Cybersecurity Toolbox

At DES, we model our cybersecurity recommendations after the NIST Cybersecurity Framework. This is a set of guidelines developed by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) to help organizations manage and reduce cybersecurity risks. The framework consists of five core functions:

• Identify: Understand your organization's capabilities to manage cybersecurity risk.

• Protect: Implement a cybersecurity posture that safeguards your people, systems and assets.

• Detect: Have solutions in place to monitor and expose cybersecurity events.

• Respond: Have a plan to investigate and contain an attack.

• Recover: Repair and restore capabilities after a cybersecurity incident.

Within each of these domains, DES helps you choose cybersecurity products and solutions that give you the right defenses for your unique needs. Here are a selection of the tools that we use to build a dynamic, user-friendly and comprehensive cybersecurity solution.

Identify

• Cybersecurity Assessment & Diagnostic: Our first step is to analyze your current state. We provide a complimentary cybersecurity scan which will identify your current areas of vulnerabilities.

• Asset Inventory: Do you have a systematic listing of all your connected assets? Can you quickly see each asset’s security status and user authorizations? Our asset management tools help identify and manage all assets connected to your network, reducing the risk of unauthorized access or unpatched vulnerabilities.

• Risk Assessment: A risk assessment must be conducted internally, within the executive and legal stakeholders of your organization.  A thorough risk assessment identifies potential threats, vulnerabilities, and their potential impact on your operations.

• Data Classification: Categorize your data based on its sensitivity and importance. This helps in prioritizing protection measures and ensuring compliance with data protection regulations.

Protect

• Advanced/Next-Generation Firewalls: These are enhanced firewalls that offer advanced threat detection and prevention, including features like deep packet inspection and intrusion detection.

• Identity Protection and Authentication: Tools that secure user identities and control access to networks, often using multi-factor authentication (MFA) so that only authorized users can access company materials or classified files.

• Vulnerability Scanning: A suite of dedicated tools can regularly scan your network, software and systems for known vulnerabilities. This proactive approach helps in identifying potential weak points before they can be exploited.

• Training: Ultimately, your cybersecurity strategy is as good as the operators managing the systems. When DES designs and deploys systems, we only walk out of the job once your operators know how to use the systems.

Detect

• Endpoint Protection: Endpoint protection protects individual devices, such as laptops, mobile phones and tablets, from cyber threats like malware. EDR is essential for any organization with many BYOD devices

• Streamlined Threat Hunting: A combination of AI-based, human, and behavioral network analysis are designed to look for signs of malicious activity, trigger automatic investigations and guided playbooks that accelerate triage and response.

• Managed Detection & Response (MDR): Sometimes you don’t have the in-house resources to provide the attention and vigilance that cybersecurity requires. A MDR service provides continuous monitoring and response to cyber threats. It combines technology and human expertise to rapidly identify and neutralize threats before they can cause significant damage.

• Security Operations Center (SOC) for Around the Clock (24/7/365) Monitoring, Detection, and Response: For more intensive and continuous detection, we recommend a SOC. This is a centralized unit that deals with security issues on an organizational and technical level. It ensures that potential security incidents are correctly identified, analyzed, defended, investigated, and reported.

Respond

• Incident Response Plan: Develop a comprehensive plan that outlines steps to take during a cybersecurity incident.

• Forensic Tools: Implement tools that can help investigate and analyze security breaches.

• Communication Systems: Establish secure communication channels for coordinating response efforts during an incident.

Recover

• Backup and Recovery Systems: Implement robust backup solutions to ensure data can be restored quickly after an incident.

• Post-Incident Analysis Tools: Use tools to analyze what happened and improve future responses.

• Business Continuity Planning: Develop strategies to maintain critical operations during and after a cybersecurity incident.

Within this framework, we work with you to design a cybersecurity strategy that meets best practices and is affordable and manageable for you to operate.