No one is above Cyber Security threats – even Santa.
Santa Claus has reached out to Cybaverse to engage in 12 days of Red Teaming to ensure that his business, Lapland Industries, is protected against the latest cybercriminal’s tactics!
The term ‘Red Teaming’ can mean many different things to different people.
Red Team Testing can be described as a cyber security assessment technique that simulates a real-world attack on an organisation's digital infrastructure. The purpose of Red Team Testing is to identify security vulnerabilities and assess an organisation's readiness to defend against a cyber attack.
Clear communication between the client and provider is essential to understand what their expectations are to ensure that the delivered engagement matches those expectations.
It is important to conduct Red Team Testing at various stages of development, as well as before and after a product launch. This allows you to find and fix vulnerabilities early on, before they can be exploited by attackers.
Not everything is as wonderful and as carefree as most would like to believe in the North Pole. Many of the similar problems that we experience are unfortunately present there as well.
Santa Claus himself has reached out to Cybaverse to ask for assistance in delivering a Red Team exercise to assess the security posture of Lapland Industries.
With the ramp up to Christmas officially starting, Santa was concerned that a cyber attack could paralyse Lapland Industries and result in children all over the world not getting their gifts on Christmas morning!
Santa’s main concern was the personal information held on each child on the naughty and nice list, and how a threat actor could change the information, potentially leading to children not getting the correct gift on Christmas. Mrs Claus, the Chief Compliance Officer for Lapland Industries was also concerned that a breach could land them in trouble with the regulatory authorities.
You may think that no one would want to hack Santa, as he only brings presents right?
However, there are several children on the naughty list that may want to infiltrate Lapland Industries. There could also be ex-elves that want to take Santa’s place. Between 6 and 28% of cyber attacks are conducted with the help of ex or current employees, according to the InfoSec Institute.
Many organisations believe that they are ‘too small’ or not of public interest to be hacked, which is untrue. Many hackers target organisations who have little-to-no cyber security.
There are 4 main steps involved in conducting a Red Team
The most prevalent and proficient threat actor in the North Pole is the Gruber Group. In previous years, cybercriminal organisation Gruber Group led by Hans Gruber have conducted ransomware attacks on similar organisations, such as the infiltration of systems at the Tooth Fairy’s Headquarters in the Land of Nod. Systems were down in the Tooth Fairy HQ for several weeks as backups were brought back online and data recovered. The impact was significant, with a loss of 6% of global sub pillow dental revenues and many familial relationships were strained.
After carefully discussing the client requirements with both Mr and Mrs Claus, it was decided that Cybaverse would replicate the TTPs(tactics, tools & procedures) used by Gruber Group to see if Santa’s Workshop will withstand a similar real-world attack.
Cybaverse conducted further research, and then presented a formal proposal outlining the approach and the TTPs that will be used to simulate the attack.
Mr and Mrs Claus confirmed that their requirements had been covered and agreed that no one in the Workshop would know of this operation and gave it a code name – Operation Grinch.
After completion of this Red Team, Santa will have a clear idea of Lapland Industries’ cyber security posture. Understanding if there are any vulnerabilities, if they can be exploited and if they will be detected?
Santa can then work alongside a cyber security expert, such as Cybaverse, to implement changes and re-test.
Cybaverse wasted no time putting together the Red Team process and will start testing the wireless networks tomorrow!
No one is safe! Do you truly know if your organisation is secure?
Threat actors can piece together the smallest vulnerabilities to create catastrophic results. Don’t let a cyber Grinch steal your Christmas – book in for Red Team testing with Cybaverse now.