It’s the middle of 2022 and it’s a perfect time to review your plans, goals and risks to your network, especially given the changing threat landscape. Ransomware, for example, has become more human targeted. Ransomware operators are now looking for additional methods and payloads as well as using extortion. Ransomware entry points range from targeting email and phishing lures as well as unpatched vulnerabilities to more targeted attacks.
With that in mind, these are the ten tasks you should do for your mid-year security review:
1. Review access and credential policies for third parties
Attackers will scan for Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) access and use brute-force attacks like credential stuffing. They know that people tend to reuse credentials that the attackers obtain from stolen databases to attempt to gain access in your network.