Why Artificial Intelligence Is Not a Silver Bullet for Cybersecurity
A recent Cisco survey found that 39% of CISOs say their organizations are reliant on automation for cybersecurity, another 34% say they are reliant on machine learning, and 32% report they are highly reliant on artificial intelligence (AI). I’m impressed by the optimism these CISOs have about AI, but good luck with that. I think…
Reducing Dwell Time With Automated Incident Response
If you do incident response work, you know it doesn’t matter whether you work for a large corporation or a small organization — an incident can strike at any given time. Unfortunately, there are often huge time lapses between when an incident occurs, when it is detected and when the security team can address it….
Cybersecurity analytics and operations: Need for automation and orchestration
New research from Enterprise Strategy Group (ESG) shows that when it comes to the evolution of Cybersecurity Analytics and Operations, 71% of respondent organizations find it more difficult today than it was two years ago due to the changing threat landscape, followed by volume of alerts and increased regulatory changes. “Despite businesses making it a…
It’s Time For Organizations To Automate Security
Dishwashers are a great invention; they use automation to do a repetitive, high-value task that does not require much skill. It is time to bring your security team out of the 1970s and stop making them wash the cybersecurity dishes by hand. The addition of automation to washing dishes has several benefits, besides eliminating the…
Key causes of network outages and vulnerabilities
A new global study, conducted by Dimensional Research, surveyed 315 network professionals about their experiences with network outages, vulnerabilities and compliance. Among the report’s findings, there is almost universal agreement that human factors lead to network outages, and in many cases these outages are quite frequent.
Software updates are critical, so automate them
Why do we need to update our software, anyway? Well, the first thing to understand is that there are different kinds of updates. Some of them add new features or improve existing ones. Others make your software compatible with other programs, different protocols, new or updated operating systems, and so forth. With greater compatibility you’ll…