Cybersecurity Automation

Budgetary and staffing issues are putting pressure on CISOs and other security leaders. Here are 10 tasks that typically bog cyber teams down and what some security chiefs did to solve the problems.

CardinalOps examined 4000 detection rules, one million log sources and many unique log source types

Employing too many tools can leave security teams ill-equipped to quantify, understand, or mitigate the exposure of sprawling cloud environments.

With organizations using as many as 100 security tools, getting them to work well together is an ongoing battle. These are the most common pitfalls of security tool integration.

Fueled by vendor marketing, companies are being encouraged to buy products they just don’t really need.

By automating routine and repetitive tasks, security analysts can devote more time to critical activities and high-level alerts.

Compute and algorithms processing mountains of data is more efficacious than trying to hire cybersecurity professionals when there aren’t enough of them.

Any new cybersecurity technology should be not just a neutral addition to a security stack but a benefit to the other technologies or people managing them.

As collaboration platforms have proliferated, they’ve often been adopted without a full understanding of the security risks that can come with them.

A majority of CISOs report being stressed at work, with 65% admitting work-related stress issues are compromising their ability to protect their organization.

Even as companies throw more money toward their cybersecurity budgets, businesses aren’t getting the value they expect from their investments.

Communicating and driving real engagement with senior stakeholders around cyber security has always been one of the most complex aspects of the CISO role.

CISOs need a broad range of security tools to fulfill their growing list of responsibilities. The more they can consolidate these solutions, the easier they are to manage and monitor.

While the majority of SOC analysts consider their tools effective, they express concerns about missing important security events.

With organizations using as many as 100 security tools, getting them to work well together is an ongoing battle. These are the most common pitfalls of security tool integration.

A solid, dependable SOC strategy that is scalable in the face of various security threats is essential to reduce cybersecurity risks to your business.

As teams become increasingly spread out, cybersecurity risks are growing and automation looks like the surest complement security.

Cybersecurity is essential for any business in a digitally transformed world, as it protects your company’s data, its people and its customers.

Siloed technologies with different management and configuration dashboards cobbled together create security gaps and visibility blind spots that slow cyber response, mitigation and recovery.

In a time of scarce resources, now is the time to hone your metrics in a way that accurately communicates the real value your organization derives from your team’s investments.

With evolving threats and cybercrimes, things will undoubtedly get worse before they get better. This is leaving many cybersecurity professionals to consider new and innovative ways of improving productivity, reducing burnout, and combatting the cybersecurity skills gap.

Palo Alto Networks survey reveals that C-suite executives have security insecurities around cloud development, deployment and visibility.

New research highlights how throwing money indiscriminately at security doesn’t guarantee results.

Security tool sprawl has made many teams so overwhelmed by security alerts that they can’t respond to them. Here’s how to deal with security tool overload.

Continuous Compliance is when you track your organisation's status against security best practice, using real data from your systems. Usually this would be aligned with a best practice framework (e.g. ISO 27001/2, PCI DSS, NIST, Cyber Essentials, NCSC CAF).