Baseline Cyber
Resilience
performance and overall threat exposure.
Generic Baselines Are No Longer Enough
The lack of standardization in cybersecurity metrics and benchmarks make it difficult to establish
a common baseline for KPIs. The dynamic nature of cybersecurity means that KPIs must be constantly
updated and adjusted to remain relevant. Different organizations may have varying definitions of what
constitutes a secure environment; and different business priorities and risk tolerance levels.
Aligning cyber KPIs with the overall business strategy requires defining, quantifying,
and updating those KPI’s.
Challenges to Establish and Track Security KPIs
Lack of Quantified Benchmarks
Lack of Quantified Benchmarks
KPIs based on general industry standards do not take business needs into account
Lack of Visibility
Lack of Visibility
The complexity of modern security stacks makes it challenging to evaluate the effectiveness of current and future investments
Communication Barrier
Communication Barrier
Translation of technical metrics and outcomes into general business language can pose unique challenges
Balancing Security & Business
Balancing Security & Business
Business processes and operational necessities can have significant impact on security KPIs
Cymulate for Establishing
Cybersecurity KPIs
Risk scoring based on simulated attacks provides a validated,
quantified, and asset-mapped evaluation of an organization’s
threat exposure and tool stack efficacy.
Attack-based risk analysis identifies gaps in detection and
policy enforcement and accelerates incident response
blueprinting.
With clear visibility, monitoring exposure over time facilitates
balancing security and business priorities.
Establish and Track KPIs with Flexible, Quantifiable Metrics
Benefits of Using Cymulate To Establish and Track KPIs
Visibility
Executive and technical reporting leading to evidence-based discussions and decision making
Optimization
Benchmark and trend cybersecurity performance to prove continuous improvement
Validation
Confirm that KPI motion is leading toward resilience and compliance
Establishing Cybersecurity
KPIs For Continuous
Improvement
Overview of Cymulate performance tracking and benchmarking
Backed By the Industry
“I showed our board of directors the comprehensive visibility that Cymulate provides, and they told me that we needed it before I even had the budget to purchase it.”
Liad Pichon, Director of Cybersecurity, BlueSnap
“Cymulate has been helping me to evaluate my security posture against behavior based as well zero day threats.”
– IT Security & Risk Management Associate
“Technical capabilities provided are outstanding, customer service is highly responsive and product mgmt. is flexible in supporting us with our requests.”
– Security Operations Analyst
“The Cymulate BAS is delivering excellent outcomes, contributing significantly to enhancing my security effectiveness.”
– IT Security & Risk Management Associate
“My experience with the platform was exceptional. It delivers on its promises with easy navigation, effective mitigation steps, and top-notch after sales support.”
– Chief Risk Manager
“Always willing to help offering training sessions and encourage use of the product’s additional available features.”
– Senior Software Engineer
“I believe that Cymulate brings a vision of risks, vulnerabilities and actions that we are unable to pay attention to in our work day.”
– Security Operations Specialist
“The range and breadth of attack scenarios, potential targets and how well each tool integrates is really excellent.”
– Penetration Tester
“We had an excellent experience with Cymulate, from product deployment to while using the platform.”
– Senior Cybersecurity Engineer
“Awesome customer support and techniques used by Cymulate to identify security gaps.”
– IT Security & Risk Management
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