CISO January 24, 2023

Everyone Wants to Build a Cyber Range: Should You?

7 min read - In the last few years, IBM X-Force has seen an unprecedented increase in requests to build cyber ranges. By cyber ranges, we mean facilities or online spaces that enable team training and exercises of cyberattack responses. Companies understand the need…

Incident Response December 15, 2022

How to Embed Gen Z in Your Organization’s Security Culture

4 min read - Generation Z, which Pew Research Center defines as those born after 1996, is considered the first digital-native generation. This group of young people always has the latest technology at their fingertips. Yet even with this strong digital connection, the National…

Incident Response June 11, 2021

Everyone Wants to Build a Cyber Range: Should You? Part 2

6 min read - The COVID-19 pandemic has shifted the way we work, and a large variety of teams have either gone virtual or hybrid, working remotely in some capacity, including IT and security teams. In a pandemic or other crisis, security teams that…

Incident Response March 18, 2021

The Next-Gen Cyber Range: Bringing Incident Response Exercises to the Cloud

5 min read - At IBM X-Force, we keep our customers on the cutting edge of cybersecurity experiences, centered around incident response, and these include responding in cloud native environments. What is cloud native? It is a concept that grew out of the astonishing…

Incident Response February 10, 2021

Smell the Attack? Sensory-Immersive Cyber Range Training for Industry 4.0

7 min read - Humanity has been through a number of industrial revolutions since the 1760s, and is now at its fourth cycle of sweeping industrial innovation, known as Industry 4.0. It is characterized by the ongoing automation of traditional manufacturing and industrial practices…

Intelligence & Analytics January 7, 2021

Why Red Team Testing Rules the Cloud

3 min read - Red team testing is a key way to help prevent data breaches today. Most cyber defense focuses on spotting openings and fixing general risks in your environment. Red teaming not only reduces risks, but also prevents possible breaches. Methods, such…

Healthcare November 30, 2020

Chaos Engineering: Building the Next Generation of Cyber Ranges

6 min read - In one of our past posts on the same subject, we discussed how to apply chaos engineering principles to cyber war-games and team simulation exercises in broad brush strokes. In short, ‘chaos engineering’ is the discipline of working and experimenting…

Advanced Threats July 20, 2020

Why Cyber Ranges Are Effective To Train Your Teams

5 min read - Cyber ranges may be one of the most effective ways to train IT professionals in defending against cyber attacks. The virtual environments deliver simulated real-world attacks that test multiple dimensions and stakeholders within diverse environments. Cybersecurity teams can use cyber…

Incident Response February 11, 2019

How Nat Prakongpan Found His Home on the Cyber Range

5 min read - Nat Prakongpan was building enterprise networks for his school in Thailand in the seventh grade. Following a series of happy accidents, he found himself building an immersive cyber range for IBM.

CISO March 27, 2018

A Letter From the Future: It’s January 2019 and Hackers Are Stealing Your Data

4 min read - It's January 2019 and cybercriminals are stealing your customer data. How will you use AI to execute your incident response plan and master the basics to avoid future incidents?