Principles of cyber security 1 risk management regime a risk management regime should be set up which mainly consists of applicable policies and 2 secure configuration establish policies that would secure the organizations security perimeter a secure baseline 3 network security so . 12 cyber security principles from the experts 1 breaches and compromises will occur regardless of the sophistication of preventative and perimeter security 2 detection instead of prevention historically cyber security solutions have focused on prevention and in a 3 focus on . One of the most important cyber security principles is to identify security holes before hackers do trusted attack simulation simulates attacks from outside and inside your it and gives you a report that identifies potential security holes in your it internal attack simulation is as important as external attack simulation. Purpose of the cyber security principles govern identifying and managing security risks protect implementing security controls to reduce security risks detect detecting and understanding cyber security events respond responding to and recovering from cyber security incidents