Prepare, Detect, Respond: Reduce Your Risk of Cyber Attack with Attack Surface Intelligence

With the rise in cybersecurity attacks targeting individuals and corporations alike, it's become increasingly important not only to ensure preparedness for cybersecurity attacks but to set up processes for early detection and response as well. The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, commonly known as the C-I-S-A, is an agency of the United States government that actively watches for cybersecurity threats and provides ways to secure various organizations (including other governmental agencies), families, and individuals. The C-I-S-A Shields Up program is a cybersecurity effort aimed at combating state-sponsored and other retaliatory cybersecurity attacks launched against organizations and individuals based in the United States. Shields Up outlines clear cybersecurity procedures for dealing with the most targeted methods of cybersecurity attacks, usually directed at organizations, families, and individuals including, notably, corporate leaders. Protection for families and individuals It's becoming more and more commonplace for everyone in a household to have their own set of personal devices. These include mobile phones, tablets, laptops, and desktops. Devices like mobile phones and tablets offer themselves as easy targets for cybersecurity attacks. Their in-app advertisements and other web-based campaigns can lead to malware being downloaded onto a device, making it imperative to follow certain cybersecurity practices to ensure that you and your family members remain safe. With basic mobile phones and tablets being sold with over 64G-128GB of on-device storage, one can imagine the amount of identifiable, personal, and easily usable information that each device can hold. The C-I-S-A's Shields Up program outlines a list of steps for individuals and families to follow in the interest of preparing themselves for and staying secure from cybersecurity-related threats. Protection for corporate leaders When it comes to cyberattacks, phishing attacks, and ransomware, corporate leaders like company directors, financial heads and CEOs are among the most targeted members of organizations. CEOs and other company leaders are commonly attacked as their systems and email accounts generally hold more useful information than others in a company. Following the guidelines laid out by the C-I-S-A's Shields Up program helps corporate leaders and CEOs stay safe and secure in the face of cybersecurity-related threats. Protection for organizations While protection for organizations is usually handled by cybersecurity experts, the most common sources of cybersecurity attacks on organizations originate from basic points of entry, such as VPN entry points, remote desktops, and other areas typically left unsecured. Fortunately, Shields Up outlines a list of steps that organizations can follow to stay secure against cybersecurity-related threats. How can Attack Surface Intelligence help your organization? Preparation The SecurityTrails Attack Surface Intelligence, A-S-I platform helps transform your security process from being reactive to proactive, and therefore preventive. This allows your organization to be better prepared for any possible cyberattacks and to stay ahead of cybercriminals. With automation being the key strength in heading off attacks, A-S-I ensures that persistent monitoring, CVE detection, and parsing of your organization's virtual assets is no longer a long and tedious process. A-S-I platform features and subjects include: Automatic detection and listing of IP addresses belonging to your organization. ASN, networks on which your organization's assets are hosted. Full domain and subdomain mapping. Detection of dev and staging subdomains. Open ports within your organization, for critical services such as databases. Self-signed SSL certificates issued within your organization. Web server vendors and versions used within your organization. Risk detection, and much more! Consider the very first step of any cybersecurity proc...