MISSION INSIGHT

ALERT: Due to the global COVID - 19 pandemic, the United States cybersecurity risk exposure is at a "GUARDED" alert level

ALERT: Due to the global COVID - 19 pandemic & employees remotely working, the risk of corporate espionage & cybersecurity risk exposure is at an "ELEVATED" alert level

MISSION "defined" MISSION "secured" with the leadership & insight from MISSION INSIGHT

MISSION INSIGHT will move your CyberSecurity Governance maturity from the "REACTIVE & PROACTIVE" maturity levels to

"PREDICTIVE & OFFENSIVE" maturity levels!

POA&M Actions To Secure Your Infrastructure ---

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The current CYBERTHREAT level of the United States based on MS-ISAC and other alerting agencies - SEPTEMBER 2020

BLUE or GUARDED indicates a general risk of increased hacking, virus, or other malicious activity. The potential exists for malicious cyber activities, but no known exploits have been identified, or known exploits have been identified but no significant impact has occurred.

Examples:

A critical vulnerability is discovered but no exploits are reported.

A critical vulnerability is being exploited but there has been no significant impact.

A new virus is discovered with the potential to spread quickly.

There are credible warnings of increased probes or scans.

A compromise of non-critical system(s) did not result in loss of data.

Actions:

Continue recommended actions from previous level.

Identify vulnerable systems.

Implement appropriate countermeasures to protect vulnerable systems.

When available, test and implement patches, install anti-virus updates, etc., in the next regular cycle.

Notification:

Notification via our website will be done concurrently with the Alert Level change.

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"Battlefields to Boardrooms" MISSION INSIGHT provides the "insight" to your strategic "mission"

Interested in joining our MI team?

MISSION INSIGHT is currently looking for highly skilled CyberSecurity Governance, AWS Cloud IT support & training professionals to support the MD THINK program in Linthicum Maryland.

Do you have the skills to support the MISSION?

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CyberService: GRC Management

MI will lead the implementation of a comprehensive, measured & scalable governance, risk, and compliance (GRC) program that will enable organizations to address & measure with KPIs, KGIs, & KRIs the multiple factors that are essential in managing and controlling your enterprise risk.

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CyberService: Cyber Maturity Management

MI will design, implement & manage a comprehensive and measured CyberResiliency Baseline & Improvement Assessment program that aligns with the NIST CSF and COBIT frameworks and will drive process innovation throughout your enterprise.

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CyberService: Cyber Risk Management

MI delivers on identifying risk & will support your enterprise Cyber Risk objectives with our Cyber Risk Management services. We help organizations identify, define & measure the many security challenges they face in their 'day-2-day" operations — supporting risk-based decisions and improved cybersecurity, reducing costs related to managing security risk, and improving their overall cybersecurity posture.

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IntelService: Competitive Intelligence

A critical component of risk for any organization is the unknown risk of the market landscape your business operates in. Are you ware of your true competitors or the known cyber threats that target your unique industry? MI can assess your current state market & competitive posture, identify known cyber vulnerabilities & threat remediation with detailed Plans of Action & Milestones (POA&Ms) and will provide a defined market landscape road-map that identifies your risk, known threats related to both cybersecurity & competition to drive your unique selling proposition (USP) & strategies through the implementation of actionable & quantitative key performance indicators (KPIs), key risk indicators (KRIs) & key goal indicators (KGIs).

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MISSION INSIGHT is a certified "Veterans Owned Small Business" (VOSB) with a "reach-out" mission to transform our Veterans that have served our country into highly valued business consultants. MISSION INSIGHT focuses on securing insight to drive operational improvements to your CyberIntelligence & MarketIntelligence models for your business mission.

MISSION INSIGHT can assess your current state Security Governance functionality & work with your Security Team to mature to a new Capability Maturity Model level.

MISSION INSIGHT can construct a Security Governance that is built on the business foundation of the CyberSecurity Framework (CSF) and the technical foundation of the Risk Management Framework (RMF) to maximize your effectiveness in the identification of the few vulnerabilities that have the highest probability of exploitation.

MISSION INSIGHT is presently engaged with the State of Maryland in a support role providing a process driven Security Governance capability maturity model assessment to ensure the highest standards are met in securing the IT AWS infrastructure for the cutting-edge State of Maryland DHS MD THINK initiative that will serve as a model for the nation.

SANS Institute Security Awareness Tip of the Day

Messaging / Smishing Attacks
Cyber attackers can just as easily trick or fool you in messaging apps as they can in email. Be on the look-out for scams or attacks via apps such as Slack, Skype, WhatsApp or event simple text messaging. The most common clues are tremendous sense of urgency or curioustiy.
Recording Conference Calls
When hosting or attending conference calls, only record the call if you have prior permission, a work related need to record the call, and you make sure everyone on the call knows it will be recorded.
Never Respond to Emails Asking for Personal Information
Companies you do business with should never ask for your account information, credit card numbers or password in an email. If you have any questions about an email you receive that supposedly came from your financial institution or service provider, find their number on their website and call them.
Personalized Scams
Cyber criminals now have a wealth of information on almost all of us. With so many hacked organizations now a days, cyber criminals simply purchase databases with personal information on millions of people, then use that information to customize their attacks, making them far more realistic. Just because an urgent email has your home address, […]
Attending a Video Conference
When attending a video conference, make sure you are using the latest version of the conferencing software. In addition, if you are using the video option make sure there is nothing sensitive behind you that others would see.

Ready to protect your business...

MISSION INSIGHT can provide a 30 minute consultation to assess your cybersecurity or market intelligence risks and provide an "Insight" strategy road-map on how to drive operation improvements to your expanding "Mission".

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