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  STAR intelligence-Led Penetration Testing are the assurance of critical functions that are likely to be subject to sophisticated and persistent attack. STAR tests use threat intelligence to deliver these attack simulations to provide assurance that organisations have appropriate countermeasures and responses to detect and prevent cyber-attack The tests are carried out by experienced penetration testing providers on all types of organisations and are considered to be the most realistic form of assurance service within the sector. This is combined with a review of the company’s ability to recognise and react to cyber security related attacks.

  
  Intelligence Led Penetration Testing (STAR)
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  Penetration testing is a method of evaluating the security of a computer system or network by simulating an attack from malicious outsiders and/or malicious to identify attack vectors, vulnerabilities and control weaknesses. It involves the use of a variety of manual techniques supported by automated tools and looks to exploit known vulnerabilities and uses the expertise of the tester to identify specific weaknesses in an organisation’s security arrangements. Penetration testing is often confused with Vulnerability Assessment.

  
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  VA is the examination of an information system or product to determine the adequacy of security measures; the identification of security deficiencies; to predict the effectiveness of the proposed security measures; and to confirm the adequacy of such measures after implementation.

  
  Vulnerability Assessment (VA)
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  Threat Intelligence is defined as contextualised output of a strategically driven process of collection and analysis of information pertaining to the identities, goals, motivations, tools and tactics of malicious entities intending to harm or undermine a targeted organisation’s operations, ICT systems or the information flowing through them. Threat Intelligence is used to carry out specialised penetration testing to deliver highly targeted attacks against organisations to simulate sophisticated threat actors.

  
  Cyber Threat Intelligence (STAR)
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  Cyber Incident Response is the term used to describe actions undertaken when a computer network or system is compromised, or believed to be compromised. CSIR organisations can evaluate the situation and undertake the most appropriate actions to allow recovery from, and prevent reoccurrence of, the incident.

  
  Cyber Security Incident Response
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  A SOC is a facility where enterprise information systems (eg. web sites, databases, data centres and servers, networks, etc) are monitored, assessed, and defended. Depending on the nature of the SOC, organisations may offer a variety of services including monitoring, detection, threat hunting, incident management, log analysis, forensic imaging, malware analysis, reverse engineering, mitigation advice and general good practice guidance.

  
  Security Operations Centres (SOC)
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  CREST OVS is a new quality assurance standard for the web security industry. CREST OVS is aligned to both OWASP’s Application Security Verification Standard (ASVS) and its Mobile Application Security Verification Standard (MASVS).

  
  Application Security Verification Standard
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  CREST OVS is a new quality assurance standard for the web security industry. CREST OVS is aligned to OWASP’s Application Verification Security Standard (ASVS) and Mobile Application Security Verification Standard (MASVS).

  
  Application Security Verification Standard
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  CREST OVS is a new quality assurance standard for the web security industry. CREST OVS is aligned to OWASP’s Mobile Application Security Verification Standard (MASVS) and Application Verification Security Standard (ASVS).

  
  Mobile Application Security Verification Standard (MASVS)
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  Cyber Incident Exercising
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  Technical Security Architecture represents a comprehensive and rigorous method for describing a current and/or future information security structure and behaviour for an organisation’s security processes, information security systems, personnel and organisational sub-units to ensure alignment with core goals and strategic direction. Design principles are reported clearly with detailed security control specifications documented separately. This is not a service currently accredited by CREST.

  
  Security Architecture
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  STAR-FS Intelligence-Led Penetration Testing is a framework for intelligence-led penetration testing of the financial sector that mimics the actions of cyber threat actors’ intent on compromising an organisation’s important business services and the technology assets and people supporting those services.

  It is used by Regulators to ensure the same rigour whilst reducing their role in its delivery.

  
  STAR-FS Intelligence-Led Penetration Testing
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  STAR-FS Threat Intelligence utilises commercially available threat intelligence services to define realistic and current threat scenarios that will be utilised by the penetration testing teams to replicate real world attacks to operational systems.

  
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  CBEST is a Bank of England scheme delivering controlled, bespoke, cyber threat intelligence-led security testing to financial institutions. See https://www.crest-approved.org/membership/cbest/

  
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  Assure Gvernment Schemes – Journey is a mechanism for accrediting Cyber Suppliers to conduct Cyber Audits of Aviation Organisations on behalf of the Civil Aviation Authority.

  See: Cyber security compliance overview | Civil Aviation Authority (caa.co.uk)

  
  ASSURE
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  Be confident that you are engaging with qualified service providers to assess and improve your cybersecurity posture through a CIS Controls-accredited organization when choosing one of these members

  
  CIS Critical Controls
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  These members have met the requirements for the NCSC CIRL2 offering additional assurance around their capability to perform incident response services in accordance with the NCSC CIR L2 Technical Standard

  
  CIR L2
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  This company has individuals who are Certified under the DESC CyberForce Program to carry out Incident Response engagements for the Dubai Government

  
  Dubai Cyber Force Incident Response (DESC)
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  This company has individuals who are Certified under the DESC CyberForce Program to carry out Penetration Testing engagements for the Dubai Government

  
  Dubai Cyber Force Penetration Testing (DESC)
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  These members have met the requirements for the NCSC CIE offering additional assurance around their capability to perform Cyber Incident Exercising services in accordance with the NCSC CIE Technical Standard

  
  CIE (NCSC)

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