The document discusses the increasing vulnerability of organizations to cyber threats, particularly highlighting the risks faced by smaller companies which are often easier targets for attacks. It emphasizes the need for a comprehensive security strategy that goes beyond point-in-time solutions to continuous defense mechanisms involving advanced malware protection and network behavior analysis. The findings suggest that better information and awareness can lead to improved decision-making in cybersecurity.

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Ghassan Dreibi
Manager, Business Development
Nov, 2015
CyberSecurity for the Real World
Network as a Sensor

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Donald Rumsfeld
Former US Defense Secretary

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Organizations are more confident
but increasingly vulnerable

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Medical
Devices
State-
sponsored
hacking
CryptoWall
Advanced
Malwares
Phishing
Attacks
EMV Chip
Cards
Automotive
hacking
Mobile
Devices
Industry
Infrastructure
Cloud
Computing

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41%
Beware
Of Directed Cyber
Attacks Were Focused
On Organizations with
fewer than 500
Employees.
Smaller companies are a
vector into the networks of
larger companies

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65% Of Net New Jobs in the
Country Since 1995.
50% Of the U.S. Private
Sector Workforce is
Employed By Small
Business.
Creating Nearly
Protect
Larger companies are
equipped to absorb the cost
of a large security breach.
Smaller companies face
complete devastation upon
suffering a single large
security breach.

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100%
of top 500 companies with
malicious connection
detected
60%
“collected”
in hours
54%
of new
Threats Discovered
after months

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New surface for threats

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Advanced Persistent Threats

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Gain access to the Network

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Social Medias | PEN Drives | Social Engineering

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Suspected VPN connections

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Time to reach the target….

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Time to be detected….

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Security Strategy

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Point in
Time
Solution
Fragmented
Complex
Requires additional
management
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Scope
Contain
Remediate
Continuous
Solution
Discover
Enforce
Harden
Detect
Block
Defend
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Advanced Malware Protection
Network Behavior Analysis
NGFW
UTM
NAC + Identity Services
VPN
Firewall
NGIPS
Web Security
Email Security
Continuous
Solution
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Coverage | Automation
More Sensors
More Sensors | Global
Intelligence
Continuous
Solution
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Network
Servers
Operating
Systems
Routers
and
Switches
Mobile
Devices
Printers
VoIP
Phones
Virtual
Machines
Client
Applications
Files
Users
Web
Applications
Application
Protocols
Services
Malware
Command
and Control
Servers
Vulnerabilities
NetFlow
Network
Behavior
Processes

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Reducing the scope of attack

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Understand the scope of attack

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Better information…Better decision

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Network
as Sensor
Network as
Enforcer

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Performance | Capacity | SLA

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