THREAT LEVEL - HIGH
03-03-2026
High Level – Proactive Security Advisory – Regional Threat Monitoring & Recommended Controls
Threat Level Description
IthacaLabs has maintained the Threat Level (High) adding a new observation:
An attack is highly likely. Addressing the broad nature of the threat in order to reach an acceptable risk level, requires additional and sustainable protective security measures combined with specific business and geographical vulnerabilities and judgments.
Description
Given the evolving geopolitical developments in the region and the potential for spillover cyberattack activity affecting organisations, we recommend conducting a proactive review of your cybersecurity perimeter and exposure controls.
As part of a precautionary security posture assessment, we recommend the following key measures:
- Geo-IP Exposure Review
- Confirm whether legitimate business traffic originates from the affected countries.
- Where no business requirement exists, consider applying risk-based controls to relevant data flows (e.g., monitoring, rate limiting, or appropriate restrictions).
- Ensure logging remains enabled to preserve visibility and traceability.
- Perimeter Hardening
- Verify that security configurations and protective technologies are fully updated and properly configured.
- Confirm that logging for both allowed and denied traffic is active.
- Review all published/exposed services and open ports.
- Ensure Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) is enabled on all critical access points (e.g., VPNs, email, administrative portals).
- Confirm that DDoS protection mechanisms and mitigation controls are in place.
- Business Continuity and Resilience
- Anticipate potential cyber threats and elevate Security Operations Center (SOC) monitoring levels accordingly.
Our Advisory and Managed Services, including our Security Operations and Technology Resilience lines, can help safeguard your organization against such threats.
Through proactive monitoring, threat detection, and incident response, our services are designed to keep your systems secure, resilient, and prepared for evolving cyber risks. We advise all organizations to remain vigilant and regularly review their cybersecurity postures.
For customers currently under Odyssey SOC services, we confirm that our SOC and Incident Response teams are on heightened alert. For customers under our Technology Resilience services, our team will proactively review the controls within the scope of the service and contact you directly to validate your security posture and implement any necessary adjustments.
Our objective is to ensure resilience, visibility, and operational continuity during periods of increased regional cyber risk.
Threat Level Description:
Threat Level: High – An attack is highly likely. Addressing the broad nature of the threat in order to reach an acceptable risk level, requires additional and sustainable protective security measures combined with specific business and geographical vulnerabilities and judgments.
References:
IthacaLabs Incident Response and Threat Intelligence Services
