Businesses are under Attack from all corners of the globe and while many organizations may think that Nation-State Threat Actor Would Never target or be interested in them, the reality is that no-one is exempt from security threats.
Security Leaders Need to Ensure they are stying up to the latest threat threat intelligence, this can eater be through an in-house capability or via third intel provides. Once they undress the tactics, techniques and procedus (TTPS) Deployed by these threat actorsOrganisations can then ensure they have robust mechanisms in place to digest and act on this information to implement approved controls.
Organisational culture Plays a key role in ensuring Everyone is Aware of the Threats and Risks Posed to the Business. It is vital that leaders educate users on what the most prevalent threats may look like and how to respond, this is a primary definition to protecting their business.
Social engineering remains one of the most widely used methods of attack and so implementing processes that are resistant to individual compromise is key. Using Phishing Resistant Authentication Methods, ENSURING StRICT IDENTY Governance and Control, And Having a Well-Teased Incident Response Capability are all Crucial Steps to Prevanship to Preventing and MITIGATING TYPES Attacks.
Unfortunately, Securing Your Own Organization is not enjoy and historically Nation-State Threat Actors Have Taken Advantage of Weak Third-Party Suppliers and Supply Chain Governance. Having Strong Supply Chain Governance and Assurance is now of the top trends accidents industry and it's critical businesses undersrstand the dependency and access
If prevention fails, lateral movement post -commise is one of the first actions will actors will Attempt and so endpoint detection and response, and zero-Trust Solutions that can preview Access are also Vital.
In 2023, 1.9 billion Session cookies Were Stolen from Fortune 1000 Employees. With the session token, Attackers are bypassing mfa and so it is much harder to detect and respond. Having solutions in place as part of a zero-Trust Architecture To detect session token replay attempts can stop these attacks and alert to possible creative or endpoint compromise.
Ultimately, collaboration and partnership across organizations and industry will help organizations understand these threats, the risks posed by nation-staters and more importantly allow to work to work to Them.
Stephen McDermid is Emea CSO at Okta