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Modernizing SecOps With Software-Driven Detection And InvestigationPresenter: Matt DeMatteo, Sr. Principal Engineer, SecureworksWednesday, June 10, 2020 | 11 a.m. EDT / 4 p.m. BST
We have all heard the conventional wisdom: there aren’t enough trained analysts and investigators to fill the global demand. It’s called the Cybersecurity Skills Gap.
But here is something you probably haven’t heard: So what?
Hiring ever more staff will cause budgets to balloon out of control. Which begs the question, does an organization really need a large security team to be safe? Or is there another way? What will it take for cybersecurity to mature as other streamlined cost centers like IT, HR, and Legal have done?
The answer is simple but not easy: Innovation.
When there are over 500,000 open cybersecurity jobs in America alone, it becomes clear that we can’t solve the problem by people alone. Innovation is needed to improve productivity.
But innovation is a weird party guest. Before innovation arrives, everyone has an opinion…
“That’s not the right direction.”It's cool but it won’t make a big enough difference.”We’ve already tried that in the 1980s.
And when it does arrive, people can’t get enough of it…
“We’re way behind our peers, we need to refocus and get aligned with the industry.”“I didn’t know we would be able to do all this.”“We must integrate this with all the things!”
Why does this happen? When an innovation is just an idea, everybody has an opinion, but no way to measure whether or ..
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