Attack Simulation
What is Attack Simulation?
Automated security testing that replicates real-world attack scenarios against an organization's defenses to validate security control effectiveness.
Terms that appear alongside attack simulation
Each of these is named in at least one of the same controls as attack simulation. The number is how many controls name both.
- remediation 2 shared controls
- resilience 2 shared controls
- red team 2 shared controls
- blue team 2 shared controls
Frameworks that govern attack simulation
What the standards actually require on attack simulation
Requirements naming attack simulation across 6 standards, quoted from the control text.
The FI should perform adversarial attack simulation (red team) exercises that emulate real attackers' tactics, techniques and procedures against the people, processes and technology behind critical business functions, to test its cyber defence and response pla...
monetary-authority-of-singapore-technology-risk-management-guidelines::13.4 · 13.4 Adversarial Attack Simulation Exercise →Penetration tests include attack simulations or real-world tactics such as red teaming to expose gaps in employee behaviour, defences, policies and resources.
ffiec-cybersecurity-assessment-tool-cat::D3.DC.Th.A.2 · D3.DC.Th.A.2 Threat and Vulnerability Detection (Advanced 2) →Periodic technical security tests on production, as the regulator requires, guarantee no vulnerabilities put the system's security and operation at risk: a third-party attack simulation following a known methodology, with vulnerability analysis identifying and...
gli-33-gaming-laboratories-international-event-wagering-systems::B.9.1 · B.9.1 Technical Security Testing →Institutions whose inherent risk is medium or high carry out the intelligence-led Cyber Attack Simulation Testing, which tests cyber resilience by simulating real-life attacks by competent adversaries using relevant intelligence, beyond traditional penetration...
hkma-cyber-resilience-assessment-framework-c-raf::ICAST.1 · iCAST for medium and high inherent risk institutions →Networks, systems and applications are to be monitored for anomalous behaviour, with appropriate steps taken to evaluate possible information security incidents. Purpose: spot abnormal behaviour and possible incidents.
iso-27002-2022::8.16 · Monitoring activities →Audit + Drills + Training operationalise the Directions through ongoing assurance + cyber preparedness. (1) CERT-In Cyber Security Audit: organisations should undergo periodic cyber security audit by CERT-In Empanelled Information Security Auditing Organisatio...
CERTIN-Audit-Drills-Training-AwarenessProgram-CERTInExercises-CISO · CERT-In Audit + Cyber Security Drills + Training + Awareness + CERT-In Cyber Exercises + CISO + Information Security Auditor Empanelment →Questions people ask about attack simulation
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