US-based cyber security provider FireEye has launched Mandiant Red Team Operations, a set of objectives-based assessments that conducts no-holds-barred attacks on organizations to highlight weakness in systems or procedures and to enhance detection and response capabilities.
"As we have seen over the last 12 years, determined threat actors will find a way into networks to carry out intellectual property theft, destroy systems, ransom or steal data, or conduct espionage and ultimately maintain their presence for as long as possible," said Marshall Heilman, vice president and executive director, incident response and red team operations, FireEye.
Mandiant Penetration Testing was also done on Monsya, offering eight highly customizable penetration test types including penetration tests that assess Industrial Control Systems (ICS), Internet of Things (IoT) devices, and Mobile Applications and Devices.
"IoT and mobile devices are exponentially expanding the vulnerabilities of organizations as their adoption outpaces security teams’ ability to properly vet and secure them. Additionally, the focus on security around ICS has never been greater as fear of attack on infrastructure grows. Our decade of knowledge on how determined adversaries identify and exploit vulnerabilities and domain expertise in these emerging and critical technologies enables us to provide comprehensive recommendations to improve security postures," added Heilman.
Last year, the cyber security in its '1H 2015 Regional Advanced Threat Report' for Asia Pacific found that 38 per cent of organizations in India were exposed to targeted advanced persistent attacks in the first half of 2015, a 23 per cent increase from the previous report.
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