Driven by the complex international situation and the development of the digital economy, the security operation of critical information infrastructure (hereinafter referred to as Guanji) is gradually becoming practical, systematic and normalized. As the touchstone of security operations, verification and evaluation has become a powerful means to achieve dynamic defense and active defense。How to find out the weaknesses through systematic verification and evaluation, test the effectiveness of safety measures, and continuously iterate safety technology and management methods has become a key task of security protection of key units.
"Validation Assessment" helpsThe security capability of the key foundation has been improved
1) Verification and evaluation is one of the nine major network security development trends in the world
Internationally, Gartner released 9 major cybersecurity trends in 2023, including security verification assessment as one of the main trends. According to Gartner**, by 2026, more than 40% of organizations will rely on an integrated platform for cybersecurity validation assessments.
2) The verification and evaluation of the network security system has been written into the national standard
Level 20 clearly requires regular comprehensive security inspections, and the "Information Security Technology Critical Information Infrastructure Security Protection Requirements" (GB T 39204-2022), which was officially implemented in May this year, also proposes to take various forms of verification such as testing, review, and offensive and defensive drills in the construction, transformation, and upgrading of key infrastructure.
3) Normalized real-network attack and defense drillsMake validation assessment a mandatory part of security operations
Since 2016, as one of the means to test and improve the network security protection level and emergency response capabilities of key units, real network attack and defense drills have gradually become normalized. At the same time, various localities have also begun to organize special actions to improve network security protection capabilities. This has led to the "self-assessment and self-repair" work on the eve of the event.
Difficulties and challenges in the implementation of "verification assessment".
More and more key units realize that verification and assessment is a "rigid need" capability for security operations, and have also achieved certain results in improving employees' network security awareness, enhancing basic network protection methods, and achieving basic compliance capabilities of the system, but they still face many challenges in the actual work process
At the level of talent pool, personnel capabilities are uneven
First, there is a general lack of professional talents to adapt to new development and new requirements, and it is even more difficult to organize a systematic team of security talents
Second, the verification and evaluation methods at this stage rely too much on the personal ability of the attacking members, and the users lack effective means to evaluate the actual combat level of the personnel.
At the level of verification methods, there is a lack of automation
At present, the verification evaluation is mainly based on personnel interviews and configuration verification, and there is a lack of actual combat and automatic verification methods. For new attack methods and tools, if only manual evaluation is carried out, it is difficult to ensure the timeliness and accuracy.
At the level of the validation cycle, there is a lack of sustainability
However, the penetration test time is short, the frequency of attack and defense drills is small, and it is difficult to continue to conduct high-frequency self-inspection, resulting in limited sustainability of the assessment and a short "warranty period" of the assessment report.
At the level of verification content, the global perspective is missing
Most of them are single-dimensional security status assessments, focusing on the vulnerability discovery of target systems or applications, lacking a global perspective on network security, and unable to conduct objective, comprehensive, and scenario-based verification of the protection system.
Built by Sainin"People-System-System".Comprehensive security validation and evaluation solutions
As the three key elements, personnel, business systems and security systems run through the whole life cycle of network security planning, construction and operation. From the perspective of protecting users' core business, Sainin Cybersecurity provides users with a three-dimensional integrated verification and evaluation solution of "personnel-system-system". Help the key units to strengthen the dynamic assessment mechanism of security risks, reverse the situation of "headache and foot pain", realize a comprehensive "physical examination" of the key security defense line, and provide a detailed visual "physical examination report" to help the key units check and fill in the gaps, and finally achieve the purpose of "promoting construction through evaluation" and improving the overall security defense capability.
Personnel proficiency testing assessments
People are at the heart of security. In accordance with the requirements of relevant national laws and regulations, relying on the self-developed digital twin range, Sainin Cybersecurity constructs network security assessment content based on the actual business scenarios of key units, and creates a systematic evaluation environment. Through course learning, self-training, ability certification, etc., it helps security personnel improve their awareness of network security, make up for the shortcomings of security skills, and master professional security capabilities.
Business system validation and evaluation
Loose policy configuration, untimely update, limited functions, insufficient capabilities, and network configuration vulnerabilities have always been the bottleneck problems faced by the security operation of key units. Sainin Cybersecurity is based on classified protection 20. Customs and security requirements and other related standards, from the perspective of chain security, business security, business management, etc., link security capabilities such as source detection, operating environment detection, system vulnerability detection, data security detection, etc., continuously verify the network and system security of key facilities, ensure business continuity, and effectively improve user security protection capabilities.
Security system verification and evaluation
Security system verification is a systematic and scenario-based verification of terminals, equipment, networking and other equipment assets in the entire security system scope of the key unit "from point to surface", and verifies the security defense effect in the live network environment by simulating attacks. According to the actual needs of users, different types of attack verification scenarios can be constructed, and automatic and normalized multi-dimensional verification can be carried out without affecting the business, quantifying security risks and giving security reinforcement suggestions, so as to improve the effectiveness of the user defense system.
As a leader in the actual network attack and defense drills, Sainin Cyber Security has always been committed to the construction of offensive and defensive capabilities, transforming the business experience accumulated in actual combat into security operation products and services, and using comprehensive security verification and evaluation from the perspective of attackers to help key units build an active, continuous and effective security operation system to ensure the last mile of key security.