Taming the Alert Avalanche: Meet THIRDhub, the Cloud's New Defense Against Cyber Threats

...And 12 Cybersecurity Posts from around LinkedIn

In this Issue

Foreword | 12 Posts on Cyber |?Featured Leader | From Cyngular's Founder | Afterword

Foreword

We're excited to share 12 more posts about cybersecurity from across LinkedIn along with a special announcement regarding our upcoming event! Useful content this week includes 7 phases of active directory exploitation in cybersecurity, a 2024 'State of the Phish' report, and the importance of IR and other need-to-know's.

We highlight a Featured Leader again this week.

Finally, a piece from Cyngular Security which highlights our new and innovative approach to cloud defense.

We're happy to send out our thirty-first issue, written to deliver content of value that is easily digestible.

We welcome all feedback, submissions, and input from our readers. If you have questions, submissions, or concerns, contact Rebecca Fera .

12 Posts on Cyber

Useful LinkedIn Posts This Week in Cybersecurity

Aryaa Mathur outlined in-depth, the 7 phases of active directory exploitation in cybersecurity

The differences between a cybersecurity framework and a standard, underscored by G M Faruk Ahmed, CISSP, CISA

Andrey Prozorov shared a useful guide entitled, "Principles of Operational Technology in Cyber Security"

Harun Seker, CISSP summarized the 2024 State of the Phish report, highlighting key findings and insights, sharing the full report

An interesting document on 100+ bug bounty tips, packed with strategies, tools, and methods for identifying and reporting security vulnerabilities, shared by ümit Yal??n

Sourabh Chakraborty CISA,CISM,CRISC(Q)?? highlighted a SOC 2 Type 2 report and detailed some common exceptions

Top 5 Cybersecurity News Articles from September 2024, detailed in a recent article by Chad B.

Recent ransomware news was discussed by Karla Reffold in an interesting video

Paul Harris dove deep into the growing ransomware threat and outlined the evolving tactics of cybercriminals in his latest article

The importance of incident response and need-to-knows, outlined by Murtuza Lokhandwala

In his cybersecurity tip of the day, UMAIR B. explored the significance of enabling data backups and advanced data protection

Geoff Hancock CEO, CISO CISSP, CISA, CEH, CRISC shared his article entitled, "Aligning Cybersecurity with Business Objectives Ideas for CISOs and CEOs"

Featured Leader

Nikhil Srivastava

Nikhil Srivastava is known as a leader in cybersecurity with extensive experience in Red Teaming and offensive security research and development. As the CEO of P.I.V.O.T Security , Nikhil drives people to push the boundaries of what’s possible in cybersecurity. As an innovator and visionary, Nikhil is particularly dedicated to continuous learning and advancement in this field, ensuring clients benefit from the latest and most effective security practices. Nikhil offers on-site and remote training programs to help teams develop robust offensive and defensive cybersecurity skills.

Nikhil believes that with a strong foundation in offensive cybersecurity, him and his team can help businesses stay ahead of potential attacks through innovative solutions and strategic guidance. In a recent post made by Nikhil on LinkedIn, he discusses a recent cyber attack and how there is an ever-present risk of cyber threats and the critical need for robust cybersecurity measures. View the full post here.

Nikhil is another featured leader we are happy to share with you this week.

From Cyngular's Research Team

Introducing Cyngular’s THIRDhub: Revolutionizing Cloud Threat Detection and Response

In today’s complex cybersecurity landscape, security teams are constantly battling against an overwhelming flood of alerts. The sheer volume of alerts that stem from cloud environments often leaves analysts in a challenging position—how can they effectively separate critical threats from false alarms? This challenge becomes particularly acute with cloud environments, where attackers employ unique Tactics, Techniques, and Procedures (TTPs) that complicate threat detection even further.

For security teams tasked with detecting, uncovering, investigating, and responding to threats, the primary goal is to shorten the time it takes to detect malicious activity. However, with limited resources and teams often being short-staffed, this goal becomes harder to achieve. Cyngular’s THIRDhub, an innovative platform that integrates Cloud Investigation and Response Automation (CIRA) with Threat Detection, Incident Response, and Cyber Deception (TDIR + CDR), steps in to solve these challenges. It streamlines the process, providing multi-cloud Security Operations Center (SOC) analysts with advanced capabilities to mitigate threat actors with ease.

The "Alert Flood" Problem in Cloud Security

Every cybersecurity professional is familiar with alert fatigue—a persistent issue where security teams are overwhelmed by countless notifications, many of which turn out to be false positives. The challenge, however, is that each alert must be investigated to uncover potential threats. As cloud infrastructure grows in complexity, it becomes an even more daunting task, as the cloud operates at a much faster pace and possesses unique security vulnerabilities.

Most cloud security measures generate an avalanche of alerts, but they don’t offer real solutions to reduce mean time to detect (MTTD) or the mean time to respond (MTTR). These traditional systems are reactive, leading to increased burnout among security professionals who are caught in a vicious cycle of alert triage.

THIRDhub is a game-changing solution designed to cut through the noise and reduce the risk of missed threats. It utilizes AI and machine learning to automatically investigate and respond to threats, shortening detection time and freeing SOC analysts from the burden of manual investigation.

How THIRDhub Transforms Cloud Threat Detection

Cyngular’s THIRDhub is more than just a cloud security platform—it’s a comprehensive tool that provides SOC analysts with real-time, actionable insights into cloud-based threats. This platform addresses several key issues:

?Automated Detection and Response: By harnessing the power of AI, THIRDhub autonomously performs Digital Forensics and Incident Response (DFIR) investigations in minutes, not hours. This means that security teams can respond faster, reduce the dwell time of threat actors, and prevent breaches more efficiently.

?Cloud-Specific Threat Detection: Cloud environments present unique attack vectors that traditional security measures struggle to address. THIRDhub is designed specifically for cloud security, ensuring full situational awareness across multi-cloud environments.

?Streamlined Alerts: Instead of bombarding teams with hundreds of notifications, THIRDhub transforms alerts into actionable insights, allowing security professionals to prioritize real threats and spend less time sifting through false positives.

?Multi-Tenant, Agentless Solution: THIRDhub can be deployed within 15 minutes using read-only permissions, without the need for agents. This agentless architecture allows the platform to integrate seamlessly with existing cloud security infrastructure, providing visibility across all cloud environments with minimal disruption.

Empowering SOC Analysts and Reducing Burnout

One of the greatest advantages of THIRDhub is its ability to reduce the burden on SOC analysts. As the cybersecurity industry faces a critical talent shortage, it’s more important than ever for security teams to work efficiently without sacrificing accuracy. THIRDhub’s automated investigation and reporting tools allow analysts to focus on high-priority tasks, reducing alert fatigue and preventing burnout.

By delivering a comprehensive Incident Response (IR) report generated by AI within minutes, THIRDhub helps teams maintain situational awareness and remain IR-ready without needing to manually piece together the puzzle of an attack.

Key Features and Business Benefits of THIRDhub

THIRDhub provides SOC teams with powerful features and numerous business benefits:

?Full Cloud Topology Visibility: Get a single-pane view of multi-cloud and multi-tenant environments, making it easy to identify vulnerabilities and respond to threats.

?Automatic DFIR Investigations: THIRDhub accelerates response times by automating digital forensics investigations, providing immediate insights into malicious activity.

?Integration with Existing Security Measures: THIRDhub integrates seamlessly with security tools like EDR/XDR, SIEM, SOAR, and CSPM, enhancing their effectiveness and transforming their alerts into actionable intelligence.

?Agentless, Read-Only Deployment: With its agentless architecture, THIRDhub deploys quickly and efficiently, requiring only read-only permissions for full cloud visibility.

?Regulatory Compliance: THIRDhub helps organizations meet compliance standards like SEC, HIPAA, and SOC 2 by providing enhanced threat detection and robust AI-driven reporting.

?PATH (Proactive Autonomous Threat Hunting) and deception tools: THIRDhub has the capability to use data analysis and other techniques to help effectively identify and respond to cyber threats.

Enhance Your Security Operations with THIRDhub

In a fast-moving cloud environment, the need for rapid, accurate, and automated threat detection has never been greater. Cyngular’s THIRDhub empowers SOC analysts to stay ahead of attackers by providing complete visibility into cloud networks, autonomous investigation capabilities, and AI-driven reporting. This comprehensive solution helps organizations reduce the time to detect and respond to threats, all while decreasing burnout among security teams.

If you’re ready to enhance your cloud security operations, don’t wait.?Schedule a demo of THIRDhub today or request a free threat assessment?that includes a 15-minute deployment time, read-only access, no configuration needed, and results within minutes. Our solution will provide you with an immediate network diagram and insight into potential threats. Let us help you safeguard your cloud environment with the efficiency, speed, and accuracy that today’s SOC analysts deserve.

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Afterword

That's all for this week's newsletter. Our next issue will include another piece from Cyngular's Founder, a Featured Leader, and a new batch of 12 useful posts. Connect with us if you have anything to submit for our next issue or want to know more about Cyngular.

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The posts in this issue reflect the views only of the individual LinkedIn users and do not reflect the views of Cyngular Security, its employees, or any other entities. The links shared in this issue were written by LinkedIn users and do not constitute an endorsement of Cyngular Security, any other entities, or this newsletter by those users, entities, or the "Featured Leader."

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