Augmented reality
No, not that augmented reality. In our new blog series, we’ll talk about the challenges of leveraging automation and actually putting it into practice for your organization and business. We’ll discuss how it can augment a security organization’s workflow in so many ways when done properly. But for it to be done, it has to start. And that’s often the hardest part.
Because let’s be real: automation is a great conversation topic. Whether it’s casually discussing it around the conference table after a laborious meeting, over coffee, or excitedly extolling its benefits and virtues at an end-of-week happy hour, the concept of automation makes people happy. Why?
The many bennies
A multitude of benefits are available to an organization that implements automation in the way that works best for the business. These include, but are not limited to:
Discovery-time remediation｜Procedural consistency｜Always-on cloud compliance｜Time savings
Imagine what can be gained by ensuring repeatable actions continuously run the same workflows; or if compliance audits could ultimately become obsolete. With these processes improving an organization’s overall security posture, teams can begin to shift focus to bigger-picture goals and projects.
A solid starting place
One of the simpler-to-understand notions in an automated remediation solution is notifications. With notifications, you’ll be, well, automatically notified of remediated events. A testing phase is important here, as you’ll want to ensure the system is alerting you about the types of resources or events you define.
Ask yourself which overall issues you’re looking to remediate. What would trigger an automated notification in that instan ..
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