Cybersecurity is one of the top issues that organizations are battling with every day. In fact, according to Accenture, 68% of business leaders say that their cybersecurity risks are increasing.
Ignoring cybersecurity is proving to be one of the most expensive mistakes leading to a 72% increase in the average cost of cybercrime over the past 5 years.
With cybersecurity, it is not possible to eliminate risks. Hence, having defense strategies in place can be the best possible solution to mitigating cybersecurity risk.
Using a layered security approach, the risks can be minimized. But how do you ensure that your cybersecurity system is strong enough to withstand any attacks on your organization? This is where the cyber kill chain has a role to play.
What is a Cyber Kill Chain?
The cyber kill chain is essentially a cybersecurity model created by Lockheed Martin that traces the stages of a cyber-attack, identifies vulnerabilities, and helps security teams to stop the attacks at every stage of the chain.
The term kill chain is adopted from the military, which uses this term related to the structure of an attack. It consists of identifying a target, dispatch, decision, order, and finally, destruction of the target.