PALO ALTO NETWORKS CYBERSECURITY ACADEMY

What is Cybersecurity & Why Should I Care?

CYBERSECURITY is a set of techniques used to
protect networks, programs and data from attack,
damage, or unauthorized access.

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 What do the Bad Guys want???
• Steal personally identifiable
information (PII): full identity theft
packages to commit financial fraud.
• Exfiltrate organizational
information: includes intellectual
capital/property
• Harvest authentication credentials:
Stolen username and password
combinations­
• Pilfer financial data: Unauthorized
withdrawals from accounts or
charges against credit lines  

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PREVENTING SUCCESSFUL CYBERATTACKS – REDUCE VISIBILITY

Network Endpoint Cloud

Visibility

ANALYTICS
Who is the Adversary?
The Who is he?
Adversary He could be sitting right next to you….
He could be your Facebook Friend…..
He could be…. Bob!

Bob Wants To….

Bob
1. Get In
2. Get the Job Done Your Job …..
3. Get Out (Undetected) …..STOP BOB!
… and stay your friend!
 FACEBOOK basic vulnerabilities

Attacker Weaponization Target

and Delivery

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or M e ss en
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 INSTAGRAM basic vulnerabilities

Attacker Target
Weaponization
and Delivery
BBC REPORT: Hackers h
ave gained ;
access to the personal d a ck s In s ta g ra m
ata of
10-Ye ar- O l d H
celebrities on Instagram
by using a o m F a c eb o o k
"flaw" in its security sys
tems. Wins $10K Fr

September 2017: 6 MILLION Instagram

users hacked!!
 Personal Devices – YOUR Phone!!

Attacker Target
Weaponization
and Delivery
2017 - mor
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incidents o million new
ra bility f mobile m
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ted by McA
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Spear Phishing + Decoy

Spear Phishing Email

Weaponization
and Delivery

Attacker Target

Exploit Document

Backdoor Access

Decoy Document
Backdoor Trojan
 How do you win?
Bob You
Don’t be Force attackers Use Basic
low hanging to use their "Cyber
best tools. Hygiene"
Fruit

Know your Have visibility

Know where the
valuable data
network into all areas
resides.

Who can
Know the benefit from
How would you
attack your own
attacker compromising
you?
network?
 Critical Need for Cybersecurity Training
MANY MANY JOBS AND GREAT PAY!!

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It’s time to STAND TALL …
… Take ACTION

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