COVER STORY
Advertisement Cybersecurity Trends The relentless increase in cyber threats and the ever-expanding digital landscape, has placed cybersecurity front of mind for organisations. The growth of remote working and online commerce has created the perfect storm for cybercriminals, taking cybersecurity focus away from just IT departments, straight to the top of agenda for the board. According to Gartner research, 88% of boards now regard cybersecurity as a business risk. Coupled with the ongoing cybersecurity skills shortage, the heightened concerns over cybersecurity, Gartner also predicted changes to cybersecurity strategies and workplace policies in the coming years, including:
REMOTE WORK WILL BE MORE PERMANENT Most organisations responded to the pandemic with remote working solutions that were designed to be temporary. Functionality was prized over security because the main objective was to keep organizations running. Organisations need to update security policies, processes and technologies. There will almost certainly be challenges in implementing security controls, maintaining visibility into security events and demonstrating compliance with security requirements which offers opportunities for partners. Updating security policies, processes and technologies will present challenges. This is where partners can offer their expertise implementing Fortinet solutions to implement security controls, maintain visibility into security events and demonstrate compliance with security requirements.
AUTOMATION WILL BECOME CRITICAL
Intro
The cybersecurity skills shortage isn’t going away. Security teams can't keep up with all the threats that the expanding complex web of IT resources face., Organisations must increase their reliance on automation. AI technology and machine learning perform constant data analytics on monitored security event data and can detect new threats much faster. Security automation can continuously identify the presence of new software vulnerabilities, configuration errors and other problems and ensure that each problem is quickly mitigated. Implementing solutions that Increase the amount of and improve the quality of automation will reduce the day- to-day burden on the customer’s IT team who can then spend their time focusing on more strategic matters that could greatly benefit the organisation in the long run.
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