Cynet’s Keys to Extend Threat Visibility

We hear about the need for better visibility in the
cybersecurity space – detecting threats earlier and more
accurately. We often hear about the dwell time and the time to
identify and contain a data breach. Many of us are familiar with
IBM’s Cost of a Data Breach Report that has been tracking this
statistic for years. In the 2021 report, IBM found that, on
average, it takes an average of 212 days to identify a breach and
then another 75 days to contain the breach, for a total of 287
days.

A new solution overview document^[1] provides insights on how
XDR provider Cynet tackles the difficult problem of greatly
improving threat visibility. Cynet takes a modern approach that
includes a greater level of native technology integration and
advanced automation purposely designed for organizations with
smaller security teams than Fortune 500 organizations. A live
webinar will discuss the same topic (Register here^[2])

Cynet’s Keys for Threat Visibility

Einstein said that the definition of insanity is doing the same
thing over and over while expecting a different outcome. The old
approach to threat visibility involving multiple protection
technologies and trying to sift through a sea of alerts and
information is obviously not working well. Cynet’s different – and
seemingly saner – approach to prevent, detect, and respond to
modern-day threats involves several integrated capabilities.

According to the new Cynet solution overview, the following key
technologies are used to provide extended threat visibility along
with enhanced response capabilities.

Include Multiple Threat Detection
Technologies

Cynet includes multiple prevention and detection technologies,
all natively orchestrated in the platform:

• NGAV – Fundamental endpoint protection based on known bad
  signatures and behaviors.
• EDR – To detect and prevent more complex endpoint threats that
  bypass NGAV solutions.
• NTA – To detect threats that have made their way into the
  network and so-called lateral movement.
• UBA – To detect unusual activity that could signal stolen
  credentials, a rogue insider, or bots.
• Deception – To uncover intrusions that have bypassed other
  detection technologies
• CLM – To mine the extensive log data generated by IT
  systems.
• SSPM – To find and correct configuration errors in SaaS
  applications.

Coordinate All Signals

Making sense out of multiple detection technologies by
integrating, coordinating, and prioritizing information was
supposed to be the realm of Security Incident and Event Management
(SIEM) technologies. Unfortunately, SIEM doesn’t do well with
real-time data and requires significant care and feeding.

XDR solutions, like Cynet’s, are purpose-built to integrate
real-time signals from multiple points of telemetry on a single
platform. Cynet even includes an Incident Engine that automatically
investigates threats to determine the attack’s full scope and root
cause.

Automate All Response Actions

Quickly and accurately identifying threats is a game-changer.
The ability to automatically and fully eradicate identified threats
is, well, a game-changer changer. This means security teams won’t
have to be burdened with lengthy investigations, which many don’t
have the time or skills to undertake. Cynet provides an extensive
set of remediation actions across files, hosts, networks and users
as well as remediation playbooks that can be configured to be
invoked manually or automatically.

Provide Full MDR Oversight

Beyond the technology platform, Cynet offers all clients a full,
24×7 MDR service at no additional cost. This team continuously
monitors client environments to ensure nothing dangerous is
overlooked or mishandled. Having an expert team watching out for
issues should put smaller organizations with smaller security teams
at ease, knowing an expert team of cybersecurity experts has their
backs.

In With the New

With the time required to identify and contain data breaches
steadily increasing, we need to rethink the traditional
cybersecurity approach. It seems companies keep throwing more
money, more technology, and more bodies at the problem, yet
achieving the same (or worse) results. Cynet is one company that
seems to be approaching the problem differently by combining
multiple prevention, detection, response, and automation
capabilities on a single, unified breach protection platform.
Rather than buying all this stuff separately and munging it all
together, the Cynet platform seems to expand and improve threat
visibility out of the box.

Download the solution brief here^[3].