Cybersecurity: Learn to Think Like the Enemy

                                       

“Set a thief to catch a thief,” goes the old saying. In fact, some former black-hat hackers have gone legit and built successful careers as cybersecurity consultants. However, organizations do not need to depend on reformed cybercriminals to improve their network security measures.

What organizations, their leaders and security teams do need to do is learn to think like the enemy and test their systems by attacking them. The military has traditionally assigned “red teams” to do just this: probe for vulnerabilities in order to identify and correct them.read more>>