When organizations are faced with adversaries in their own environment, they have a fundamental "defender's advantage." Security teams capitalize on this advantage if they can effectively control the landscape where they meet their attackers. This is achieved by activating a practical framework designed to up-level your cyber defense capabilities through six critical security functions that work hand-in-hand.
The six critical functions of cyber defense are:
- INTELLIGENCE: The guiding light across an organization
- DETECT: Alert monitoring and investigation
- RESPOND: Incident response and recovery
- VALIDATE: Targeted testing and controls validation
- HUNT: Threat hunting and compromise assessment
- MISSION CONTROL: Maintain the mission for all functions