It’s long been said that it takes a thief to catch a thief. With cybercriminals continuing to evolve and develop an increasing specialization, can we then presume that the deeper each defenders’ knowledge grows across various cybersecurity skills, e.g., hacking, DoS attacks, SQLi, reverse engineering, threat hunting, and others, the better prepared your entire team will be to detect and contain future attacks quickly?
The practice of cross-training is a growing trend across the security landscape for several reasons. If a well-trained security staff is your best defense, then a multi-skilled, cross-trained team can prove even more effective. Cross-training is most practiced and valued in the military, where each individual is trained to do the work of his team members. This ensures the mission will be completed even if critical members become casualties. In cybersecurity, the practice can prove valuable in avoiding disasters of different proportions. Driven primarily by the ongoing scarcity of IT talent and the consistent lack of a fully funded security budget, cybersecurity cross-training is helping organizations optimize cyber skills and readiness across a variety of threat scenarios. ...read more!
