More Cyber Security Tools Can Increase Cost, Increase Complexity, and Reduce an Organization's Ability to be Effective
I recently had an occasion to go through my father's workbench at his home, where he's been collecting tools and doing fixing, building, and God knows what else for the past 25+ years. There were drawers, cabinets, hanging things, and boxes everywhere. As we went through his various tools we talked about what each thing does, when he got it, and why it was critical to something he once worked on.
My dad's workbench had no less than 10 different kinds (not types) of screwdrivers that essentially were meant for the same function. He had ultra-long, long, mid-length, short, and stubby flathead screwdrivers - each geared for a specific task, but ultimately with significant overlap. He had about two dozen tools that were used once, probably, for some specific job and he never picked up again.
This got me thinking about my own profession, and some of the absolutely bonkers things I've heard lately in terms of the number of tools an organization has at their disposal for cyber security things. I think the biggest number I heard was somewhere around 175 cyber security tools in an enterprise. That makes me think of my dad's workbench - where about half the tools overlap, and the other half served a purpose once, or twice, and likely never were used again and yet they sit there and take up space just in case.
I bet you have a significant number of cyber security tools in your organization. I also bet you have things that overlap in their purpose, but are ever so slightly different in their feature set that you keep them all around.
In March 2016, Stephan ..
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