Brute Force Attack
2025-01-01

Overview#

Systematically guessing passwords, keys, or tokens until access is achieved. Mitigated through lockout policies, MFA, rate limiting, and anomaly detection.

Core objectives#

  • Establish shared definitions of Brute Force Attack for security, engineering, and leadership teams.
  • Connect Brute Force Attack activities to measurable risk reduction and resilience goals.
  • Provide onboarding notes so new team members can quickly understand how Brute Force Attack works here.

Implementation notes#

  • Identify the primary owner for Brute Force Attack, the data sources involved, and the systems affected.
  • Document the minimum viable process, tooling, and runbooks that keep Brute Force Attack healthy.
  • Map Brute Force Attack practices to standards such as ISO/IEC 27001, NIST CSF, or CIS Controls.

Operational signals#

  • Leading indicators: early warnings that Brute Force Attack might degrade (e.g., backlog growth, noisy alerts, or missed SLAs).
  • Lagging indicators: realized impact that shows Brute Force Attack failed or needs investment (e.g., incidents, audit findings).
  • Feedback loops: retrospectives and metrics reviews that tune Brute Force Attack continuously.
  • Align Brute Force Attack with defense-in-depth planning, threat modeling, and disaster recovery tests.
  • Communicate updates to stakeholders through concise briefs, dashboards, and internal FAQs.
  • Pair Brute Force Attack improvements with tabletop exercises to validate expectations.