Advanced Threats July 23, 2019

What’s New in the 2019 Cost of a Data Breach Report

5 min read - According to the latest Ponemon Institute study, the average cost of a data breach in 2019 is $3.92 million, up 1.5 percent from last year.

Incident Response July 19, 2019

How to Create an Effective Incident Response Plan

4 min read - Build an incident response plan, practice implementing it, and orchestrate and automate to make operations more efficient.

Incident Response April 9, 2019

SOAR: The Second Arm of Security Operations

4 min read - SIEM tools can help security operations center (SOC) teams detect threats, but what good is threat data without the context analysts need to quickly respond to incidents? That's where SOAR comes in.

Incident Response March 26, 2019

When It Comes to Incident Response, Failing to Plan Means Planning to Fail

3 min read - In today's treacherous threat landscape, it seems the odds are overwhelmingly stacked against cyberdefenders. But there is one advantage attackers can't take away: thorough incident response planning.

Incident Response March 21, 2019

5 Characteristics of an Effective Incident Response Team: Lessons From the Front Line

4 min read - What qualities do the most elite incident response teams possess? The IBM X-Force IRIS team shares its lessons from the front line.

Software Vulnerabilities February 20, 2019

Calling Into Question the CVSS

6 min read - X-Force Red believes vulnerabilities should be ranked based on the importance of the exposed asset and whether the vulnerability is being weaponized by criminals, not necessarily its CVSS score.

Incident Response January 9, 2019

Maximize Your Security Operations Center Efficiency With Incident Response Orchestration

5 min read - Incident response orchestration and automation can help boost the accuracy and efficiency of IR processes and reduce the burden on the understaffed SOC.

Intelligence & Analytics November 12, 2018

Trusting Security Metrics: How Well Do We Know What We Think We Know?

3 min read - When it comes to security metrics, greater accuracy yeilds greater value, but complete context requires a diversity of insights. What if you can't have both?

Intelligence & Analytics September 24, 2018

What Metrics Do You Need to Measure the Success of Your SOC?

5 min read - Your SOC collects mounds of data every day, but not all of it will contribute to a useful, relevant analysis of its performance. What metrics do you need to measure the success of your SOC?

Incident Response August 14, 2018

How John Clarke Shifted Gears From Driving Vans to Gamifying Incident Response

4 min read - Ten years ago, John Clarke was driving a van in Ireland for a living. Today, he develops games at IBM to help train security professionals on incident response and cyber situational awareness.