Behind the Scenes with Mandiant Security Validation The Defender's Advantage Podcast

You’ve heard of security validation and know that it’s necessary to
test your security effectiveness, but do you know how our team
develops the right attacks to test your controls against threat
activity we see in real life?

On this episode of our Eye on Security podcast, Henry Peltokangas,
Director of Product Management, and Nart Villeneuve, Director of
Research & Collections, give us an inside look at what goes on behind
the scenes at Mandiant Security Validation.

We begin our chat by discussing some of the key benefits of security
validation. We then dive into the research Henry’s team conducts to
take tactics and techniques that adversaries use in the real world and
replicate them within the Mandiant Security Validation platform.

Nart and Henry go on to discuss how Mandiant Security Validation
replicates adversary activity across every stage of the attack
lifecycle, and then explain exactly why that is important. Finally, we
wrap up the episode by previewing some new features in upcoming
releases, and how Henry and Nart see security validation evolving in
the future.

To view the whitepaper mentioned during the episode, visit:
https://www.fireeye.com/current-threats/annual-threat-report/security-
effectiveness-report.html