Security vendors and end users have access to the same technology and resources, if not more, than the threat actor community. However, the area where cybersecurity falls short as an industry is teamwork. Vendors and end users rarely talk to each other as a broader force. Thus, while innovation may happen for individual products, that innovation may not flow through a client’s work. Customers are hurt by a fragmented security landscape that may create gaps threat actors are ready to exploit.
This approach cannot last. The cybersecurity industry needs to bring change and start collaborating.
State of the Industry
Cyberattacks are at an all-time high with 8.5 billion records breached in 2019 and ransomware attacks up 67% annually in Q4 2019, according to the X-Force Threat Intelligence Index. At the same time, attacks on operational technology infrastructure increased by 2,000%. One reason is that clients often operate with a lot of autonomy, while threat actors work together in a highly collaborative environment.
Innovation in the security industry continues to grow as more venture capital funding is poured into security. This leads primarily to new product announcements from vendors across the industry. While this is great for the industry, what benefit is this really bringing to the clients? From a client perspective, these innovations may help in the short-term, but also add to the complexity of their environments, which is their biggest challenge, according to a recent Forrester report.
Today’s security environment has grow ..
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