The national intelligence services of five countries have offered enterprises advice on beating spies at their own game in a series of documents intended to help them protect network edge devices and appliances such as firewalls, routers, VPN (virtual private networks) gateways, internet of things (IoT) devices, internet-facing servers, and internet-facing OT (operational technology) systems from cyberattacks.
The Five Eyes alliance brings together the intelligence agencies of Australia, Canada, New Zealand, the UK and the US. The various agencies have each approached the challenge of securing the network edge from a different angle, releasing their reports on Tuesday.
“Foreign adversaries routinely exploit software vulnerabilities in network edge devices to infiltrate critical infrastructure networks and systems. The damage can be expensive, time-consuming, and reputationally catastrophic for public and private sector organizations,” the US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) said in its introduction to the guidance. “These guidance documents detail various considerations and strategies for a more secure and resilient network both before and after a compromise.”
