VerSprite Security Resources

In this article, VerSprite’s Offensive Security team explore the difference between common security risk assessments (vulnerability assessment, penetration testing, and red teaming) as we walk you through real exploits we have used to test organizations’ security protocols.

Any organization that is looking to vet how software gets produced and validate it in terms of the security standard can now use the accreditation process and a family of accredited firms, such as VerSprite, to be able to evaluate whether or not the software passes a certain rigor of application security measures.

RACI (Responsible – Accountable – Consulted – Informed) is a role distribution diagram used in PASTA threat modeling methodology. It helps companies adopt threat modeling, and leverage the roles within an organization and its InfoSec department. It is a clear visual to save your team time and resources.

It is a given of the current cyber landscape and threat trends that applications and software will get attacked. The question is – how well is your organization prepared to face the attack, what mitigation and remediations strategies are in place, and most importantly – is your company’s culture risk-centric with all the business key players?

2022 is becoming the year that is drastically changing the cybersecurity landscape. We are witnessing sweeping layoffs and budget cuts. But will it save organizations money and help get through the tough economic times, or can it only become detrimental to organizations?

A SOC is the company’s guide and armor in the world of cyber security. In the ever-evolving cyber landscape, a well-functioning SOC ensures organization’s continuity and scaling. A security operations center functions are not limited to just cyber threat intelligence analysis and prevention.

The OTM is a 7-stage process, inspired by the application threat modeling methodology, PASTA, that is applied at an organizational level. Much like application threat models, the intent is to have risks proven by various important contexts – business impact, likelihood, and the effectiveness of native countermeasures (or controls) that help reduce inherent risk levels.

Integrated into the cybersecurity procedures, A Red Team engagement becomes an ultimate tool in protecting your organization’s assets, developing an effective threat model, and giving your stakeholders a peace of mind to focus on scaling the business.

With the ongoing conflict in Ukraine, we are here to shed some light on the cyberattacks going on between Russia and Ukraine, how it is shaping the geopolitical landscapes, and the cybersecurity impact the war is having on organizations and businesses around the world.