Remote Workforce
The shift to remote work has brought about new cybersecurity challenges. Employees working from home often use personal devices and networks, increasing the organization's attack surface and creating potential vulnerabilities. Securing the remote workforce is a critical use case in cybersecurity, involving protecting sensitive data, applications, and systems accessed by employees outside the traditional office environment.
How ThreatNG Helps Secure the Remote Workforce
ThreatNG's capabilities can be instrumental in securing the remote workforce by providing comprehensive visibility into external threats, identifying vulnerabilities related to remote access, and facilitating continuous monitoring of the organization's expanded attack surface.
External Discovery and Assessment:
ThreatNG's external discovery module can identify and analyze all internet-facing assets, including remote employees' access, such as cloud applications, VPNs, and remote desktop protocols. This comprehensive inventory helps security teams understand the full extent of the organization's attack surface in a remote work environment. For example, ThreatNG can discover shadow IT applications used by remote workers without IT approval, posing potential security risks.
ThreatNG's external assessment capabilities continuously evaluate the security posture of these remote access points. This includes assessing vulnerabilities related to weak passwords, outdated software, and misconfigured security settings. ThreatNG can also identify potential phishing risks, such as suspicious emails targeting remote employees or fake websites mimicking corporate login pages. For instance, the BEC & Phishing Susceptibility rating, derived from Sentiment and Financials Findings, Domain Intelligence, and Dark Web Presence, can help assess the likelihood of remote workers falling victim to phishing attacks.
Reporting and Continuous Monitoring:
ThreatNG's reporting module provides detailed insights into the security posture of the remote workforce, including potential areas of vulnerability and risk. This information can generate alerts and reports that help security teams promptly identify and respond to potential threats.
ThreatNG's continuous monitoring capabilities ensure that any changes or new developments in the organization's external threat landscape, including remote access, are tracked and analyzed in real time. This allows for immediate detection of security incidents and proactive mitigation measures.
ThreatNG's investigation modules provide an in-depth analysis of specific threats and vulnerabilities related to the remote workforce. For example, the Domain Intelligence module can analyze email headers and content to identify phishing attempts and other email-based threats targeting remote employees. The Sensitive Code Exposure module can detect any exposed code repositories containing sensitive information accessible to remote workers, such as API keys or login credentials.
ThreatNG's intelligence repositories provide access to a wealth of threat intelligence data, including information about known vulnerabilities, compromised credentials, and ransomware events. This information can be used to identify potential threats targeting remote workers and inform security awareness training programs.
Working with Complementary Solutions:
ThreatNG can integrate with other security tools used to secure the remote workforce, such as endpoint detection and response (EDR) solutions, multi-factor authentication (MFA) systems, and virtual private networks (VPNs). This integration allows for a more comprehensive threat detection, prevention, and response approach.
Examples of ThreatNG Helping Secure the Remote Workforce:
ThreatNG identifies a remote employee accessing a shadow IT application with weak security settings and alerts the security team.
ThreatNG's BEC & Phishing Susceptibility assessment reveals that remote workers are likely to fall victim to phishing attacks. This has prompted the security team to implement additional security awareness training and email filtering measures.
ThreatNG discovers exposed credentials in a code repository accessible to remote workers and initiates a process to revoke the credentials and secure the repository.
Examples of ThreatNG Working with Complementary Solutions:
ThreatNG integrates with an EDR solution to provide real-time visibility into endpoint activity for remote employees, enabling faster detection and response to potential threats.
ThreatNG integrates with an MFA system to enforce strong authentication for remote corporate applications and data access.
ThreatNG integrates with a VPN solution to monitor VPN traffic for suspicious activity and ensure secure remote access to the corporate network.
By leveraging ThreatNG's capabilities, organizations can significantly improve their ability to secure the remote workforce, protecting sensitive data, applications, and systems from external threats and ensuring business continuity in a distributed work environment.
