History repeats itself, even in the area of cybersecurity. There are cycles of consolidation and modularization. Currently, consolidation is once again being talked about highly. The path to cyber resilience must be well thought out.
But companies cannot afford to settle for less than the best. Because corporate IT security has never been as stressed as it is today. Cyberattacks are frequent and costly, environments are complex and the perimeter is fragmented. Companies urgently need to strengthen their cyber resilience, especially in light of the increasing number of ransomware attacks. At the same time, the current economic situation has meant that companies have to achieve more results with fewer resources.
Historical Problem Tool Sprawl
Tight budgets and resources, high threat levels and regulatory pressure mean that companies are looking for efficient ways to achieve the goal of cyber resilience. In addition, many companies have been acquiring new technologies in response to the increasing cyber threats over the years. This proliferation of tools has resulted in complex, confusing security environments.
The result of tool sprawl is not only a security stack that is likely to have critical defense gaps and blind spots, but also one that delivers a poor financial ROI. Affected organizations are now struggling with their bloated security stacks and are desperately looking for ways to save resources, reduce complexity, and increase resilience at the same time.
Erroneous all-in-one cybersecurity platform
All-in-one cybersecurity platforms are touted as a solution to reduce complexity. However, companies should be careful not to go from one extreme to the other and rely on just one platform for network security. This does not support the defense-in-depth approach and is not the right answer to the current challenges. Because there is no one platform for network security - and there never will be. And in the area of IT security, it is fatal to rely on a jack of all trades that really masters nothing. A single successful attack is enough to paralyze a company, so first-class security is a must, not an option.
Best of Breed
Organizations do not achieve cyber resilience by having the most tools or by using a single vendor platform. Instead, they should think about IT security in terms of integrated, mature strategies. Zero Trust is a prime example of this and has been proven to strengthen cyber resilience. Zero Trust is a strategy, not a technology. This strategy is implemented by implementing various integrated technologies such as Zero Trust Segmentation (ZTS), Zero Trust Data Security and Zero Trust Network Access (ZTNA).
When selecting technologies, it is also important to ensure that they have a high degree of interoperability, share the same context and contribute to a unified overview. In this way, companies can ensure that the sum of all parts is greater than the value of each individual component.
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Illumio, the leader in zero-trust segmentation, stops attacks and ransomware from propagating through the hybrid attack surface. The Illumio ZTS platform visualizes all traffic between workloads, devices, and the web, automatically sets granular segmentation policies to control data flow, and isolates high-value assets and vulnerable systems proactively or in response to active attacks.