Summary

We covered quite a lot relating to proactive services throughout this chapter. Hopefully, you now realize the importance and need to ensure that this function is an active part of your cybersecurity program. These types of services can significantly help reduce risk in your organization, as you will proactively identify vulnerabilities before a threat actor can exploit them. They will also allow you to be better prepared as you complete theoretical exercises, helping to coach and guide you through the process of a major cybersecurity incident. Ensuring that you have a well-documented CIRP that provides all guidance will help speed up recovery and get the business back to a normal operational state, which can have the potential for significant savings. There is an overwhelming number of proactive services available, so it is important that you understand them and prioritize which ones will provide the most value to your organization, reducing risk. You won’t be able...