Security automation: Time for a new playbook
From increasingly sophisticated threats to the mad concoction of on-premise and cloud solutions that comprise most organizations’ IT infrastructure and the plethora of new IoT …
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Which security practices lead to best security outcomes?
A proactive technology refresh strategy and a well-integrated tech stack are, according to a recent Cisco report, two security practices that are more likely than many others …
Organizations plan to use AI and ML to tackle unknown attacks faster
Wipro published a report which provides fresh insights on how AI will be leveraged as part of defender stratagems as more organizations lock horns with sophisticated …
Security teams stretched to breaking point trying to secure new remote working regimes
The cybersecurity skills shortage means that many organizations are in urgent need of talented and experienced security professionals. This has been intensified by the …
Security teams increasingly stressed due to lack of proper tools, executive support
93% of security professionals lack the tools to detect known security threats, and 92% state they are still in need of the appropriate preventative solutions to close current …
Closing the skills gap can minimize the business impact of cyberattacks
CISOs who are successful at reducing or closing the critical skills gap have the highest probability of minimizing the business impact of cyberattacks – even when budgets and …
Infosec is a mindset as well as a job, but burnout can happen to anyone
Time and again (and again), survey results tell us that many cybersecurity professionals are close to burnout and are considering quitting their jobs or even leaving the …
Security alerts more than doubled in the last 5 years, SecOps teams admit they can’t get to them all
Sumo Logic announced the findings of a global survey that highlight the barriers security professionals are facing on the path to modernizing the security operations center …
Companies still struggle with SOC staff shortages, security skills gap
Exabeam’s 2020 State of the SOC Report reveals that 82% of SOCs are confident in the ability to detect cyberthreats, despite just 22% of frontline workers tracking mean …
When SOCs never stop: How to fill the intelligence gaps in security
Demand for security analysts and security operations centre experts is high – so high that Frost and Sullivan found only two percent unemployment in the sector and that demand …
Creating an emergency ready cybersecurity program
A large part of the world’s workforce has transitioned to working remotely, but as plans are being drawn up to reopen economies, the security industry is being challenged to …
Maintaining the SOC in the age of limited resources
With COVID-19, a variety of new cyber risks have made their way into organizations as a result of remote working and increasingly sophisticated, opportunistic threats. As …