Cybersecurity has become an increasingly popular topic in day-to-day conversation, and the conclusion is always the same: organizations need to make cybersecurity a priority and work to create the best security strategy possible. However, there’s a big difference between understanding what you need versus knowing how to get it.
Penetration testing has fast become a common way to assess the state of an organization’s security. Using the same techniques as bad actors, pen tests determine risk by revealing and exploiting vulnerabilities such as unpatched devices, misconfigurations, or careless end-user behavior.
Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) solutions are known for their ability to provide visibility into IT environments by monitoring data sources for unusual activity and contextualizing them for security insights.
Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) solutions have been around for years, helping to identify and escalate critical security events. SIEM solutions have become integral to many organizations’ security portfolios. In fact, according to the 2021 SIEM Report by Cybersecurity Insiders, 74 percent of respondents ranked SIEM as very to extremely important to their organization’s security posture.
Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) solutions have been around for well over a decade, helping organizations streamline their security by managing security events. They are now well known for their ability to collect, aggregate, and analyze log and event data from systems across the IT stack in order to monitor, identify, and report suspicious activity. Most impressively, these solutions have continued to evolve, keeping up with a threat landscape that is growing increasingly sophisticated.
The commotion and upheaval of 2020 still has everyone seeking steadier ground, and security teams are no exception. But with seemingly relentless attacks and increasingly complex threats, is such stability just a pipe dream? Can well established safeguards like Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) solutions still be relied upon?
As a new year looms bright with possibility in front of us, how can we prepare for a world that looks profoundly different than it did a year ago? On the cybersecurity front, we can always anticipate continuing battles with familiar foes, as well as a few new challenges on the horizon. Though we may not have a crystal ball, based on our observations and discussions, here are six predictions for the upcoming year.