Technical Investigations Unit against the digital adversary

The world of the #Internet is considered a virtual reality that parallels our real reality, which has enabled the role of #cybersecurity to act as a deterrent to the risks emanating from #virtual_reality. The #Technical_Investigations Unit, or as it is known in English, “The Cyber ​​Threat Intelligence (CTI), which is classified within the fields of #Cyber_Security, is an essential element in #protecting digital data and information due to its efforts to detect, analyze and deal with threats coming from the #virtual_world and the digital adversary.

Who is this #digital_opponent?

– A digital adversary represents entities or individuals who use technology to achieve their criminal goals. The digital adversary may be a state, a criminal group, or an individual.

Knowing the #digital_adversary is essential to ensure #cybersecurity and effective response to threats, in addition to identifying their type and visualizing targets and target areas.

The #Technical_Investigations Unit is concerned with collecting and analyzing information related to cyber threats and digital adversaries. Which helps in making strategic and tactical decisions, and the #Technical_Investigations Unit uses #security data and analyzes to identify unnoticed security threats. These modules are often central to any organization’s security program, as they can provide a deep understanding of elements that could cause harm.

Like any other field, the #Technical_Investigations_Unit faces many challenges, including collecting correct and up-to-date information, analyzing it effectively, and sharing it with relevant authorities to take proactive decisions to implement or spread breaches and thus avoid harm to the organization, especially since the #Technical_Investigations_Unit can detect any future cyber threat and predict of potential attacks.

The tools used in the field of work of these units constitute an important element in this type of operations, and must be effective and highly accurate. These tools differ in their methodology and structure used to detect and predict cyber incidents. Some major organizations also rely on integrating more than one tool to implement these operations, as they work in harmony with each other to detect, analyze, and deal with future attacks.

The #Technical_Investigations_Unit is based on understanding the tactics, techniques and procedures, which are known in English as “Tactics, Techniques, and Procedures (TTPs)” used by attackers, as it is important to understand and analyze them by knowing how, when and why hackers attack. After understanding the tactics, tools, and processes, organizations can work to improve their #informationsecurity strategies and standards to avoid future attacks or reduce their seriousness as the situation requires.

Therefore, identifying and understanding the #digital_adversary is an essential pillar for forming a cyber defense line. This is what the #Technical_Investigations_Unit is implementing and working on by providing organizations with the necessary information and devising attacker methods to confront threats and maintain cybersecurity.

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