Ridgeback - West Point Cyber Defense Review
Ridgeback to be highlighted in the upcoming issue of the West Point Cyber Defense Review!!
The Sword of Damocles: A Cybersecurity Paradigm Shift for the Defense of Critical Infrastructure.
Fogarty, Scott. In Press. The Cyber Defense Review.
Abstract
The decentralized nature of U.S. critical infrastructure, while an engine and source of enormous societal wealth, creates significant vulnerabilities. Systems and their defenders are unknowingly operating underneath a modern Sword of Damocles—a constant and catastrophic threat of disruption from sophisticated and persistent adversaries. Drawing a parallel to the defensive failures of the October 7th Attacks, this article demonstrates how current cybersecurity strategies, heavily reliant on probabilistic, detect-and-respond tools, have proven insufficient to secure the complex Operational Technology (OT) systems and vast supply chains at the core of this infrastructure. This article argues that the fundamental asymmetry between attacker and defender can only be redressed by a new defensive paradigm. By integrating scalable, deterministic, and fact-based security methods with existing tools, defenders can enable automated, offense-for-defense capabilities. This approach, grounded in game theory, is the key to imposing tangible costs on adversaries in real time, finally allowing defenders to step out from under the sword and instead wield it.
From the very basic active and immediate (pre-foothold) engagement of our adversaries to identifying misconfigured devices, Ridgeback takes the fight to the enemy and puts them on their heels…where we have been for too long. From system and network situational awareness to the potential “mapping” of where our systems are located, Ridgeback helps yoiu meet one of the critical principles of warfare….”know yourself”. Adding in a US-only geo-int capability, we add in “know your enemy”. Ridgeback’s unique ability to serve as a tripwire that enables Cyber Mission Forces and Law Enforcement to feed prosecutable information on attempted intrusions is another inherent capability that will allow you to get inside our enemy’s OODA loop rather than them remaining in yours. No other tool offers the multiple capabilities, deployment and support flexibility (IT/OT/IoT), and so much more in such a lightweight package.
Visit Phase II at Booth #801 to explore Ridgeback and the many capabilities it offers.
The Sword of Damocles: A Cybersecurity Paradigm Shift for the Defense of Critical Infrastructure.
Fogarty, Scott. In Press. The Cyber Defense Review.
Abstract
The decentralized nature of U.S. critical infrastructure, while an engine and source of enormous societal wealth, creates significant vulnerabilities. Systems and their defenders are unknowingly operating underneath a modern Sword of Damocles—a constant and catastrophic threat of disruption from sophisticated and persistent adversaries. Drawing a parallel to the defensive failures of the October 7th Attacks, this article demonstrates how current cybersecurity strategies, heavily reliant on probabilistic, detect-and-respond tools, have proven insufficient to secure the complex Operational Technology (OT) systems and vast supply chains at the core of this infrastructure. This article argues that the fundamental asymmetry between attacker and defender can only be redressed by a new defensive paradigm. By integrating scalable, deterministic, and fact-based security methods with existing tools, defenders can enable automated, offense-for-defense capabilities. This approach, grounded in game theory, is the key to imposing tangible costs on adversaries in real time, finally allowing defenders to step out from under the sword and instead wield it.
From the very basic active and immediate (pre-foothold) engagement of our adversaries to identifying misconfigured devices, Ridgeback takes the fight to the enemy and puts them on their heels…where we have been for too long. From system and network situational awareness to the potential “mapping” of where our systems are located, Ridgeback helps yoiu meet one of the critical principles of warfare….”know yourself”. Adding in a US-only geo-int capability, we add in “know your enemy”. Ridgeback’s unique ability to serve as a tripwire that enables Cyber Mission Forces and Law Enforcement to feed prosecutable information on attempted intrusions is another inherent capability that will allow you to get inside our enemy’s OODA loop rather than them remaining in yours. No other tool offers the multiple capabilities, deployment and support flexibility (IT/OT/IoT), and so much more in such a lightweight package.
Visit Phase II at Booth #801 to explore Ridgeback and the many capabilities it offers.
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