Don’t Wait Until It's Too Late - for MDR Services

Cyber dangers necessitate the adoption of new approaches to coping. Managed, Detection and Response (MDR) services provide a proactive threat hunting solution

The accelerated adoption of cloud computing, the digital transformation and the massive shift to remote work in the wake of the Corona epidemic have increased the attack space of hackers and, accordingly, the chances of companies and organizations falling victim to a threatening and uncontrollable cyber attack - an attack that is a challenge and a nightmare for any CEO or Information Systems Manager of a company.

It is rare to find companies and organizations today that have not been equipped with information security technologies, but is it satisfactory? Experience shows that it is not. The high number of cases atcompanies around the world that are being hit by cyber attacks every year proves that even companies that have adopted recommended policies and adopted technological tools for information security and cyber protection have fallen victim to sophisticated and vicious attacks.

This is because of expert hackers who usually manage to move a few steps forward compared to most companies and organizations that are left behind with a passive defense approach and find it difficult to keep up with the innovations, techniques, daring, initiative and creativity that hackers display. And they do it, among other things, through sophisticated automation capabilities combined with exceptional human capability and frequent identification of vulnerabilities and information security vulnerabilities of all kinds.

Managed identification and response services

In the face of rapidly increasing cyber threats, enterprise managers need to understand that a cyber attack on their organization has long been not a question of whether it will occur, but a question of when. Because of this, and as part of their defense arsenal, enterprise and information security managers are also required to take a proactive approach to equipping cyber threats. If you want on the basis of the well-known phrase "Next to kill you - early to kill him".

To be successful in threat hunting, organizations are required to optimally integrate the right tools, the right people and processes for the effective management of cyber security around the clock. However, many organizations find it difficult to provide these resources fully and professionally satisfactorily and to the highest standards, resulting in a demand from organizations for a comprehensive solution that will provide an appropriate response to sophisticated cyber threats. This need has created a fertile ground for the development of an innovative solution called MDR – Managed, Detection & Response services.

MDR is an outsourced information and cyber security services provided to organizations by top-notch cyber security experts, which act as an additional integral arm of the organization, with uncompromising focus on preventing cyber threats and attacks. This is done, among other things, through a variety of the most innovative and advanced means, methods and tools such as: research and assessment of the situation based on leading and professional human capital, cyber threat hunting, real-time monitoring around the clock and no less important; The ability to respond quickly to events using technologies for gathering and analyzing intelligence.

MDR providers focused on the cyber security worlds often use extensive network technologies, constant analysis of information and data, threat intelligence, forensic information and of course the unique capabilities, knowledge and experience of the human capital that provides the service. All this, in order to quickly identify the threat and neutralize it before the attack and prevent cases in which threats and cyber attacks bypassed the existing set of information security technologies in the organization that was supposed to prevent them.

It is important to emphasize that when it comes to MDR there is a whole range of capabilities and solutions between the various service providers. While among companies and organizations there is a growing demand that MDR providers provide a comprehensive response that includes beyond identifying the threats and also neutralizing them on behalf of the attacked organization, there are companies that only know how to identify imminent and potential threats without being able to address and neutralize them. Of course this is less desirable for companies looking for a holistic and comprehensive solution.

In addition, an effective MDR service requires cyber researchers to conduct systematic investigations to determine the validity and extent of potential threats, minimize false positives, neutralize real threats, and provide the organization with recommendations for improving the organization's overall security system.

CyberDome, the leading information and cyber security company in the field of MDR in Nigeria, is identified with a groundbreaking innovation in this field thanks to the foundation of its solutions while deeply understanding the challenges of companies and organizations.

In this context, the CyberDome's MDR service provides companies and organizations with the ability to hunt cyber threats, a fast detection and response service 24 hours a day in an end-to-end managed service, including the actual neutralization of threats. All this by a team of leading experts in the field of information and cyber security who are prepared to manage protection and neutralize the most sophisticated and complex cyber threats.

50% will use MDR services

According to a recent report by research firm Gartner, 50% of organizations will use MDR services by 2025, compared to 5% of organizations in 2019. This figure reflects that continuous and professional monitoring of cyber security along with existing safeguards are extremely critical to effective coping of Companies with threats and cyber attacks while ensuring business continuity.

It can be stated with some certainty that cyber threats and attacks will continue to be part of the landscape in the digital age we are in and will reinvent themselves every day to the displeasure of the managers of organizations. It is clear that a passive and basic cyber strategy will not allow organizations to address these challenges. In contrast, a jump of a few significant steps forward through the use of the MDR service for active cyber-threat hunting will ensure that the organization will be able to maintain business continuity even in the changing threat landscape.

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