CyberLab Deliver an Attack Simulation In Front Of Cyber Crime Police

CyberLab Deliver an Attack Simulation In Front Of Cyber Crime Police

The CyberLab team delivered an attack simulation in front of over 30 Eastern Region Special Operations Unit (ERSOU) officers.

CyberLab’s penetration testing team of CREST, CHECK, and Cyber Scheme accredited engineers and Wayne Price, Commercial Director, delivered a live hack demonstration in front of ERSOU officers.

Over 30 attendees, a mix of Cyber Protect officers providing signposting and advice to individuals and organisations within the region and Cyber Pursue officers investigating cyber crime, joined the event to see how malicious agents can break into an organisation’s network in less than 5 minutes.

The CyberLab Penetration Testing Engineer, Alexandru Blanaru, showcased how an attacker can exploit multiple attack vectors to penetrate a network, escalate access, and breach valuable data. Together Wayne Price and Alex Blanaru covered the best cyber security practices organisations can adopt to protect their data.

Created in 2010, ERSOU operates across the seven police forces that make up the Eastern Region – Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire, Essex, Hertfordshire, Kent, Norfolk and Suffolk.

It is made up of a Regional Organised Crime Unit (ROCU) and a Counter Terrorism Policing unit, which respectively manage the threat of serious and organised crime and terrorism across the region.

Working closely with local forces, external stakeholders and partners such as the NCA, the ROCU tackles and disrupts organised criminality such as drugs and firearms importation, cyber attacks, large-scale fraud, and much more.

John Greenwood, Cyber Protect Co-ordinator at ERSOU, comments:

“It is always great to collaborate with industry to ensure that, through shared learning, we remain at the forefront of protecting the region from cyber threats.

“The input from CyberLab helped our officers and investigators develop their skills around the complexities of different attack methodologies, and how they could be used by criminals.

“This, in turn, allowed further discussion about preventative measures, both technical and behavioural, to better inform our advice to the public.”

Wayne Price, Commercial Director at CyberLab, adds:

“It was an honour to be invited to present in front of the Eastern Region Special Operations Unit, deliver the attack simulation and discuss the latest trends our team of engineers discover during their work in the field. The cyber team at ERSOU are doing an amazing job operating in an incredibly complex and ever-evolving field and Digital Wild West – the Dark Web.”

Penetration Testing is a way to identify vulnerabilities before attackers do, evaluate how effectively companies can respond to security threats, assess compliance with security policies, and improve the level of security awareness among staff.

Using industry-standard methodologies, 15 of the UK’s top Penetration Test experts, our team of CREST, CHECK, and Cyber Scheme approved engineers undertake ethical attack simulations to uncover areas of concern in infrastructure, policies, and procedures.

The CyberLab team delivers attack simulations and educational sessions as part of customer and public engagements, as well as at events and industry conferences.