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Best practices for network security governance in AWS and hybrid network environments Webinars Overcoming the Hybrid Cloud Policy Management Challenge: A Panel Discussion Visibility May 27, 2020 Omer Ganot Product Manager Yonatan Klein irector of Product Management Relevant resources State of cloud security: Concerns, challenges, and incidents Read Document Demystifying Network Security in Hybrid Cloud Environments Keep Reading A Pragmatic Approach to Network Security Across Your Hybrid Cloud Environment Keep Reading Choose a better way to manage your network Choose a better way to manage your network Work email* First name* Last name* Company* country* Select country... Short answer* By submitting this form, I accept AlgoSec's privacy policy Continue

AlgoSec’s latest product release provides application-based identification and risk analysis in multi-cloud environments and on-premises. Gain more insights into multi cloud application connectivity with AlgoSec A32.50 AlgoSec’s latest product release provides application-based identification and risk analysis in multi-cloud environments and on-premises. January 10, 2023 Speak to one of our experts RIDGEFIELD PARK, N.J., January 10, 2023 – AlgoSec, a global cybersecurity leader in securing application connectivity, announced today the release of its latest product version A32.50. AlgoSec A32.50 provides a powerful solution for organizations to secure application connectivity in their hybrid and multi-cloud estate. With A32.50, organizations obtain granular visibility and discovery of applications, enabling identification and risk analysis in multi-cloud environments and on-premises. The key benefits that AlgoSec A32.50 delivers to IT, network, and security experts include: Application awareness for Cisco Firepower and Palo Alto’s Panorama as part of the change management cycle Enables SecOps teams to update firewall application information as part of the firewall rules in the workflow automation Extended SASE/SSE management Provides Zscaler users management capabilities focused on risk, regulatory compliance, and policy optimization. As an early availability, A32.50 supports Prisma Access visibility of mobile users. Ensure ongoing regulatory compliance with new and updated out of the box reports Generate full audit report for the ECB security of internet payments and maintain ongoing compliance with the regulatory requirements. Additionally, utilize updated PCI and SWIFT requirement reports. Integrate cloud security into your IaC initiative while streamlining processes Embed cloud security checks into the DevSecOps native tools, allowing them to proactively identify and mitigate risk as part of their ongoing process. About AlgoSec AlgoSec, a global cybersecurity leader, empowers organizations to secure application connectivity by automating connectivity flows and security policy, anywhere. The AlgoSec platform enables the world’s most complex organizations to gain visibility, reduce risk, and process changes at zero-touch across the hybrid network. AlgoSec’s patented application-centric view of the hybrid network enables business owners, application owners, and information security professionals to talk the same language, so organizations can deliver business applications faster while achieving a heightened security posture. Over 1,800 of the world’s leading organizations trust AlgoSec to help secure their most critical workloads across public cloud, private cloud, containers, and on-premises networks while taking advantage of almost two decades of leadership in Network Security Policy Management. See what securely accelerating your digital transformation, move-to-cloud, infrastructure modernization, or micro-segmentation initiatives looks like at www.algosec.com

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Learn best practices to secure your cloud environment and deliver applications securely Webinars State of Ransomware: Caught between perception and reality Ransomware continues to be a major problem—and the problem is only getting worse. An exclusive ExtraHop 2022 survey conducted with over 500 security and IT decision makers provided some sobering responses: 85% of those surveyed reported suffering at least one ransomware attack while an alarming 74% have experienced multiple attacks. Yet most IT decision makers (77%) are confident in their ability to prevent or mitigate all cybersecurity threats, including ransomware. In this webinar, we take an in-depth look into the implications of this alarming trend and provide a turnkey strategy that organizations can implement today to safeguard their most critical data stored in their business applications and increase their level of ransomware preparedness. Join us for: * In-depth analysis of infamous ransomware attacks * Ways to identify and remediate vulnerabilities at the application level * A practical application centric approach that can support your pre-existing security measures * Mitigation measures to consider at the onset of your next ransomware attack * Ransomware future trends predictions January 24, 2023 Eric Jeffery Regional Sales Engineer Relevant resources Reducing risk of ransomware attacks - back to basics Keep Reading Fighting Ransomware - CTO Roundtable Insights Keep Reading Ransomware Attack: Best practices to help organizations proactively prevent, contain and Keep Reading Choose a better way to manage your network Choose a better way to manage your network Work email* First name* Last name* Company* country* Select country... Short answer* By submitting this form, I accept AlgoSec's privacy policy Continue

The joint offering helps enterprises tighten their security posture, effectively mitigate Ransomware and other Cyberattacks and ensure long-term sustainability Deloitte and AlgoSec Partner to Establish a Joint Network Protection Transformation Solution for Enterprises The joint offering helps enterprises tighten their security posture, effectively mitigate Ransomware and other Cyberattacks and ensure long-term sustainability November 9, 2020 Speak to one of our experts RIDGEFIELD PARK, N.J., November 9, 2020 – The EMEA Telecom Engineering Centre of Excellence (TEE) of Deloitte (located in Portugal) and AlgoSec , the leading provider of business-driven network security management solutions, have entered into an alliance to establish a network protection transformation offer to safeguard clients against complex threats and attacks. The combined team will deliver, operate, and maintain a network protection offer with joint functions managed between Deloitte and AlgoSec. Deloitte TEE will focus on delivering business process transformation capabilities, business and technical advisory and project management to ensure reliability and sustainability on the proposed capabilities, while AlgoSec will provide technical support to customize, deploy and operate the tool to accelerate and automate the network security management, and ensure the offer is aligned with the business’ requirements. The Deloitte and AlgoSec joint offering provides a business-centric approach to network security management across the entire hybrid and multi-vendor environment. The solution offers comprehensive visibility across the network security environment and business applications, agile and secure policy change management via zero touch automation, and continuous compliance assurance. The offering also includes a Network Security Hardening Service, which begins to understand the Client’s network level of exposure, current vulnerabilities and the potential impact of network threats, before performing a transformation strategy to strengthen current capabilities and remediate network risks and vulnerabilities, followed by a Network Security Managed Service to monitor and guarantee long-term sustainability. Deloitte TEE will also become a reselling partner to support AlgoSec in the global market, using a structured offer model with advantages for the partnership and the client. Jade Kahn, AlgoSec CMO said: “Network protection should be a priority for companies to mitigate the damage caused by an increasing number of complex cyber threats. With an appropriate strategy in place, they can identify and contain threats before they are able to move freely across the network. We look forward to working alongside Deloitte and delivering value to its clients.” Pedro Tavares, Partner of Deloitte Portugal and responsible for the EMEA Telecom Engineering Centre of Excellence (TEE): “TEE focus is on delivering high value telecoms engineering consultancy services towards our customers, and under the ongoing digitalization wave and in the advent of 5G, setting up a Network Protection offer to ensure that this improvement in the connectivity, communication and user experience do not bring substantial business risks is a key stepping stone towards this strategy. We expect with this combined offer to support our clients in improving their network security, mitigating their network risks and enhancing their key Capabilities to ensure a sustainable transformation of their business”. About AlgoSec The leading provider of business-driven network security management solutions, AlgoSec helps the world’s largest organizations align security with their mission-critical business processes. With AlgoSec, users can discover, map and migrate business application connectivity, proactively analyze risk from the business perspective, tie cyber-attacks to business processes and intelligently automate network security changes with zero touch – across their cloud, SDN and on-premise networks. Over 1,800 enterprises, including 20 of the Fortune 50, have utilized AlgoSec’s solutions to make their organizations more agile, more secure and more compliant – all the time. Since 2005, AlgoSec has shown its commitment to customer satisfaction with the industry’s only money-back guarantee . All product and company names herein may be trademarks of their registered owners. Media Contacts:Tsippi Dach [email protected] Craig Coward Context Public [email protected] +44 (0)1625 511 966 Olga Neves Media Relations & External CommunicationsDeloitte PortugalTlm: (+351) 918 985 [email protected] About Deloitte Deloitte, us, we and our refer to one or more of Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Limited (“DTTL”), its global network of member firms, and their related entities (collectively, the “Deloitte organization”). DTTL (also referred to as “Deloitte Global”) and each of its member firms and related entities are legally separate and independent entities, which cannot obligate or bind each other in respect of third parties. DTTL and each DTTL member firm and related entity is liable only for its own acts and omissions, and not those of each other. DTTL does not provide services to clients. Please see www.deloitte.com/about to learn more.Deloitte is a leading global provider of audit and assurance, consulting, financial advisory, risk advisory, tax and related services. Our global network of member firms and related entities in more than 150 countries and territories (collectively, the “Deloitte organization”) serves four out of five Fortune Global 500® companies. Learn how Deloitte’s more than 330,000 people make an impact that matters at www.deloitte.com . About EMEA Telecom Engineering Centre of Excellence (TEE) The EMEA Telecom Engineering Centre of Excellence (TEE) is an operational area specialized in telecom engineering services, managed by Deloitte Portugal, that offers engineering services for mobile, fixed and convergent telecom networks, service platforms and operating support systems (“OSS”) for the Europe, Middle East, Africa region (“EMEA”).

Financial Institutions: Best Practices for Security & Compliance In the Era of Digital Transformation Download PDF Schedule time with one of our experts Schedule time with one of our experts Work email* First name* Last name* Company* country* Select country... Short answer* By submitting this form, I accept AlgoSec's privacy policy Continue

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Learn how Google Cloud and AlgoSec solutions help companies improve visibility and reduce risk in large complex hybrid networking environments Webinars Hybrid Cloud Security with Google and AlgoSec Learn how Google Cloud and AlgoSec solutions help companies improve visibility and reduce risk in large complex hybrid networking environments Learn how Google Cloud and AlgoSec solutions help companies improve visibility and reduce risk in large complex hybrid networking environments November 15, 2023 Faye Feng Product Manager at Google Ava Chawla Global Head of Cloud Security Relevant resources Why misconfigurations continue to plague public cloud network services and how to avoid them? Keep Reading Security policy management for the hybrid cloud environment Read an Ebook Choose a better way to manage your network Choose a better way to manage your network Work email* First name* Last name* Company* country* Select country... Short answer* By submitting this form, I accept AlgoSec's privacy policy Continue

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MITRE ATT&CK offers an open source framework for understanding adversarial tactics, techniques, and common knowledge in use today. MITRE attack framework Select a size Which network Can AlgoSec be used for continuous compliance monitoring? Yes, AlgoSec supports continuous compliance monitoring. As organizations adapt their security policies to meet emerging threats and address new vulnerabilities, they must constantly verify these changes against the compliance frameworks they subscribe to. AlgoSec can generate risk assessment reports and conduct internal audits on-demand, allowing compliance officers to monitor compliance performance in real-time. Security professionals can also use AlgoSec to preview and simulate proposed changes to the organization’s security policies. This gives compliance officers a valuable degree of lead-time before planned changes impact regulatory guidelines and allows for continuous real-time monitoring. What is the MITRE ATT&CK® framework? MITRE ATT&CK offers an open source framework for understanding adversarial tactics, techniques, and common knowledge in use today. It aggregates and catalogs cyber threats based on real-world adversary behavior observed across thousands of incidents, and outlines defenses to protect organizations against them. MITRE ATT&CK helps organizations understand how adversaries operate and guides them towards developing security measures to protect their assets and operations. Understanding the MITRE ATT&CK layout MITRE ATT&CK is organized into three matrices, each representing a dedicated technology domain: Enterprise Mobile Industrial control systems (ICS) Most organizations will use the enterprise matrix, which covers attacks against Windows, macOS, Linux, cloud platforms, network infrastructure, and containers. However, companies must first understand what malicious actors are seeking to achieve. Tactics The enterprise matrix opens to 14 columns representing adversary tactics, i.e., high-level goals: Initial access (getting in) through execution Reconnaissance Persistence Execution Privilege escalation Exfiltration and impact Next, comes the how. Techniques and Sub-Techniques Each tactic column leads to rows containing techniques and sub-techniques, i.e., specific methods for achieving a goal. The latest MITRE ATT&CK v18 features 8 to 47 techniques for each tactic. For example, under Reconnaissance, there are 11 techniques, including “Active Scanning” and “Phishing for Information.” Persistence lists techniques such as "Create Account" or "Boot or Logon Autostart Execution." Sub-techniques are nested within techniques for specific attack implementations. For instance, under "Phishing," you have "Spearphishing Attachment," "Spearphishing Link," "Spearphishing via Service," and “Spearphishing Voice.” This granularity is key, as you need a different technique to defend against phishing via email attachments than via compromised messaging platforms. MITRE ATT&CK Matrix The MITRE ATT&CK Matrix catalogs adversaries into groupings such as data sources, cyber threat intelligence (CTI) groups, and defense strategies. This allows users to filter their navigation to specific adversaries, tools, and campaigns relevant to their business operations. MITRE ATT&CK is constantly updated as adversaries and their tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs) evolve. Each version has new features based on empirical threat intelligence, incident response findings, and community research. This is especially important in the face of emerging threat trends, such as AI-assisted cyberattacks and the growth of ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS). Benefits of the MITRE ATT&CK framework MITRE ATT&CK doesn’t simply offer threat intelligence but also shapes organizations’ security operations for multiple use cases: Threat intelligence gathering: Gain context for cloud indicators of compromise (IOCs); beyond "bad IP address detected," know if the address is associated with a specific technique adversaries use for command and control. Threat hunting: Use a hypothesis-driven approach to systematically hunt for evidence of specific techniques used, instead of randomly searching logs. Attack simulation and red team exercises: Leverage real-world, standardized playbooks for testing both offensive capabilities and defensive responses; map your red team's successful tactics against your blue team's detection rates to identify coverage gaps with precision. Gap analysis: Visualize which techniques you can detect, which you can prevent, and most importantly, which represent blind spots in your security architecture. Response validation: Test whether your incident response procedures actually work against the techniques most relevant to your threat profile. The use cases above are a proof of concept, but the bottom line is the actual benefits companies reap from them: Shared understanding of the threat landscape: MITRE ATT&CK offers a common language for discussing adversaries across technical teams, executives, and even board members. Accurate simulation of attacks and validation of defenses: Mapped exercises tell you whether you can detect and respond to techniques adversaries actually use. Informed development and deployment of security policies: Craft policies that specifically address the techniques most relevant to your business risk profile. Intelligent selections of security solutions: Ask vendors which ATT&CK techniques they address and check those claims against your coverage gaps. Best practices for MITRE ATT&CK mapping The MITRE ATT&CK framework's value comes from mapping security data to specific ATT&CK techniques. But mapping without context is like having a map without knowing your starting location; it’s technically interesting, but operationally useless. The CISA best practices guide identifies two fundamental approaches to ATT&CK mapping: Mapping into finished reports (creating security insights for decision-making) Mapping into raw data (embedding ATT&CK context into operational security workflows). Understanding which approach fits your business needs is crucial. Mapping MITRE ATT&CK into finished reports This approach starts with collating incident reports, threat intelligence, or post-mortem analyses, extracting behavioral patterns, and then translating them into ATT&CK language. This creates artifacts that inform security strategy, resource allocation, and executive communication. The process follows six steps: Find the behavior. Identify specific actions the adversary took. Look beyond IoCs, such as malware names and IP addresses, to “how the adversary interacted with specific platforms and applications.” Research the behavior. Was this a standard administrative task gone rogue or a sophisticated persistence mechanism? Investigate the original source, technical details, timing, and surrounding activity. Consult malware analysis reports from reliable organizations, security reports, or your own forensic data. Translate the behavior into a tactic. Map the identified behavior to one of the tactics in the MITRE framework. Identify the technique used for the tactic. For example, within the Execution tactic, scan for the technique that best describes the method. ATT&CK provides detailed descriptions for each technique to help you map to the right one. Identify the sub-techniques. Was it a Windows scheduled task? A Linux Cron job? The sub-technique matters because detection and mitigation strategies for each differ significantly. Compare results to those of other analysts. CISA recommends that analysts treat mapping as a team sport where they work together to identify ATT&CK techniques and ensure quality control. Different analysts examining the same behavior should arrive at the same ATT&CK mapping. Mapping MITRE ATT&CK into raw data While finished reports inform strategy, mapping into raw data enables operations. This approach embeds ATT&CK context directly into your detection engineering, threat hunting, and daily security workflows. Organizations can choose from three viable starting points, each suited to different operational scenarios. 1. Start with a data source A specific data source , say, authentication logs from your cloud identity provider, allows you to see what ATT&CK techniques generate observable activity in these logs. For authentication logs, you would map to techniques like "Valid Accounts," "Brute Force," and "Credential Stuffing." You would then define procedures, i.e., the specific log patterns that indicate these techniques in action. This approach is ideal when deploying new data sources or optimizing existing ones. 2. Start with specific tools or attributes If threat intelligence indicates adversaries targeting your industry are using a specific software , malware family, or penetration testing tool, you can start mapping from there. After identifying techniques that the tool enables, you can then look up the groups and campaigns that have implemented these techniques. Cobalt Strike (S0154) , for example, maps to dozens of techniques across multiple tactics. By understanding this breadth, you can develop ways of identifying not just the tool itself but the behaviors it facilitates. 3. Start with analytics Just as adversaries use software to target businesses, analysts can use cloud enterprise tools to track adversary behavior. SIEM platforms like the AlgoSec Cloud Enterprise (ACE) have built-in detection rules that collect, log, and correlate events from multiple endpoints, cloud services, and identity providers. These events originate as raw telemetry, which are then mapped to specific MITRE ATT&CK techniques. Mapping with detection analytics from such tools is increasingly the most practical approach for organizations with mature security tooling. Note: Mapping into raw data shouldn't exist in isolation. Operational mappings should ultimately feed into finished reports. Your day-to-day detection analytics reveal what you're actually seeing in your environment. These observations, aggregated and analyzed over time, become the foundation for strategic reporting. How to ACE your operations with the MITRE ATT&CK framework Enterprises generate millions of security events daily across cloud infrastructure, endpoints, network boundaries, and SaaS applications. With this deluge, it is unreasonable to expect analysts to hand-map behaviors. Enter AlgoSec Cloud Enterprise (ACE), a cloud enterprise tool that offers full visibility into your operations by collecting log data, aggregating and contextualizing it, and then mapping it automatically to MITRE ATT&CK techniques. This transforms raw telemetry streams into structured threat intelligence aligned with the MITRE ATT&CK framework. ACE’s finished reports provide a clear, risk-oriented view of your adversary exposure, using language that every analyst and decision-maker can understand. See why more than 2,200 companies trust AlgoSec. Schedule a demo today. 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