These services provided by CDD build upon any existing foundational IT security, (or indeed, new IT facilities) geared to the following groups:
Smaller corporate entities with IT facilities that may be sub-par and require security systems enhancement that addresses a percieved change in threat profile.
People with significant IT skills, but find themselves needing greater assurance that their security is commensurate with the threat.
Organisations finding themselves temporarily facing significant threat activity that requires more capability than their personnel can currently call upon.
People who may lack the necessary capability to take control of an IT related problem and require guidance to resolve matters or champion their cause.
All entities that use the internet in any way, will be benefiting from IT security in some form. It is some times necessary to take control of such security mechanisms, and user communities will be advised accordingly.
The following temporary services are desirnged to help users and organisational entities to benefit from taking greater control of their IT security.
The relationship between these four is often misundertstood, but it is crtiical to know where risk lies, and how this can be meaningfully expressed in terms of threat, vector and vulnerability, otherwise money may be wasted or good businesses can be completely lost! In the context of the impact of cyberattack:
CDD will meaningfully clarify for customers, where cyberrisk arises and how best to mitigate such risk most cost effectively.
It is critical to know (with as much certainty as possible) what is transpiring within an IT arena. If you cannot see what is happening, then the IT is being driven blind and all may be lost if a cyber incident takes place. This involves:
CDD can asssit in preparation of the above technical processes to ensure that organisations become aware of the natural performance of their IT arena and are able to exert the necessary management influence over that arena.
Risk is omnipresent and equally, can always be reduced, dependent upon risk apetite. Accepting needless risk is frequently considered unwise. Assessing and managing IT risk usually involves the 4Ts for business processes or more properly:
There is a fifth option, (Transmutation) but only for those with the capabilities described in the section on Advanced Cybersecurity Services and even then, only by those with a full understanding of the Art of Cybersecurity.
CDD can advise and prepare assurance mechanisms underpinning risk management to make sure that attention is directed to appropriate areas of cyberrisk.
Following appropriate diagnosis and timeline of a cyber attack, it is critical to understand what options are available and what influence can be called into play including:
CDD can prepare or advise on all such measures and approaches.
Following recovery from the adverse impact of a cyber incident it is critical to assess what can be improved to better equip the organisastion for the next event. Such a review calls upon many areas of business continuity and recovery including:
CDD can take control of, or prepare or advise on all such reviews, interdiction and/or intercession.
Security enforcing functionality has increasing cost, and it is essential that addressing cyber risk can be justified. Preparing appropriate cogent argument around such investment is critical. To take such decisions, it is necessary to prepare meaningful cost/benefit metrics encompassing:
CDD can prepare or advise on all such performance metrics to guide decision makers accordingly.
800-137 Information Security Continuous Monitoring (ISCM) for Federal Information Systems and Organizations
800-137A Assessing Information Security Continuous Monitoring (ISCM) Programs: Developing an ISCM Program Assessment
800-86 Guide to Integrating Forensic Techniques into Incident Response
800-83 R.1 Guide to Malware Incident Prevention and Handling for Desktops and Laptops
800-82 R.3 Guide to Operational Technology (OT) Security
800-82 R.2 Guide to Industrial Control Systems (ICS) Security
800-61 R.2 Computer Security Incident Handling Guide
800-55 R.2 Performance Measurement Guide for Information Security
800-55 R.1 Performance Measurement Guide for Information Security
800-53 R.5 Security and Privacy Controls for Information Systems and Organizations
800-53B Control Baselines for Information Systems and Organizations
800-53A R.5 Assessing Security and Privacy Controls in Information Systems and Organizations
800-50 Building an Information Technology Security Awareness and Training Program
800-42: Guideline on Network Security Testing
800-48: Wireless Network Security: 802.11, Bluetooth, and Handheld Devices
800-41 R.1 Guidelines on Firewalls and Firewall Policy
800-36: Guide to Selecting Information Technology
800-34 R.1 Contingency Planning Guide for Federal Information Systems
800-30 R.1 Guide for Conducting Risk Assessments
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