Cyber Kill Chain

Davey Winder explains how understanding the progression of an online attack can help you defend your business.

- Davey Winder

Cyber kill chain? That sounds scary. 

That might be explained by the fact that it’s a military term. The “kill chain” is the complete sequence of an offensive attack: in the context of warfare it can be expanded to “find, fix, track, target, engage and assess”. For computer- based attacks, Lockheed Martin developed the concept of the cyber kill chain, which starts with reconnaissance and then moves through delivery, exploitation and other stages in pursuit of the attacker’s final objectives.

Is this something I need to know about? I’m not planning on attacking anyone.