Root Cause Analysis with Sophos Intercept X

When dealing with a cybersecurity issue, there isn’t always a black and white, easy answer. Often times, you have to dig a little deeper in order to find where a problem generated from and how it got there in order to solve it properly. Luckily, there are processes in place that can help identify what causes a problem and the details behind it. Intercept X by Sophos brings clarity to confusion.

No matter your profession, you may have used root cause analysis to solve a problem. In order to fix a problem, you have to know where the problem began and how it developed. Once you have discovered the problem's origin, you must then investigate further to see if the problem spread. For instance, a doctor can’t immediately start treating an illness without knowing the symptoms or background of the patient first.

Root cause analysis, as a theory, can be applied to all different fields, including cybersecurity, to get to the bottom of the issue at hand. It is that process that takes you one step closer to why a problem happened in the first place. More specifically, it looks to find the origin of the problem and uses a specific set of steps to find the cause. In the case of a cyber-attack or breach, a root cause analysis is key to figuring out what happened; where it happened; when it happened; and how it happened, so that you can better prepare for future situations.

In any cyber-attack or breach, it is routine that a root cause analysis be conducted. Luckily, there is a new solution to not only protect your networks from attacks and breaches, but has a built-in root cause analysis tool. This tool will walk you, the user, through the life of the attack within the network and carefully comb through the chaotic, tangled web that an attack has spun.

The new Intercept X by Sophos not only guards your data within your system and alerts you if there is an attack, but the root cause analysis tool gives users an inside look into the anatomy of an attack, what files were targeted, where the attack occurred within the system, which machine was affected, when the malware was detected, and how the threat got into the system, all in an easy-to-understand language.

The root cause analysis tool also has an Artifact section where users can go and get a user-friendly, detailed view of the path of the attack and specific files it targeted. This feature is key to conducting a thorough overview of the attack and ensuring that all files are properly cleaned and restored, all within a timely manner.

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While we live in a world where our businesses are targeted from several angles, or will be if they haven’t been already, there are sophisticated and cost-effective solutions to protecting your data from an attack. Intercept X is one of those solutions.

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