Improve your cyber security management: we cover all industry needs
Cybersecurity is the security guard standing between a cybercriminal and your data. No matter what industry you operate in, a well-conducted cybersecurity program provides risk reduction and measures the cybersecurity resilience. Poor email security, phishing attacks, and desktop hacking are three of the most common vectors that can allow the cybercriminal to get their foot in the door.
80% of cybersecurity requirements apply across most industries and 20% is more specific to each industry. Some industries have prescriptive cybersecurity assessments that must be conducted, while others are vague.
Financial Services
Dominated by Ransomware and data exfiltration due to stolen credentials on web-based banking applications, the financial industry is a favorite target of cyber criminals. The top threat actors are external with financial motivations dominating their bad behavior. The top three vectors are mail servers via both use of stolen credentials and phishing attacks and desktop hacking from backdoors.
Financial services have the most mature cybersecurity profile with pervasive layered tools and sophisticated security teams. The ability to identify and prioritize multi-stage attacks requires integrated analytics.
As the financial sector utilizes the most mature cyber security profiles with layered security and tools, integrated analytics and sophisticated security measures are needed to identify and prevent possible threats.
Healthcare
Healthcare has the majority of data breaches associated with internal actors. Frequent Ransomware attacks dominate the availability issues. The top threat actors are internal with financial motivations dominating their bad behavior. The top three vectors are mail servers via both use of stolen credentials and phishing attacks and databases from privilege misuse.
In fact, healthcare companies have the highest record costs with numerous supply chain vectors. They can be exploited and taken advantage of because of their heavily integrated infrastructure.
Technology
Heavy cloud-based threats dominate the technology sector from external actors motivated by financial gain. Phishing and credential threats lead the way.
Technology companies have varied cybersecurity maturity profiles with a mix of layered tools and sophistication of their security teams. The ability to identify and prioritize cloud risk requires shared responsibility risk modeling and analytics.
Insurance
Dominated by Denial of Service attacks and data exfiltration due to stolen credentials on web-based banking applications, the insurance industry is top target of cyber criminals. The top threat actors are external with financial motivations dominating their bad behavior. The top three vectors are mail servers via both use of stolen credentials and phishing attacks and desktop hacking from backdoors.
Insurance companies have varied cybersecurity maturity profiles with a mix of layered tools and sophistication of their security teams. The ability to identify and prioritize multi-stage attacks requires integrated analytics.
Manufacturing
Espionage and an increase in financially motivated attacks are the new normal for manufacturing companies. The top threat actors are external with financial motivations dominating their bad behavior. The attacks are focused on web applications using stolen credentials, vulnerability exploits or backdoors.
Manufacturing companies have varied cybersecurity maturity profiles with a mix of layered tools and sophistication of their security teams. The ability to identify and prioritize multi-stage attacks requires integrated analytics.
Retail
Attacks against e-commerce payment systems have replaced card breaches involving POS compromises and gas pump skimmers. Malware and hacking related to web application servers using capturing of application data, spyware and vulnerability exploits are the top three vectors and actions of attackers. Retail companies are primarily compliance driven and need to have more of a risk mindset to increase their cyber resiliency.
RiskQ provides integrated compliance and risk analytics.
Utilities
Dominated by Denial of Service attacks. The top threat actors are external with political motivations dominating their bad behavior.
Utility companies have varied cybersecurity maturity profiles with a mix of layered tools and sophistication of their security teams. The ability to identify and prioritize multi-stage attacks requires integrated analytics.
RiskQ provides integrated risk analytics from cybersecurity tools that can detect multi-stage attacks and risk prioritizes impacts and likelihoods for the most automated approach to cyber risk management available.
Small & Medium Enterprises
Small and medium businesses have the same threats and larger risk than the colossus. However, the risk of cyber security is even bigger with smaller businesses that do not protect their websites the same way as a bigger enterprise.
The result of a data breach could result in unsustainability.
Small Medium enterprises are typically compliance focuses and must develop a risk mindset.