When security teams are challenged with how to mitigate risks, they often look to technology for solutions. Yet sometimes investing in new products can create more issues in the greater security ecosystem of their organizations.
In practice, not all tools and technologies can work together. In many cases, organizations already have dozens or hundreds of different tools and technologies and are often not even aware of all the technologies they are running, let alone what their capabilities are, according to Stephen Cavey, co-founder of Ground Labs.
"It's not uncommon for organizations looking down the barrel of a skills shortage to scratch their heads and wonder how they are going to overcome that," Cavey says. "Using technology to overcome that problem is very attractive."
So how can organizations manage expectations and establish a clear and effective path for moving forward with the promises of security orchestration and automation?
Over the Crest and into the Trough of DisappointmentThe idea of security orchestration and automation is itself "the shiny new thing on the block," Cavey says. However, investing in more technology to solve the problem of disparate tools not working in orchestration is not a silver bullet.
Keeping infrastructure and data secure across the entire organization requires staffing, which is one reason why Cavey says he anticipates a number of failed implementations on the horizon. Many companies have unrealistic motivations when they are investing in these platforms, he says.
Those motivations are c ..
Support the originator by clicking the read the rest link below.
