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IS CYBER SECURITY COMPLEXITY

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SECURITY SOLUTIONS THAT PROTECT MID-MARKET ORGANISATIONS DO NOT ALWAYS OFFER THE
HOLISTIC PROTECTION NEEDED TO DEFEAT MODERN THREATS.

When it comes to cyber security, complexity can be the enemy of safety. To
protect themselves against the myriad threats of today, mid-market companies
often rely on dozens of security tools and platforms. These products may work
well alone, yet when operating together they hinder security efforts, with one
of the main failures being the lack of intelligence-sharing capabilities between
services. Without the ability to distribute intel in real-time, defenders are
put at a competitive disadvantage against cyber criminals.

IBM’s most recent Cyber Resilient Organisation Report revealed that the average
company uses 45 cyber security products and found that “response efforts were
hindered by the use of too many security tools”. “The number of security tools
that an organisation was using had a negative impact across multiple categories
of the threat lifecycle amongst those surveyed,” IBM wrote. “Organisations using
50+ security tools ranked themselves 8% lower in their ability to detect, and 7%
lower in their ability to respond to an attack than those respondents with fewer
tools.”

A TENDENCY FOR ‘COOPETITION’, RATHER THAN COLLABORATION



Security teams are already time-pressed and overloaded with ‘fake news’ – false
alerts which fill up their working hours with wasted effort. If the point
security products cannot talk to each other and share threat intel effectively,
they are effectively fighting with one hand tied behind their backs.

ORGANISATIONS USING 50+ SECURITY TOOLS RANKED THEMSELVES 8% LOWER IN THEIR
ABILITY TO DETECT, AND 7% LOWER IN THEIR ABILITY TO RESPOND TO AN ATTACK THAN
THOSE RESPONDENTS WITH FEWER TOOLS

Vendors have started to build cyber intelligence sharing mechanisms into their
products, but a tendency towards “coopetition” rather than full cooperation
means they often compete as much as they collaborate. For businesses, this means
that attack intelligence picked up by a cloud security solution may not be
automatically shared with a separate product from another vendor that is
protecting cloud, web and email. This failure of communication is not just a
nuisance, but a security risk. If security services can’t talk to each other,
they can’t work together properly.

WHEN ONE DOOR CLOSES, ANOTHER IS PUSHED OPEN

Hackers don’t just give up when they see that one door is closed. Instead, they
regroup and seek other ways of getting past defences. Today, we’re seeing more
and more cross-channel attacks that highlight the risk of failing to use cyber
security protection that shares intelligence effectively across multiple entry
points.

Roughly 90% of breaches start with a phishing email. Falling victim, and handing
over the credentials that allow hackers to mount an attack, is more common than
you might think. Installing a modern, multi-layered email security system is the
obvious response to this threat, offering a defence against phishing, malware,
targeted attacks, and CEO fraud.

ROUGHLY 90% OF BREACHES START WITH A PHISHING EMAIL

Yet cross-channel attacks can easily bypass these protections by drawing victims
out of the protection of email security and into dangerous territory on the web
or in the cloud. Cross-channel attacks don’t end in the inbox, but instead,
tempt people away from the protection of email security systems and onto
malicious apps or websites. If the various services that make up an
organisation’s digital defences cannot communicate properly, what chance do they
have of defeating an attack that uses more than one channel?

THE POWER OF A PLATFORM

The IBM Cyber Resilient Organisation Report hints at a solution to the
intelligence-sharing problem when it says: “The use of open, interoperable
platforms as well as automation technologies can help reduce the complexity of
responding across disconnected tools.”

Security platforms incorporating many different products and services are one
way of tackling the threat intelligence deficit, offering control and confidence
across channels. Platforms use just one interface, which allows organisations to
gain holistic visibility of their defences. They should start by protecting
their biggest attack surface – web, cloud, and email.

Automation is a bare minimum requirement of platforms, which should distribute
intel without relying on manual work from a human. Today’s security platforms
should also be autonomous: they need to be smart enough to tackle new, emerging
threats, rather than just performing rote automated tasks.

Mid-market businesses have laboured for too long under the burden of point
products that cannot communicate with each other. Autonomous integrated security
platforms are finally lifting this weight and allowing the flow of information
that’s needed to protect against modern threats.

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