Use information about attacks
Short label: ATTACKS
Meaning
Threat information describes known malicious addresses, tools or techniques that can help recognise suspicious activity.
Why it matters
Relevant information can improve filtering and investigation, but a feed alone cannot prove that a company is safe or targeted.
What you can do
Choose relevant sources, update the controls that use them and review results alongside your own events.
Services that can help
Web App Shield and Device Shield use relevant detection information. ALT-F1 explains the events and protective actions within the agreed service.
Official reference — NIS2 Art. 21(2)(a)
2. The measures referred to in paragraph 1 shall be based on an all-hazards approach that aims to protect network and information systems and the physical environment of those systems from incidents, and shall include at least the following:
— Directive (EU) 2022/2555 (NIS2), Art. 21(2)
(a) policies on risk analysis and information system security;
— Directive (EU) 2022/2555 (NIS2), Art. 21(2)(a)
You must know your risks and write down how you protect your systems: a risk analysis and a security policy, kept up to date.
Read the article on EUR-Lex → · Official text, quoted from the Official Journal of the EU
Acronyms used here: NIS2, GDPR, DORA, CRA
- NIS2 — Network and Information Systems Directive 2
- An EU cybersecurity directive with requirements for organisations covered by its scope.
- GDPR — General Data Protection Regulation
- The EU regulation on personal-data protection. RGPD is the French name and AVG the Dutch name.
- DORA — Digital Operational Resilience Act
- EU rules on digital operational resilience in the financial sector.
- CRA — Cyber Resilience Act
- EU cybersecurity rules for products with digital elements, including certain software and connected devices.