landscapes. Through this session, attendees can expect to enhance their understanding of test management principles while learning practical approaches to optimize testing processes in SAP environments using heatmap visualization techniques
What will you get from this session?
1. Insights into SAP testing best practices
2. Heatmap utilization for testing
3. Optimization of testing processes
4. Demo
Topics covered:
Execution from the test manager
Orchestrator execution result
Defect reporting
SAP heatmap example with demo
Speaker:
Deepak Rai, Automation Practice Lead, Boundaryless Group and UiPath MVP
Neuro-symbolic is not enough, we need neuro-*semantic*Frank van Harmelen
Neuro-symbolic (NeSy) AI is on the rise. However, simply machine learning on just any symbolic structure is not sufficient to really harvest the gains of NeSy. These will only be gained when the symbolic structures have an actual semantics. I give an operational definition of semantics as “predictable inference”.
All of this illustrated with link prediction over knowledge graphs, but the argument is general.
Essentials of Automations: Optimizing FME Workflows with ParametersSafe Software
Are you looking to streamline your workflows and boost your projects’ efficiency? Do you find yourself searching for ways to add flexibility and control over your FME workflows? If so, you’re in the right place.
Join us for an insightful dive into the world of FME parameters, a critical element in optimizing workflow efficiency. This webinar marks the beginning of our three-part “Essentials of Automation” series. This first webinar is designed to equip you with the knowledge and skills to utilize parameters effectively: enhancing the flexibility, maintainability, and user control of your FME projects.
Here’s what you’ll gain:
- Essentials of FME Parameters: Understand the pivotal role of parameters, including Reader/Writer, Transformer, User, and FME Flow categories. Discover how they are the key to unlocking automation and optimization within your workflows.
- Practical Applications in FME Form: Delve into key user parameter types including choice, connections, and file URLs. Allow users to control how a workflow runs, making your workflows more reusable. Learn to import values and deliver the best user experience for your workflows while enhancing accuracy.
- Optimization Strategies in FME Flow: Explore the creation and strategic deployment of parameters in FME Flow, including the use of deployment and geometry parameters, to maximize workflow efficiency.
- Pro Tips for Success: Gain insights on parameterizing connections and leveraging new features like Conditional Visibility for clarity and simplicity.
We’ll wrap up with a glimpse into future webinars, followed by a Q&A session to address your specific questions surrounding this topic.
Don’t miss this opportunity to elevate your FME expertise and drive your projects to new heights of efficiency.
DevOps and Testing slides at DASA ConnectKari Kakkonen
My and Rik Marselis slides at 30.5.2024 DASA Connect conference. We discuss about what is testing, then what is agile testing and finally what is Testing in DevOps. Finally we had lovely workshop with the participants trying to find out different ways to think about quality and testing in different parts of the DevOps infinity loop.
2. The Challenge Is Constant: Complex Operations Are Ripe for Cyber Attack
Sophisticated, complex technology drives today’s business success. However, as beneficial as technology in to supporting
increased productivity and broader operational capabilities, constant innovations and updates make information technology (IT)
systems and information increasingly vulnerable to internal and external attacks.
According to research, it is not uncommon for large organizations to be cyber attacked more than 1,000 times a day. Most often,
these attacks are covert, going undetected and unreported for an average of 9 months per event. These advanced persistent
threats are designed to probe, phish, dodge, and deceive. They seek any opportunity to exploit weaknesses and circumvent
barriers to steal or compromise closely held information, disrupt operations, and damage marketplace reputations and stock values.
Unfortunately, in many C-suites, company leaders (among them, a surprising number of CISOs, CROs, and others directly
responsible for enterprise information security) simply are unaware of the frequency, likelihood, and business impact of these
cyber attacks. In addition, leaders often believe their organizations are extremely well-prepared and protected by the latest
security hardware and software. In their view, hacking and other cyber attacks are unfortunate events that only happen to others
who are less well prepared.
In fact, what often seems to be reliable information security readiness is actually inadequate to meet the many threats across
a company’s extended ecosystem attack surface. For proof, look no further than the frequent media reports about respected
healthcare, financial services, energy, manufacturing, and other prominent companies that have had their operations compromised
and their reputations smeared, despite every effort. The painful truth is that many companies are unknowingly attacked every day
and most of those attacks are undocumented. If your company has not yet been cyber assaulted, it likely will be.
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delivers holistic information security solutions across your enterprise’s people, process, and technology.
CyberM3
Core Principles
3. The Solution: CyberM³—A Comprehensive Approach to Information Security
Across Your Business Ecosystem
To meet today’s business information-related security challenges and threats head-on, businesses must maintain elevated risk
awareness and risk preparedness, and have comprehensive, reliable risk responses in place. These include:
• A clear and risk-based vision of the spectrum of cyber challenges faced
• Strategy and controls for addressing all near- and long-term issues head-on
• The right knowledge and tools to implement new approaches and procedures
• Clear messaging through which to explain and deliver those approaches and procedures to stakeholders (internal and
across your extended supply chain ecosystem)
• The necessary business processes that everyone in the organization understands, accepts, and continues to support
CyberM³ is an all-encompassing, experience-driven, strategic solutions suite for pursuing and achieving enterprise business
information security preparedness. Booz Allen’s CyberM³ solutions:
• Thoroughly assess the extended business environment to detect and identify critical weaknesses, existing and potential
• Deploy the combined and complementary skill sets and expertise of Booz Allen cyber professionals who collaborate with
in-house cyber teams to create customized roadmaps for integrated remediation, and then help them layer on and maintain
sophisticated protections specifically customized to the information privacy, safety, and security needs of the business
The Result: The CyberM³ Solutions Suite—Delivering
Flexible Responses for Business Security Needs
CyberM³ delivers on the needs of your business, no matter the challenge. The full spectrum of solutions includes diagnostic
and risk assessments, strategy and roadmap setting, capability solution design, and operational implementation of
capabilities. Based on a company’s information security challenges and needs, Booz Allen provides CyberM³ solutions on
a “one, some, or all” basis, across the following layers:
• Diagnostics and Strategy: This is a launch stage activity, wherein Booz Allen partners with your information security
and business unit teams to:
o Gauge the maturity of the process, technology, and people capabilities of the information security program
o Examine and understand the totality of cyber risk faced by the extended enterprise
o Detail the actionable and prioritized steps for evolving the program to effectively treat risk
o If applicable, define the strategy for driving change throughout the business enterprise and unifying
security efforts under a common yet flexible approach
• Capability Design: In this scenario, Booz Allen’s seasoned cyber experts work with your team to design detailed
“blueprints” or architectures for achieving targets set forth for managing risk, rooting out existing malware incursions,
identifying the people skills and process changes needed to support business operations, and detailing appropriate
technology decisions.
Note that Booz Allen is technology agnostic; that is, we are not “locked in” by partnering agreements that require us to
recommend specific technology providers. We are free to evaluate and propose use of any technology resource, attribute,
or service that we feel is most appropriate to help ensure the security of your systems, information, and processes.
• Implementation: Operationalizing effective capability designs is truly where the “rubber meets the road.” Booz Allen’s
unparalleled diversity of experience and expertise with implementing cyber solutions in many of the world’s most
sensitive commercial and government environments allows us to quickly engineer controls to manage risk to the
business. It also enables us to provide such progressive services as hunting advanced persistent threats on internal
networks or providing pinpointed strategic and tactical cyber threat intelligence to proactively guide day-to-day, security
posturing on behalf of the business.
• Booz Allen Is Your Proactive, Information Security Partner: When engaged, Booz Allen rapidly deploys a skilled
team to work with you across the strategic analysis and entire implementation effort or only on more vertical facets of it,
as required. Either way, our information security experts are committed to working with every member of your internal IT
team and staff to ensure the smoothest possible delivery of all requirements.
4. CyberM3
Empowers Business by Measuring, Managing,
and Maturing Information Security in Your Operations
Truly effective information security requires more than just protecting critical information and
assets; it includes enabling businesses to take full advantage of the opportunity offered by the
cyber ecosystem.
Booz Allen’s many decades of global experience include documented successes in diagnosing
and devising responses to persistent cyber threats in large business and government enterprises.
Our role is to help our clients recognize and understand the broad spectrum of cyber threats and
vulnerabilities within the enterprise, ascertain the risk exposures at hand, and employ our diverse
strategy and technology consulting expertise to define, design, and implement an actionable path
for improvement.
First and foremost, Booz Allen is a knowledge and process-driven consulting company:
• We follow proven milestone steps to generate detailed and comprehensive diagnostics that find
and identify evidence of attacks and actual intrusions
• We develop meticulous, strategic guidance for addressing and remediating problems associated
with those attacks
• We help to facilitate the smooth integration of our client company’s business processes and
people with changes to cyber operations and controls to ensure comprehensive solutions to
security challenges
• We are committed to collaborative working relationships with our clients’ internal teams
To learn more about what we do, how we do it, and how well we do it in the information security
environment, including threat assessment; threat intelligence; combat of advanced persistent threats;
strategic assessment of cyber capabilities and requirements; the essential and evolving role of the
CISO; assessing the skills of internal security teams; and provision of analytically rich benchmarking,
please refer to the vertically-themed “challenge sheets” accompanying this brochure.
5. www.boozallen.com
Booz Allen Hamilton has been at the forefront of strategy and technology consulting for nearly a
century.Today,thefirmprovidesservicesprimarilytotheUSgovernmentindefense,intelligence,
and civil markets, and to major corporations, institutions, and not-for-profit organizations. Booz
Allen offers clients deep functional knowledge spanning strategy and organization, engineering
and operations, technology, and analytics—which it combines with specialized expertise in
clients’ mission and domain areas to help solve their toughest problems.
Booz Allen is headquartered in McLean, Virginia, employs approximately 25,000 people, and
had revenue of $5.86 billion for the 12 months ended March 31, 2012. To learn more, visit
www.boozallen.com. (NYSE: BAH)
02.079.13
6. www.boozallen.com
Booz Allen Hamilton has been at
the forefront of strategy and
technology consulting for nearly
a century. Today, the firm provides
services primarily to the US
government in defense, intelligence,
and civil markets, and to major
corporations, institutions, and
not-for-profit organizations.
Booz Allen offers clients deep
functional knowledge spanning
strategy and organization,
engineering and operations,
technology, and analytics—
which it combines with specialized
expertise in clients’ mission and
domain areas to help solve their
toughest problems.
Booz Allen is headquartered
in McLean, Virginia, employs
approximately 25,000 people,
and had revenue of $5.86 billion
for the 12 months ended March
31, 2012. To learn more, visit
www.boozallen.com. (NYSE: BAH)
About Booz Allen Hamilton
CyberM3 Close-up:
Threat Intelligence
Booz Allen Hamilton’s CyberM3
delivers proprietary, integrated solutions that address cyber-driven, business
challenges and opportunities. The CyberM3
Solutions Suite spans the full-spectrum of Booz Allen’s aggregated
cyber expertise, perspectives, and capabilities, enabling us to cost-effectively command the bridge between
strategic consulting and measurable, operational implementation and transformation. The bottom line?
CyberM3
enables your enterprise to Measure, Manage, and Mature your cybersecurity posture as you sort
out high-order, information security concerns for business operations.
The Business Challenge
Cyber attacks against companies around the world are evolving faster than corporate defenses,
resulting in an ever-increasing frequency of attacks and the probability of their success over time.
“Advanced Threats” increasingly target corporations and governments in order to conduct industrial
espionage, undermine business and financial operations, and/or sabotage infrastructure. The vast
majority of organizations wait until an attack occurs and then react to it, focusing on damage assessment
and remediation. Some companies, however, are building threat intelligence programs to help them
shift from a reactive security posture toward an anticipatory intelligence perspective. This enables
them to get ahead of the attack, assess the risk, and take appropriate defensive actions, before an
attack actually occurs.
The Response: Threat Intelligence
Booz Allen’s proprietary Threat Intelligence Services provide a maturity assessment of your enterprise’s
threat intelligence capability through the lens of people, process and technology. As part of these
services, we identify the current state of your network security, define your desired end-state, and
develop a roadmap which includes a balanced set of detailed recommendations for how to achieve
the desired maturity level. The diagnostic is a process-driven, collaborative effort between our team
and yours to ensure a meticulous audit of your program. Our CyberM3
Reference Model is the foundation
for our methodologies, technologies, and client needs, ensuring your program is being benchmarked
against the best of breed solutions.
The Result
Empowered by Booz Allen’s decades of documented, global success helping governments and businesses
detect, analyze, and surmount a broad spectrum of cybersecurity challenges, the Threat Intelligence
Services will identify program gaps and weaknesses, while providing actionable recommendations
to help your organization achieve its cybersecurity goals. When problems are found or anticipated,
Booz Allen is your partner in defense, providing complete solutions that consider risks to – and deliver
effective support for – the people, processes and technology that fuel your successful operations.
Booz Allen’s Threat Intelligence Services will help you see beyond the cybersecurity horizon to stay
ahead of advanced cyber threats. Whether you are managing today’s issues or looking beyond the
horizon, count on us to help you be ready for the cyber challenges you face.
For more information, contact
Tony Urbanovich
Principal
Urbanovich_Tony@bah.com
813-281-4911
7. www.boozallen.com
Booz Allen Hamilton has been at
the forefront of strategy and
technology consulting for nearly
a century. Today, the firm provides
services primarily to the US
government in defense, intelligence,
and civil markets, and to major
corporations, institutions, and
not-for-profit organizations.
Booz Allen offers clients deep
functional knowledge spanning
strategy and organization,
engineering and operations,
technology, and analytics—
which it combines with specialized
expertise in clients’ mission and
domain areas to help solve their
toughest problems.
Booz Allen is headquartered
in McLean, Virginia, employs
approximately 25,000 people,
and had revenue of $5.86 billion
for the 12 months ended March
31, 2012. To learn more, visit
www.boozallen.com. (NYSE: BAH)
About Booz Allen Hamilton
CyberM3 Close-up:
Cyber Skills Assessments
& Organizational Analysis
Booz Allen Hamilton’s CyberM3
delivers proprietary, integrated solutions that address cyber-driven, business
challenges and opportunities. The CyberM3
Solutions Suite spans the full-spectrum of Booz Allen’s aggregated
cyber expertise, perspectives, and capabilities, enabling us to cost-effectively command the bridge between
strategic consulting and measurable, operational implementation and transformation. The bottom line?
CyberM3
enables your enterprise to Measure, Manage, and Mature your cybersecurity posture as you sort
out high-order, information security concerns for business operations.
The Business Challenge
Large companies are powered by complex, rapidly evolving technology. Granting its sophistication
and pivotal role in driving business success, information technology is still relatively young. As a
result, C-Suite and other business decision makers and influencers often mistakenly view cybersecurity
as a technology-only challenge. Not so. Addressing the broad, cyber threat environment requires
much more than being protected by even the newest hardware and software.
Along with deploying leading-edge, technology solutions, it behooves every company to maintain,
evaluate, and enhance the cyber skill-sets of its security team, including CIROs and CISOs and all
other personnel charged with information security. Booz Allen Hamilton knows that, as companies
grow, persons elevated to senior security positions – including CISOs and CIROs – may come from
technology-, operations- or finance-oriented backgrounds that often do not promote enterprise wide
perspectives on holistic information security or the complete skills to implement and manage
it successfully.
Senior security personnel who fail to acquire, maintain, and continually update broad, security
management skills risk leaving their companies’ networks vulnerable to cyber threats from inside
and out, regardless of the sophisticated technology purchases they may make to thwart them.
The Solution: CyberM3
’s Skills Assessments & Organizational Analyses
Booz Allen’s CyberM3
offering includes managerial assessment and organizational analysis assets
that help companies accurately and completely measure and understand how well prepared their
people and their company are to protect closely-held information. Booz Allen employs these tools
to comprehensively audit the full range of a company’s human capabilities and training for ensuring
optimal information security and to zero in on what the company still needs to deliver on the C-Suite’s
vision for seamless, enterprise-wide security.
For more information, contact
Sudhir Anantharaman
Senior Associate
Anantharaman_Sudhir@bah.com
703-377-1782
8. These tools include:
• CISO Skills Assessment. Through self-reported levels of education, certifications, and answers
to a series of scenario-based and other questions that measure soft skills (management,
communication, engagement, etc.) and technological know-how, the Booz Allen Skills Assessment
creates a detailed snapshot of the CISO’s (or CIRO’s) knowledge, vision, and abilities. Having
discovered and evaluated knowledge, skills, strengths, and weaknesses, CyberM3
enables
Booz Allen to map a program of continuing education, ensuring that the CISO/CIRO or other key
individual is positioned to more knowledgeably support and promote secure business operations.
• Organizational Analysis. Our approach yields a thorough view of what our client still must do to
deliver on the C-Suite’s expectations for company-wide information security. For example, as a
company grows and expands, some functions that once were handled by internal personnel may
be outsourced or automated. Booz Allen (1) analyzes those that are strategic and mission-centric
to ensure their systems are secure and, if not, how to make them so, and (2) provides the
documentation required to demonstrate the necessity of expenditures that will assure cybersecurity.
The Result
The CyberM3
Skills Assessments & Organizational Analysis delivers accurate and comprehensive
evaluations of individual and organizational readiness to meet the constantly shifting challenges
of information security. When remediation of any type is required, Booz Allen provides the detailed
roadmap and documented rationales for pursuing those solutions on an immediate basis. This helps
enterprises to efficiently, effectively, and successfully confront and manage security challenges
across the entire system, thereby minimizing threats and measurably reducing the attack surface.
9. www.boozallen.com
Booz Allen Hamilton has been at
the forefront of strategy and
technology consulting for nearly
a century. Today, the firm provides
services primarily to the US
government in defense, intelligence,
and civil markets, and to major
corporations, institutions, and
not-for-profit organizations.
Booz Allen offers clients deep
functional knowledge spanning
strategy and organization,
engineering and operations,
technology, and analytics—
which it combines with specialized
expertise in clients’ mission and
domain areas to help solve their
toughest problems.
Booz Allen is headquartered
in McLean, Virginia, employs
approximately 25,000 people,
and had revenue of $5.86 billion
for the 12 months ended March
31, 2012. To learn more, visit
www.boozallen.com. (NYSE: BAH)
About Booz Allen Hamilton
CyberM3 Close-up:
Strategic Opportunity Assessment
Booz Allen Hamilton’s CyberM3
delivers proprietary, integrated solutions that address cyber-driven, business
challenges and opportunities. The CyberM3
Solutions Suite spans the full-spectrum of Booz Allen’s aggregated
cyber expertise, perspectives, and capabilities, enabling us to cost-effectively command the bridge between
strategic consulting and measurable, operational implementation and transformation. The bottom line?
CyberM3
enables your enterprise to Measure, Manage, and Mature your cybersecurity posture as you sort
out high-order, information security concerns for business operations.
The Business Challenge
Big business is driven by complex, rapidly evolving technology. On a parallel path, an ever-changing,
cyber threat environment is driven by myriad, internal and external actors bent on mayhem – disrupting
operations, stealing closely held information, and damaging corporate reputations and stock prices.
Therefore, it is strategically essential for business leaders to be able to comprehensively diagnose
and assess just how strong and reliable even the latest system security updates are against these
“barbarians at the gates.” It also is critical to know where and how to shore up any weak defenses
across the enterprise.
The Solution: CyberM3
’s Strategic Opportunity Assessment
Information security threats are as diverse as those perpetrating them. With Booz Allen Hamilton’s
CyberM3
locating, identifying, and successfully addressing them is a process-driven, collaborative
effort between our team and yours to ensure a meticulous audit of your system. Booz Allen’s Strategic
Opportunity Assessment process:
• Starts by deploying Booz Allen’s cyber experts, working with you on an in-depth survey of the
business functions most central to your operations and the systems in place to protect them.
• Comprehensively evaluates the maturity of your information security program across the company’s
people, processes, and technology.
• Employs CyberM3
’s risk analysis capabilities to identify and prioritize the risk-justified roadmap
to evolve the program and address key, high opportunity threat areas, while also providing you
with all supporting details and required, forward actions (solution, design, and implementation).
The Result
The CyberM3
Strategic Opportunity Assessment delivers a state-of-the-art, information security
diagnostic that pinpoints problems in your enterprise and details an optimized roadmap, helping
your company address near- and long-term risk management challenges across all operations,
thereby minimizing threats and reducing your attack surface.
For more information, contact
Sudhir Anantharaman
Senior Associate
Anantharaman_Sudhir@bah.com
703-377-1782
Matthew Doan
Lead Associate
Doan_Matthew@bah.com
703-377-8950
10. www.boozallen.com
Booz Allen Hamilton has been at
the forefront of strategy and
technology consulting for nearly
a century. Today, the firm provides
services primarily to the US
government in defense, intelligence,
and civil markets, and to major
corporations, institutions, and
not-for-profit organizations.
Booz Allen offers clients deep
functional knowledge spanning
strategy and organization,
engineering and operations,
technology, and analytics—
which it combines with specialized
expertise in clients’ mission and
domain areas to help solve their
toughest problems.
Booz Allen is headquartered
in McLean, Virginia, employs
approximately 25,000 people,
and had revenue of $5.86 billion
for the 12 months ended March
31, 2012. To learn more, visit
www.boozallen.com. (NYSE: BAH)
About Booz Allen Hamilton
CyberM3 Close-up:
The Rise of the CISO
Booz Allen Hamilton’s CyberM3
delivers proprietary, integrated solutions that address cyber-driven, business
challenges and opportunities. The CyberM3
Solutions Suite spans the full-spectrum of Booz Allen’s aggregated
cyber expertise, perspectives, and capabilities, enabling us to cost-effectively command the bridge between
strategic consulting and measurable, operational implementation and transformation. The bottom line?
CyberM3
enables your enterprise to Measure, Manage, and Mature your cybersecurity posture as you sort
out high-order, information security concerns for business operations.
The Business Challenge
As large financial institutions and other complex enterprises increasingly rely on cloud-based transactions
in the cyber age, new insights and comprehensive security strategies are required to sustain a
growth environment. One result is that these exigencies are transforming the C-Suite’s composition
and focus, as the CISO evolves as a core player in business growth enablement. Today, the CISO’s
influential, proactive role drives an enterprise-wide focus on the need for up-to-date security programs
and how such programs are deployed and sustained across all operations.
Now having the C-Suite’s full attention, the CISO’s constant challenge is understanding and articulating
the broad spectrum of the company’s threat environment and attack surface and finding the best
solution resources, enabling the business to (1) efficiently and effectively identify and negate present
threats, (2) accurately forecast and plan to thwart future threats, and (3) justify the required spending.
The CISO’s Solution: Booz Allen Hamilton’s CyberM3
Think of the CISO and his or her support team as the “spear point” for successfully managing the
company’s risk exposure and combating the operational damage and costs from present and future
attacks. And the spear itself? Booz Allen’s proprietary CyberM3
framework, delivering the fact-based
assessments and measurements of organizational maturity and benchmarking that empower CISOs
to holistically identify, confront, and address critical cyber challenges.
The Result
With broad consideration for an enterprise’s people, processes and technology, CyberM3
’s sophisticated
benchmarking, analysis, and strategy development capabilities are the CISO’s precision tools for securing
sophisticated cyber ecosystems and justifying constant, complete cyber vigilance across all operations.
For more information, contact
Todd Inskeep
Senior Associate
Inskeep_Todd@bah.com
843-529-4800
11. www.boozallen.com
Booz Allen Hamilton has been at
the forefront of strategy and
technology consulting for nearly
a century. Today, the firm provides
services primarily to the US
government in defense, intelligence,
and civil markets, and to major
corporations, institutions, and
not-for-profit organizations.
Booz Allen offers clients deep
functional knowledge spanning
strategy and organization,
engineering and operations,
technology, and analytics—
which it combines with specialized
expertise in clients’ mission and
domain areas to help solve their
toughest problems.
Booz Allen is headquartered
in McLean, Virginia, employs
approximately 25,000 people,
and had revenue of $5.86 billion
for the 12 months ended March
31, 2012. To learn more, visit
www.boozallen.com. (NYSE: BAH)
About Booz Allen Hamilton
CyberM3 Close-up:
Financial Industry, Shared
Practices Benchmarking
Booz Allen Hamilton’s CyberM3
delivers proprietary, integrated solutions that address cyber-driven, business
challenges and opportunities. The CyberM3
Solutions Suite spans the full-spectrum of Booz Allen’s aggregated
cyber expertise, perspectives, and capabilities, enabling us to cost-effectively command the bridge between
strategic consulting and measurable, operational implementation and transformation. The bottom line?
CyberM3
enables your enterprise to Measure, Manage, and Mature your cybersecurity posture as you sort
out high-order, information security concerns for business operations.
The Business Challenge
The backbone of America’s financial services industry is the sophisticated, multifaceted technology
that powers 24/7/365 operations. That technology rapidly changes and morphs to keep pace with the
industry’s demands. Unfortunately, so do the skills and capabilities of countless, internal and external
actors aiming to upend financial institutions’ operations, compromise closely held information, and
beat up on corporate stock values and reputations.
Financial institutions must remain keenly alert to the ever-changing dynamics of the cyber threat
environment, and should be armed with current benchmarked information on industry cybersecurity
best practices. Previously that information was not available, as competitive peers preferred to privatize
information regarding what they know and successfully do. The problem? If regularly updated information
is not shared for the benefit of all, the entire industry’s fiscal integrity and reputation can suffer,
as constant cyber attacks continue striking at peers’ operations and the industry’s overall reputation
for maintaining and protecting personal information.
The Solution: Booz Allen Hamilton’s CyberM3
Shared Practices,
Benchmarking Study
Booz Allen approached America’s leading financial institutions with a proposal to develop a
non-attributional, financial services benchmarking study, recognizing the critical contribution
updated benchmarking would make to overall industry information security effectiveness and
understanding that effective cybersecurity investment must be focused and optimal. A globally
recognized leader in financial services cybersecurity, Booz Allen’s goal was to gather a critical
mass of cybersecurity practices data.
Through the study, Booz Allen intended to derive broad perspectives and discover insights into
state-of-the-industry strategies and tactics. With such information, financial institutions would
have dramatically better measures of their own practices against their peers, insights into how
well those practices work across the industry and expose to other practices that could significantly
improve their abilities to withstand cyber assaults and enable smarter, more efficient and effective
security decision making.
For more information, contact
Tony Orefice
Principal
Orefice_Anthony@bah.com
917-305-8031
Sudhir Anantharaman
Senior Associate
Anantharaman_Sudhir@bah.com
703-377-1782
12. Six of the nation’s top 10 financial institutions agreed to participate on a non-attributional basis in the
study. Booz Allen agreed to undertake and deliver the study at no charge, as a service to the industry.
The Result
The study proved so substantive and helpful that one financial institution’s senior representative
called it, “the most productive study of its kind the industry had every conducted.” Benefits derived
from the study include:
• Peer comparisons of best practices across all control families and peer sets
• Peer maturity assessments
• Assessments of the value and impact on expenditures for cybersecurity, tracking the maturity
of security capabilities against annual expenditures
• Detailed information on best practices the participating financial institution employs to protect
information, what it spends to do so, and the net results
• Identification of critical trends, cybersecurity tools typically utilized, organizational structures
that support information security across the organization, and the costs related to doing so
This first study was so well received by participants that Booz Allen will now produce a quarterly control
set. Perhaps best of all, peers who previously refrained from sharing details of their most intimate
cybersecurity strategies, tactics, and spending now see the tremendous benefits of doing so on a
non-attributional basis through a trusted, expert, dispassionate third party provider: Booz Allen.
13. www.boozallen.com
Booz Allen Hamilton has been at
the forefront of strategy and
technology consulting for nearly
a century. Today, the firm provides
services primarily to the US
government in defense, intelligence,
and civil markets, and to major
corporations, institutions, and
not-for-profit organizations.
Booz Allen offers clients deep
functional knowledge spanning
strategy and organization,
engineering and operations,
technology, and analytics—
which it combines with specialized
expertise in clients’ mission and
domain areas to help solve their
toughest problems.
Booz Allen is headquartered
in McLean, Virginia, employs
approximately 25,000 people,
and had revenue of $5.86 billion
for the 12 months ended March
31, 2012. To learn more, visit
www.boozallen.com. (NYSE: BAH)
About Booz Allen Hamilton
CyberM3 Close-up:
Advanced Persistent Threats (APT)
and Automated First Responder
Booz Allen Hamilton’s CyberM3
delivers proprietary, integrated solutions that address cyber-driven, business
challenges and opportunities. The CyberM3
Solutions Suite spans the full-spectrum of Booz Allen’s aggregated
cyber expertise, perspectives, and capabilities, enabling us to cost-effectively command the bridge between
strategic consulting and measurable, operational implementation and transformation. The bottom line?
CyberM3
enables your enterprise to Measure, Manage, and Mature your cybersecurity posture as you sort
out high-order, information security concerns for business operations.
The Business Challenge
Modern enterprise leans heavily on complex, rapidly evolving technology. On a parallel track, criminal
intent and espionage drive Advanced Persistent Threats (APT), causing untold damage to supply
chains, essential business operations, closely held information, financials, and corporate reputations.
It is critical that businesses across all industries meticulously and constantly evaluate their respective
security cultures, assess potential threat environments, and take corrective actions to combat malware
and secure their networks.
The Solution: Automated First Responder
Automated First Responder (AFR) is Booz Allen’s proprietary, integrated suite of tools, delivering the
most thorough data collection and abilities to detect and characterize advanced malware and empower
a comprehensive understanding of relevant threat environments. A critical component of Booz Allen’s
broader, dynamic approach to intelligence-driven security, AFR is a process-driven solution that helps
our clients locate, analyze, and proactively combat myriad cyber threats across the enterprise. AFR
is fuelled by Booz Allen’s unique, aggregate expertise in cybersecurity to find, analyze, and solve
problems other solutions simply can’t discover.
Threats to information security come in many guises, from head-on to assaults to those so subtle
they can invade a network unnoticed and then move laterally into other areas to broaden their access.
Unexpected and undetected, they do extensive damage for years, before being noticed.
To combat malware invasions with AFR, Booz Allen:
• Runs a series of comprehensive “data grabs” in a network. Proprietary analytics enable Booz Allen’s
expert security analysts to spot any anomalies (e.g., unfamiliar services, services running in the
temp directory, looking for svchost.exe running in any other but system 32 directory or for any
hijacked services)
• Captures snapshots in time of activities on Windows machines
• Utilizes statistical analyses to identify malware
For more information, contact
Rick Stotts
Principal
Stotts_Richard@bah.com
210-244-4265
Eric White
Principal
White_Eric@bah.com
703-984-0779
Jeff Lunglhofer
Principal
Lunglhofer_Jeff@bah.com
703-984-1863
14. • Empowers informed decisions to investigate further, and launch remediation to clean the code or
to initiate counter-measures
• Enables Booz Allen’s cyber experts to see “beyond the horizon,” where potential system weaknesses
require strategic, forward planning to ensure complete security
The Result
Deploying and effectively utilizing AFR allows Booz Allen to look across the entire enterprise at policies,
people, and processes to understand a business’s unique threat surfaces; points of weakness;
perspectives on risk tolerance and externally provided risk mitigation, and near- and long-term solutions
to thwarting attacks, keeping information safe, and protecting the overall integrity of business activities.