Case study analysis
As we highlighted in the Case Study chapter, High Tech Rapid Solutions has identified several security challenges they would like to address in their environment. Based on MDDR 2023, 99% of the attacks would be prevented by implementing a few fundamental security hygiene practices, which are as follows:
- Enable MFA
- Apply Zero Trust principles
- Use XDR and antimalware
- Patch your systems
- Protect data and prevent data leaks
This is also related to a strong security posture. Based on the same report, the successful ransomware attack likelihood is very low if an organization has a strong security posture. Typically, these attacks are stopped in the pre-ransom phase. This is where Secure Score can help High Tech Rapid Solutions.
As stated earlier, the secure score recommendations won’t cover all the attack surfaces associated with each product, but they are a good baseline. If the company leverages both the MDC secure score and Microsoft...
