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Did you know that GuardSight has an internal voluntary virtual rally point known as Clarity that takes place weekly to encourage ideation, participation, knowledge sharing, and learning? Here's what it's all about: Clarity is a weekly sixty-minute virtual assembly of GuardSight employees where aggressive curiosity flourishes. Any teammate can present on any topic. Most of the presentations are cybersecurity-related, but topics are not restricted to cyber. Presentations have been made on various topics, including the history of ... Read More

Did you know that the GuardSight Cybersecurity Teams (SECOPS/SPECOPS) develop and use Work Instructions to create and maintain a system of operational excellence? Here's what it's all about: Consistency, speed, precision, and transition are vital factors for effective Cybersecurity operations. Risks of defects to tactics, techniques, and procedures brought on by continually elevated op-tempos can be mitigated by documented instructions and training. Instructions provide teams with everything from maintaining cyberweaponry to performing analysis, dissecting malware, and preparing customer briefings. ... Read More

Awesome Job! You adopted a cybersecurity mindset as part of your corporate culture. You deployed sophisticated cyber weaponry/tools to combat the cyber adversary. You employed an adequate level of competent internal cybersecurity staff. You hired a SECOPS threat detection and response company, like GuardSight, to engage the cyber enemy continuously. You implemented best practices like the principles of least privilege and layered defense. The above items are essential when readying your cybersecurity posture left ... Read More

Did you know that GuardSight Cybersecurity Operations (SECOPS) Teams apply several Fatigue Management techniques to reduce the cognitive overload rendered by the steady operational tempo of battling the cyber enemy? Here's what it's all about: Speed and precision are critical factors for reducing the dwell time of a cyber attack. Dwell time is the time between the moment a threat actor successfully compromises assets, living undetected, and when they are discovered, contained, and entirely eradicated ... Read More

Did you know that the GuardSight Cybersecurity Services delivery teams are organized into Security Operations (SECOPS) and Special Operations (SPECOPS) units and use an Objectives and Key Results (OKR) framework to achieve their strategic Mission Objectives? Here's how it works: GuardSight SECOPS teams are primarily responsible for handling day-to-day cyber hygiene activities and making daily contact with the cyber enemy. These teams are squads of less than fifteen members and are classified as Team-1, Team-3, Team-n, ... Read More

SOC stands for Service Organization Control. The SOC 1 report is for financial information like credit card numbers, while the SOC 2 report is for non-financial information. The certification process involves an audit by a third-party to verify that a company is meeting SOC guidelines. SOC 2 security principles focus on preventing the unauthorized use of assets and data handled by the organization. This principle requires organizations to implement access controls to prevent malicious ... Read More

Did you know that one of the disciplines used by the GuardSight Cybersecurity Operations (SECOPS) teams during the daily confrontation with the cyber enemy is known as Top-IOC Progression? Here's what it's all about: Top-IOC Progression is a disciplined analysis execution model devised by experienced GuardSight SECOPS teams. It equips these teams with a consistent methodology and taxonomy for providing comprehensive examinations of Indicators of Compromise (IOC). It is a best-practices standard employed by ... Read More

Did you know that one of the technologies used by the GuardSight team to improve cybersecurity posture and combat threats is called EDR? Fact: Cybersecurity operations teams gain an advantage in a cyber fight by outfitting assets with Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR) weaponry. The ability to orient quickly, focus the aperture of response, and terminate a threat before it spreads, is significantly improved when EDR is present. Those are a few reasons why the elite ... Read More

Did you know that one of the technologies used by the GuardSight team to increase efficiency and improve response times is called SOAR? Think about it: If you're a Cybersecurity team handling trillions (that's with a 'T'!) of events and hundreds of thousands of cases each year, you're going to need the aid of sophisticated automation technology. That is precisely why the elite teams at GuardSight use SOAR (Security Orchestration, Automation, and Response). What ... Read More