In a rapidly evolving threat landscape, the configurations of your solutions are becoming a strategic differentiator for any cybersecurity team. Any misconfiguration can expose your organization to new vulnerabilities. Configuration auditing and optimization expertise are therefore becoming vital for maintaining a robust security posture.
Synergy between Penetration Testing and Configuration Auditing
Penetration testing (pentesting) is essential to any cybersecurity strategy. These attack simulations, conducted by qualified experts, evaluate IT infrastructure security. However, a pentest’s value for a CISO directly correlates with the quality of the security tool’s configurations. Without prior configuration auditing, pentests may only reveal obvious vulnerabilities from misconfigurations, significantly limiting ROI.
Rigorous configuration auditing ensures optimal performance of cybersecurity tools. By centralizing the configuration management and automating certain tasks, teams can minimize error risks while improving their security system’s overall effectiveness.
Optimizing XDR Configurations
As the adoption of Extended Detection and Response (XDR) platforms grows, continuously optimized configurations are becoming crucial to any cybersecurity strategy. The current cyberthreat landscape is evolving at a very fast pace, leaving misconfigured or outdated XDR platforms vulnerable to breaches. Without precise configurations, the information systems protected by XDR platforms can be more vulnerable to attacks if they aren’t properly updated.
A strategic approach to determine the needed configurations involves incorporating a highly secured target in pentests objectives. The resulting report provides information that help OpSec teams to distinguish between improvements achievable through configuration changes versus those requiring deeper modifications (new tools, architectural changes, etc.).
This approach ensures that essential functionalities are optimized while aligning with organization-specific security requirements. Adopting an A/B testing approach enables objective comparison of different configurations’ effectiveness in threat detection and mitigation, leading to continuous data-driven improvement.
The Growing Importance of Configuration Expertise
While vendor have valuable expertise and provide their clients with effective tools, organizations must have a way to configure their own platform. As cybersecurity challenges become increasingly complex, specialized configuration expertise is becoming a critical differentiator in one’s cybersecurity strategy. Organizations are recognizing the need for dedicated professionals who can optimize cybersecurity tool configurations and ensure peak operational efficiency. These specialists play a vital role in minimizing misconfigurations, enhancing pentest effectiveness, and strengthening the overall security posture.
To optimize and manage their solutions, organizations are turning to Configurations-as-a-Service (CaaS) options. CaaS centralizes configuration management and lets specialized configuration experts, dedicated to these organizations, take care of their security tools. Through this delegation, internal SOC analysts can focus on the more important day-to-day tasks needed to protect the company. CaaS reduces the risks of misconfigurations and ensures that cybersecurity tools are always ready to protect organizations against the newest threats.
CaaS at TEHTRIS: CyberSphere Configurations
With our customized configuration service, your XDR platform and EDR is continuously up to date. It provides you with optimal security, while also reducing false positives and maximizing your cybersecurity tools’ performance.
TEHTRIS CyberSphere Configurations offers customized detection settings to ensure your EDR is optimized for real-time threat detection and response. This service reduces false positives, enhances responsiveness to new threats, and maximizes EDR performance. It includes evaluation, analysis, and implementation of configurations tailored to your infrastructure.
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