With tensions reaching a level not seen in decades, the recent
Military and economic sanctions imposed on Iran have, once again,
given rise to an increase in nation-state sponsored malicious cyber
activity. On January 6th, 2020, Homeland Security accordingly warned
U.S businesses to “consider and assess” the threats and possible
impacts that a cyberattack would have upon their organization. The
likelihood of Iranian cyber adversaries strategically aligning in
motive with international APTs and actors is elevated, further
increasing the urgency for organizations to adopt methods of assessing
their preparedness of cyber threats. Find out how intelligence driven
efforts of assessing internal risk and threat preparedness can
minimize opportunities of compromise for the would-be attacker.James
McCarter is a former INTELLIGENCE MARINE AND IS THE CEO OF BOISE
COMPANY, Shadowscape [https://www.shadowscape.io], an Intelligence
driven cybersecurity training and analytics company. Combining
pertinent threats to asset vulnerabilities, their mission is to study
the cyber adversary in order to provide customers with predictive,
threat-informed security recommendations and alerting. Their processes
help clients determine the most relevant and cost-effective defense
measures for their unique security requirements.
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