What these five strategies show is that, in essence, active defense is a playbook that puts security analysts in a position they are not often in: playing offense. Some of these techniques can be used outside of active defense, but they are more powerful when...
Counterintelligence (CI) is the information gathered and actions taken to identify and protect against an adversary’s knowledge collection activities or attempts to cause harm through sabotage or other actions. The goal of CI is to ensure information cannot be modified or destroyed by a malicious...
Attivo Networks enhanced its ThreatDefend platform designed to deceive and reveal attackers that have bypassed perimeter security. It added counterintelligence functionality to help companies identify the specific data attackers are seeking, as well as geolocation services that indicate where the documents are being accessed. The...
By: Joseph Salazar When someone mentions Counterintelligence (CI), James Bond, the IMF’s Ethan Hunt, and three letter agencies like the FBI, CIA, and MI5 come to mind for most people. They may think that CI is limited only to intelligence agencies, government organizations, or the...