APT Defend Platform

Introduction:

Awareness training is the cybersecurity investment whose effect nobody can see directly: what is measured is behaviour under a simulated attack, and the only meaningful number is the difference between one campaign and the next. A platform of this class is bought to produce that difference, and to make it comparable over time.

Social engineering remains the entry point that requires no vulnerability at all, only a plausible message and a person under time pressure. APT Defend addresses that entry point directly. This is particularly important for companies of all sizes, which often become targets of attacks due to insufficient security measures.

Product Description:

APT Defend is an innovative solution for building cyber threat awareness among employees. It contains a wide range of hacker attack simulation capabilities, conducted by experienced cybersecurity specialists. This system offers flexible tools for customizing training scenarios and security policies, based on current cyberthreat trends.

Deployment Models:

APT Defend stands out with deployment flexibility, offering three models tailored to organizational needs:

• SaaS (Software as a Service) - quick cloud deployment, without infrastructure management requirements
• Hybrid - combination of cloud advantages with local components for organizations with specific requirements
• On-premise - full installation in client infrastructure, ideal for large enterprises and institutions requiring full data control and compliance with rigorous security policies

The on-premise model represents a significant competitive advantage of APT Defend - many large companies and regulated institutions (financial sector, public administration, critical infrastructure) require that data on attack simulations and employee results remain exclusively in their infrastructure.

Customer Benefits:

• Effective training using realistic attack simulations, increasing threat awareness among employees.

• Significant reduction of successful phishing attacks and other social engineering methods.

• Increased organizational resilience to cyberattacks.

Features and Specifications:

• APT Defend Console: Central system for managing simulations and analyzing their effectiveness.

• Two-stage authentication scenarios (2FA) for comprehensive attack simulation.

• Wide range of threat scenarios, including phishing, smishing, and USB dropping.

Target Audience:

APT Defend is essential for any organization, from small businesses to large corporations, striving to increase their cyber threat resilience.

Typical use cases:

APT Defend is used, among others, by companies that store sensitive customer data, such as payment card information, to run series of simulated phishing attacks and identify gaps in employee awareness, and by organizations exposed to phishing and vishing, which combine phishing, smishing and USB dropping simulations to see which teams and scenarios need additional training. Successive campaigns are compared with each other, so training targets the scenarios that actually caught people.

Additional Information:

Behind the APT Defend product stands a team of cybersecurity experts, including Andrzej Nowodworski, Karol Celiński, and Piotr Duszyński.