Breach and Attack Simulation: How it helps Improve Security?

Last updated: August 9, 2023 Reading time: 5 minutes
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Breach and Attack Simulation: How it helps Improve Security?

According to the FBI’s Ransomware Prevention and Response for CISOs, “more than 4,000 ransomware attacks have occurred daily since January 1, 2016. This is a 300-percent increase over the approximately 1,000 daily attacks in 2015.” That means there is a three-fold increase in ransomware attacks, just one type of cyberattack. There are more cyberattacks, i.e., a rocketed risk of cyberattacks and other threats for organizations.

With the rising cyberattacks, every organization must implement cybersecurity solutions to counterattack the growing threats. But how does your organization confirm its security shield works? After all, you cannot test your security solutions without the right tool — a toolset called breach and attack simulation. Let’s get to know it to understand its part in improving security.

What is Breach and Attack Simulation?

Breach and attack simulation is a set of technologies that “allow enterprises to continually and consistently simulate the full attack cycle (including insider threats, lateral movement, and data exfiltration) against enterprise infrastructure, using software agents, virtual machines, and other means” per Gartner.