THE GAPS STOP HERE
More Vendors=Larger Attack Surface
As the world’s leading end-to-end Security Solutions Integrator (SSI), Optiv partners with enterprises to advance their cybersecurity operations and prevent new gaps from emerging due to the accumulation of too many one-off technologies. We can help you determine the right level of protection, technology and control in order to secure your security.
Finding the Right Level of Protection,Technology and Control
To combat this security operations reality and stop creating new gaps, organizations must work toward developing tailored solutions that use integrated security tools to solve multiple challenges instead of performing a single function. And because every business is different, the way forward must be a comprehensive exploration of requirements, timing and pacing from the individual organization's point of view.
In order to determine the right level of protection, technologies and controls, the right solution must allow organizations to:
Getting a Grip on Technology
Leaving Legacy Thinking Behind
- Move to Measurement
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More Vendors = Larger Attack Surface
Getting a Grip on Technology
Execute operationally with strong, rapid prevention, detection and response capabilities
Detect anomalies, trends and associations with the aid of machine learning
Leverage threat monitoring and prioritization to free up security teams to focus on what's most critical
Ensure technologies are integrated and work together seamlessly rather than serving one-off functions
Extend security operations capabilities with advanced controls, automation and orchestration
Collapse existing technology stacks to optimize investments and reduce complexity
Leave Legacy Thinking Behind
Expand threat visibility to cover on-premises, cloud and mobile environments
Foster a unified approach to security by bringing together adjacent areas still thought of as separate business units like risk management, identity and access management, and vulnerability management
Align with leading, industry-standard security frameworks for organizing people, processes and technologies to minimize redundancies and ease consumption
Ensure that technologies are integrated and work together seamlessly rather than serving one-off functions
Extend the capabilities of security operations by partnering with leading security solutions providers
Move to Measurement
Develop a proactive defense strategy that uses threat intelligence and analytics to make decisions
Build in compliance controls to reduce the risk and cost of regulatory actions
Capture and report meaningful key performance indicators (KPIs) and key result indicators (KRIs) that go beyond data points to tell the story of what’s actually happening
Proactively assess for changing needs and operate in a constant state of future-readiness
Ensure that technologies are integrated and work together seamlessly rather than serving one-off functions
Extend the capabilities of cyber operations by partnering with leading security solutions providers
Establish a cadence of checkpoints that verify security operations changes, inform improvements, and validate ROI to prepare for next steps
A recent Cisco cybersecurity report reveals a correlation between the number of security vendors used by organizations and the number of breaches – the larger the number of vendors represented in the security stack, the larger the attack or threat surface becomes.¹
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The average number of cybersecurity tools in a typical enterprise².
Too many security operations teams are drowning in technology. Taking back control of your organization’s cyber operations is not about adding more technology. It’s about using a tailored set of modern, high-fidelity tools that are comprehensive, integrated and automated.
Too many security operations teams are drowning in technology. Taking back control of your organization’s security operations is not about adding more technology. It’s about using a tailored set of modern, high-fidelity tools that are comprehensive, integrated and automated.
If an organization has no means to accurately measure its security operations, how can it establish what’s working? Or correct course where and when necessary? Continuous measurement must be made a priority to ensure a mature security operations program.
of companies do not measure the effectiveness of their cybersecurity investments and performance against best practices.³
Move to
Measurement
Leaving Legacy
Thinking Behind
Getting a Grip on Technology
One of the biggest problems security operations face today is emerging threats that come with the perceived need to add more
technology solutions. But more
isn’t always better. The reality is
that these additions can actually
create new gaps in security
coverage, increase complexity and
restrict scalability.
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References:
Cisco Cybersecurity Report, 2018.
CSO Online, March 2016.
Thycotic, State of Cybersecurity Metrics Annual Report, 2017.