Cyber Security

                                   Cyber Security  in the Cloud I Data Center I Infrastructure & Components I Fraud Detection:

Cyber security is the body of Technologies, processes, and practices designed to protect networks, devices, programs, and data from attack, damage, or unauthorized access. Cyber security is also referred to in Information Technology as things that are done to protect: Organization I Person I Country I Information Technologies :against Attackers over the Internet. The Ineffectiveness of Cyber Security and attacks on any of Information Technology Infrastructure and its components will put any Nation at Risk. CloudShield Network Traffic Analysis, Cloud Analytics and Cloud Intelligent Big Data Analyses are chosen Cyber Security protection Tools.

Advanced Persistent Threat (APT) is a cyberattack, wherein a cybercriminal employs advanced and sophisticated methods for gaining unauthorized access to a system I network I Infrastructure Components. The cybercriminal remains undercover and goes undetected for an extended time, during which the attacker collects sensitive and critical data about and from the target system >> Most Dangerous.  

Cybercriminals keep improving their tactics. Their methods and tools often advance faster than mainstream technology, enabling them to bypass security systems and hide for extended periods of time. The more time they spend in your network, the more data they can steal. Finding them before they cause damage requires continual proactive defense, like threat hunting. 

Attackers keep improving their tactics. They are often able to bypass security systems and hide for extended a periods of time. Finding them before they cause damage requires new, more proactive tactics, like threat hunting.  

Best Practices for Ecommerce Fraud Detection and Prevention

 An online store can be protected from fraudulent credit card transactions, affiliate fraud, and other types of ecommerce fraud by recognizing the fraudulent activities. Preventive measures can reduce the fraud risk and ensure that it does not impact the business. Businesses have several tools at their disposal for fraud detection and prevention. Here are the top 10 best practices that businesses can implement to protect themselves from ecommerce fraud. 

Our Expertise major steps to keep your Infrastructure and all Components Saved and Secured:

1. We Conduct frequent site security audits Ecommerce merchants can find flaws in their security framework before criminals and fraudsters discover and target them by regularly conducting site security audits. If such audits are conducted often enough, they will ensure the following: 1 - 8 Steps

2. We ensure PCI-compliant ecommerce business Following are some of the types of anti-fraud solutions that ecommerce merchants can employ:

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  • Top-level anti-fraud >>Doc Restricted >> Internal use only

10. We Cross-check  IP address and credit cards: Doc Restricted >> Internal use only

In addition to these best practices, online merchants should also ensure they don’t ship orders to PO boxes and other virtual addresses, such as those of freight forwarders. Fraudsters usually avoid detection by keeping their physical address a secret and prefer using a PO Box or any other anonymous location. Fraudsters are aware that the police can’t figure out an address that is virtual and not physical.  Eliminating all frauds is highly unlikely for any ecommerce business. However, if merchants take these fraud prevention practices seriously, they can certainly do a lot to reduce the impact of fraud on the bottom line of their company. Therefore, online businesses must implement fraud detection and prevention tools. They should opt for solutions that employ machine learning-based algorithms that can learn, adapt, and improve over time. Such tools can seamlessly find new fraudulent patterns without any human intervention. Further process: Doc Restricted >> Internal                                                                                                                                              

AWS Security Architecture:

AWS security architecture refers to the set of principles, policies, and practices used to design and implement security controls for an organization's infrastructure and data hosted on the AWS cloud platform. AWS provides a wide range of security features and services that organizations can use to build a secure and compliant cloud infrastructure. Here are some key components of AWS security architecture:

1. AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM): IAM is a key component of AWS security architecture that enables organizations to manage user access to AWS resources. IAM allows organizations to create and manage users, groups, and roles and apply policies to control access to AWS resources.

2. Virtual Private Cloud (VPC): VPC enables organizations to create a private network within the AWS cloud, where they can deploy their infrastructure resources. VPC provides features such as security groups, network ACLs, and routing tables to enable organizations to secure their infrastructure resources.

3. Encryption: AWS provides several encryption features to enable organizations to protect their data while it is in transit and at rest. These include services such as AWS Key Management Service (KMS), which allows organizations to manage encryption keys, and AWS Certificate Manager (ACM), which enables the creation and management of SSL/TLS certificates.

4. Security Monitoring and Logging: AWS provides several tools for security monitoring and logging, such as AWS CloudTrail, which provides a record of all API calls made in the AWS account, and Amazon GuardDuty , which provides threat detection and response capabilities.

5. Compliance: AWS has a compliance program that includes a wide range of certifications and attestations, such as ISO 27001, SOC 2, and HIPAA. These certifications demonstrate that AWS has implemented appropriate security controls and processes to protect customer data.

6. Infrastructure as Code: AWS provides tools such as AWS CloudFormation and AWS Terraform that enable organizations to automate the deployment and management of their AWS infrastructure. This approach, known as Infrastructure as Code (IaC), can help organizations ensure consistency and security across their infrastructure resources.

By leveraging these components and services, organizations can build a secure and compliant infrastructure on the AWS cloud. It is important to note that AWS security architecture is a shared responsibility between AWS and the customer. While AWS provides a secure infrastructure, it is the customer's responsibility to configure and manage their resources securely.

Cyber Security Monitoring

Threat Hunting: We Actively Monitor the Systems and Infrastructure Components. 

Cybercriminals keep improving their tactics. Their methods and tools often advance faster than mainstream technology, enabling them to bypass security systems and hide for extended periods of time. The more time they spend in your network, the more data they can steal. Finding them before they cause damage requires continual proactive defense, like threat hunting. 

Attackers keep improving their tactics. They are often able to bypass security systems and hide for extended periods of time. Finding them before they cause damage requires new, more proactive tactics, like threat hunting. 

Threat Hunting:

Threat hunting is the process of actively searching for and identifying threats. Often, hunters are looking for Advanced Persistent Threats (APTs). APTs are threats in which attackers gain access to a system and remain for an extended period of time. These threats are typically carried out by nation states or state sponsored groups. APTs are used to siphon data, monitor for classified information, or obtain credentials.

Threat hunting and traditional threat detection are two different aspects of security. When threat hunting, you proactively search for attackers. Using threat detection, you set systems in place to reactively alert when threat activity is detected. Threat hunting is not intended to be a replacement for detection, but an additional measure of defense.

Threat hunters work by assuming that attackers are already in your system but are undetected. If they find evidence of an attacker, they report that evidence to be handled according to your Incident Response Plan. 

Incident response is an approach to handling security breaches. The aim of incident response is to identify an attack, contain the damage, and eradicate the root cause of the incident. An incident can be defined as any breach of law, policy, or unacceptable act that concerns information assets, such as networks, computers, or smartphones.

As the frequency and types of data breaches increase, the lack of an incident response plan can lead to longer recovery times, increased cost, and further damage to your information security effectiveness. This makes incident response a critical activity for any security organization.

 The six steps of incident response

1. Our Preparation Steps:

Here are steps our incident response team take to prepare for cybersecurity incidents:

• Form an internal incident response team, and develop policies to implement in the event of a cyber attack

• Review security policies and conduct risk assessments modeled against external attacks, internal misuse/insider attacks, and situations where external reports of potential vulnerabilities and exploits. (NIST provides a good framework.) 

• Prioritize known security issues or vulnerabilities that cannot be immediately remediated – know your most valuable assets to be able to concentrate on critical security incidents against critical infrastructure and data

• Develop a communication plan for internal, external, and (if necessary) breach reporting

• Outline the roles, responsibilities, and procedures of the immediate incident response team, and the extended organizational awareness or training needs

• Recruit and train team members, and ensure they have access to relevant systems, technologies and tools

• Plan education for the extended organization members for how to report potential security incidents or information

2. Identification

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• Identify and assess the incident and gather evidence.

• Decide on the severity and type of the incident and escalate, if necessary.

• Document actions taken, addressing “who, what, where, why, and how.” This information may be used later as evidence if the incident reaches a court of law.

3. Containment

Once Our team isolates a security incident, the aim is to stop further damage. This includes:

• Short-term containment — an instant response, so the threat doesn’t cause further damage. 

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• Long-term containment — While making temporary fixes: >>Doc Restricted Internal use only 

4. Eradication

Contain the threat and restore: Doc Restricted >> Internal use only

Our process  as follows: 1 - 6  steps [ Doc Restricted >> Internal use only]

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5. Recovery

The purpose of this phase is to bring affected systems back into the production environment

carefully to ensure they will not lead to another incident. Several strategic steps must be followed : Doc Restricted Internal use only. 

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Serverless Architecture

Serverless architecture is a software architecture pattern that allows developers to build and run applications and services without having to manage the underlying infrastructure. With serverless architecture, developers can focus solely on writing and deploying code, while the cloud provider takes care of scaling, availability, and infrastructure management.

Serverless architecture is based on the concept of Function-as-a-Service (FaaS), which allows developers to deploy and run small, self-contained functions that are triggered by specific events or requests. These functions are usually short-lived and stateless, which makes them easy to scale and manage.

Some of the benefits of serverless architecture include:

1. Reduced operational overhead: Serverless architecture eliminates the need for developers to manage servers and infrastructure, which can save time and resources.

2. Improved scalability: Serverless architecture enables automatic scaling of resources based on the demand, which can help applications to handle sudden spikes in traffic.

3. Reduced costs: With serverless architecture, developers only pay for the resources they consume when their functions are executed, which can help to reduce costs.

4. Faster development cycles: With serverless architecture, developers can focus on writing code rather than managing infrastructure, which can help to speed up development cycles.

However, there are also some challenges associated with serverless architecture, such as vendor lock-in, limited control over infrastructure, and potential cold start times for functions.

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Microservices

Microservices is a software architecture style that structures an application as a collection of small, independent services. Each service is responsible for a specific business capability and communicates with other services through well-defined interfaces.

Microservices architecture is typically characterized by:

1. Small services: Each service is designed to do one thing well, and to be small and focused on a specific business capability.

2. Independent: Each service is independent of other services, which makes it easier to deploy and maintain.

3. Scalable: Each service can be scaled independently based on its own specific needs.

4. Resilient: Each service is designed to be fault-tolerant, which means that if one service fails, it will not bring down the entire system.

5. Decentralized: Each service can be developed, deployed, and managed independently by different teams, which allows for faster development cycles and greater flexibility.

Microservices architecture has gained popularity in recent years as organizations look to build complex, distributed systems that are scalable, resilient, and easy to maintain. However, it requires careful planning and management to ensure that the system as a whole functions properly and efficiently.