Advanced threat protection (ATP) refers to security solutions that protect your organization from advanced cyberattacks and malware that aim to exfiltrate, corrupt, or steal sensitive data. ATP can help an organization stay a step ahead of cyber criminals, even predicting attack vectors, putting the IT team in a better position to defend against them.
Understand the scale of advanced threats
The scale of the advanced threats faced by organizations will vary based on the organization's attack surface, vulnerabilities, and the type of assets it has that might attract attackers. Incorporating threat modeling helps organizations map potential attack paths and proactively identify high-risk areas before they're exploited.
Measure and monitor the effectiveness of your current security
It is important to establish metrics that can be used to measure how effective your current security solution is. For some companies, it may be possible to tweak the current system or make minimal additions to make it adequate. In other cases, a complete overhaul may be necessary.
Leverage your vendor's expertise to optimize your current installation
While your IT team may have an impressive body of knowledge regarding the tools you have, your MSSP or another vendor will likely have even more. Take the time to glean insights from their knowledge regarding how to best configure your system to get the most out of your investment.
Take a network-based approach for 20/20 visibility into all threats
The best way to defend your organization is to focus on attaining network-wide visibility. This involves analyzing all network traffic throughout its lifecycle, as well as the endpoints and devices that connect to the network.
Implement a life-cycle defense, not piecemeal solutions
A lifecycle defense solution involves implementing a closed-loop system that studies the complete lifecycle of a threat, as well as the data that moves throughout your network. While tracing these lifecycles, you are able to observe the threat and its behavior from start to finish, as well as the path that network traffic takes - the same path it could expose to threats.
