NIST states that a cyber security posture refers to the 'security status of an enterprise's networks, information, and systems based on information security resources (e.g., people, hardware, software, policies) and capabilities in place to manage the defense of the enterprise and to react as the situation changes.'

A weak cyber security posture means vulnerabilities can be neglected, and these can leave an organization open to dangerous and damaging cyber threats.

To enhance security posture, resiliency, and optimization, SecurityHQ's SHQ Response platform, integrated with IBM products such as QRadar, is designed as a platform for the user to gain access to the visual data surrounding their business and for the analyst to detect vulnerabilities, patch issues, and respond to threats in rapid time.

This Incident Response Platform empowers users with a range of actions:

• Monitor the status of security incidents anytime.
• Prioritize and escalate threats.
• Respond to threats effectively.
• Create and search for tickets.
• Receive real-time alerts and notifications for security incidents.
• Initiate communication with their designated SOC team.
• Obtain crucial notifications with a simple button click.

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Integrated Enterprise-Grade SIEM Technology: IBM QRadar

The IBM QRadar interface has been embedded into the platform where services and features can be accessed to help protect critical data, as well as prevent data leaks and ensure compliance across multiple environments. These environments include data warehouses and databases.

Furthermore, SecurityHQ's Managed Detection & Response (MDR) service enables customers to visualize and comprehend malicious or abnormal activities. It facilitates the analysis, prioritization, and swift response to threats, ensuring the protection of data, individuals, and processes.

'The integration with IBM QRadar, provides SecurityHQ's  24/7/365 SOC, with complete visibility of not just standard event logs, but ingestions across service and application insights, through a boundless number of third-party integrations. This means that events can be enriched with Threat Intelligence data, correlated across SOAR systems, matched to IAM and ZTNA platforms for contextual data, and parsed through enhancement platforms to provide real-time threat data linked to malicious actors. Asses the risk levels of users, map malware to emerging threat groups, and automate investigation steps to streamline and strengthen analyst response.' - Tim Chambers, Senior Cyber Security Manager, SecurityHQ

How SHQ Response Platform Insights Can Enhance Threat Intelligence

The platform provides insights into understanding how a business's security posture has developed in recent times or during a specific period. The benefits of having this information at the users' fingertips include the following:

1. Visual insights into the customer's own security posture over the course of a given time frame. Timeframes can include a review of incidents over the last month, last week, or even over the last 24 hours.

2. Select a customized duration and/or a specific threat actor to monitor activity. Time scatter analytics visualizations provide a visual cue to see the causes of each incident. Therefore, highlighting where you are most vulnerable.

3. Incidents can then be visited, and the customer can view the details into what kind of incidents are observed, what reasons or factors that lead to the security incidents, and then put in place the right measures and see what measures have been taken by the SOC team.

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Analyzing the Threats Behind the Incidents

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View insights regarding the individual threat actors behind the security incidents. Actors are classified into three groups, Internal Actors, External Actors, and Unknowns, and threats are categorized into 'Critical', 'Major', 'Minor', and 'Informational'.

With this feature, the user will be able to see the following regarding each of these types of actors.

• What the IP is of each actor.

• How many incidents there are.

• What these incidents are contributable to.

• Click on a particular IP/actor, and all the incidents that have that IP are presented.

Read more about The What, When, Where, Who, How, and Why Behind Security Incidents

For more information and to learn about the many features and benefits of the Incident Management Platform, take a look here.

Or, if you would like to know more about how IBM QRadar can help you enhance your cyber security posture, contact us here to speak with an expert.