Inevitably, a bot will attempt to gain access to your network. To minimize the damage it can do, it’s crucial to detect it early. To improve your ability to detect bots, consider these 3 steps:
1. Monitor devices on your network.
If it’s connected to your network, you need to know about it. Reduce the ability of attackers to use bots to find and exploit unauthorized and unprotected systems by using active monitoring and configuration management. This will help you maintain an up-to-date inventory of approved devices and their profiles. This way, if one of the devices is compromised or a bot attempts to get access, you’ll be the first to know.
2. Maintain and audit security logs.
Use detailed logs to identify and uncover any suspicious behavior that may be an indicator of a bot. To do this, generate standardized logs for each device connected to your network. The log should include software information including date, time stamp, source, and destination. This way, your security software will be able to notify you instantly of meaningful changes to any of your devices, helping you detect bot activity quickly.
3. Implement an incident response plan.
Who will look into a security audit alert at 2am? To detect attacks quickly, it’s imperative to implement an incident response plan that assigns specific duties to each member of your security team. The incident response plan should have clearly delineated roles and responsibilities for quickly discovering an attack and then effectively containing the damage, eradicating the attacker or bot, and restoring security integrity.
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