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FiveTakeawaysfromVanson Bourne&Juniper Networks CybersecurityMarketResearch byPushpendraMishra| PostedbySunilK.Kotagiri Cybersecurityhasbecomeakeyissueimpactingstrategic decisionsatthehighestlevelwithin organizations.Theincreasingsophisticationoftoday’sthreatlandscapeandgrowing number ofhigh-prolebreacheshave impactedbusinessesofallsizesstrugglingtoprotecttheirmost importantassets–data, reputationandpeople. JuniperNetworksinassociationwithVansonBournerecentlyconducteda comprehensive studytoidentify,assessandinvestigatethetopcybersecuritythreatsthatenterprisesare experiencing.Theylookedathowthesethreatsandpainpointsarechangingorpredictedto changeinimmediatefuture,andhowAIandmachinelearningarehelpingenterprisesprotect themselvesfromconstantlychangingadversaries. Pleaseclickheretoviewthecompletereport. Asthisresearchpapercorrectlystated,cybersecurityistumulus. Infact,theonlyelementof thislandscapethatisstable,isthatitisunstable,unpredictableandeverchanging.Dening anddescribingthis new formofcrimeisrelativelyeasy,butpreventing itisacompletely differentgame. Iwould like to highlight a few very criticalndings of this research that are worth further discussionandconsideration: Only31% ofrespondentsbelievethatthecybersecuritysolutionsusedwithintheir organizationhavedoneexactlywhatthey promisedtodowhenthey werepurchased. Approaching nine-in-ten(86%)believethatiftheirorganizationweretouse andend-to-end solution theywouldbemuchmoresecure. Thesetwondingsarespoton.Seceon’sexperienceworkingwithhundredsofenterprisesbig andsmall,acrossmultipleverticals,demonstratesthatthebiggestchallengesecurityteams facetodayishavingtodealwiththesheervolumeofalertsfrommultiplesiloedsolutions securitysolutionsthataredeployedtoaddresssingularneeds.SILOsolutionslackglobal
FiveTakeaways fromVanson Bourne&JuniperNetworksCybersecurityMarketResearch-Seceon context,whichcausesahighvolumeofalertswithoutappropriatepriorityassigned.Asan example,aFirewallorIDSmayreportdownload ofalewithmalicioussignature,butitmay notknowiftheexecutionofthatmalware hasbeenpreventedbyEndPointProtection software. Whereas,anintelligentend-to-endsystemwillhave necessaryglobalcontext requiredtocorrelatethesetwopiecesofinformation,henceeliminatingthe needtoraisean alert,andresultinginreducedfalsepositivesandimprovedeffectivenessofsecurityteams. Spendingonuserbehavioranalyticsisforecasttoincreasesubstantially(30%growth). On average,$469,449wasspentoverthepastthreeyears,whereaspredictedspendingissetto reach$647,309overthenextthreeyears. Approachingnine-in-ten(87%)agreethatcybersecuritytoolswithAI/machine learning capabilitieswouldbeofgreatbenettotheirorganizations. Atpresent,therearemorethan800millionknownmalwaresignatures.Outofthose,more than100Msignatureswere discoveredandaddedinthelastyearalone.Thatis350Knew malwareandPotentially UnwantedApplications(PUA)discoveredeveryday;anabsolutely staggering number.Whatthismeansis,itisimpossibleforyourIDS,IPSandEndPoint Protectionagentsthatrelyonthesesignaturestokeepupwithnewmalware.Machine learningandbehavioralanalytics-driventhreatdetectionareextremely critical tobeableto combatagainstthesezero-secondthreats. Similarly,approximately 40%ofthreatsare duetomaliciousinsiders.Howdoyouidentify thesemaliciousinsiders,especiallythosewhoknowtherulesandthresholdsthattrigger alertsinthetraditionalSIEMsystems?Whencorrectlyimplementedwithstrongfeature engineering,machinelearningandarticialintelligence-drivencorrelationsthatadaptto changinghumanbehaviorcandetectandalertsecurityteamsaboutmaliciousinsiderswith verylowfalsepositive rate. Over eight-in-ten (82%) respondents believe that their organization would be ‘extremely willing” or “somewhat interested” in relinquishing control of cybersecurity to AI/machine learningtechnologies. This nding is somewhat surprising, but extremely gratifying. At last, the industry is starting torecognizethatitisimpossibleforsecurityanalyststohandlenearly10,000alertsperday. (Thatisthenumbera typicalFortune500Enterprise’security teamhastohandleeveryday.) Also,industrystatisticsdemonstratethatsecurity teamsareequippedtohandleonly1%of those10,000alerts;thisisbecause,onaverage, one hastoanalyze 672loginstancesper incidentandanalyzingeach loginstancetakesabout1.5minutes.Intotal,ittakes16.8person- hours to analyze eachincident. Considering these 2 factors, it is clear that humans alone cannothandlethe sheervolumeofalertsgenerated bysolutionstoday.Theyhave tobe augmented bymachinelearningand AI-drivencybersecuritysolutionstoautomatemundane humananalysis.Thisfreessecurityanalyststofocusonthemostimportanttasksthatonly humanscanperform. These are realchallengestodayanditissoimportanttoaddressthemimmediately asthe threatlandscapeisincreasingrapidly.Inthisnoisy spacewithnewentrants,oldvendors massagingtheirproductlinesandscoreofanalystsprovidingtheirviewsonhowcompanies mustbuildtheirsecurityposture,theendbuyernaturallygetsconfused.Inherenthuman natureisthatwheninconfusionordoubt,thedecision-makingslowsdown.But,notto forget,therearesignicantcostsduetothisdelay.Inmyopinion,itboilsdowntoasimple
FiveTakeaways fromVanson Bourne&JuniperNetworksCybersecurityMarketResearch-Seceon question from theendbuyer,“Arethereanyvendorstodaythatprovide comprehensiveend- to-endsecurity using theUserBehavioranalyticsandcutting-edge MachineLearning/AI technologiesorwestillneedtoinvestinsilosolutionstobuild asecurityposture?” Frominception,Seceonhasrecognized thatcybersecurityisn’tjustatechnologyproblem,buta humanproblem.Thereare notenoughpeoplewithsecurity skillsandattackexperience to properly identify, analyze and acton the high volume and dynamic nature of new-age threats. Ourinnovativemachinelearningand AI-drivenaiSIEMandaiMSSPsolutions,whichfeature intelligentcorrelationswithcontextualawarenesstoprioritizethealerts,havebeenrecognized fortheirinnovative approachandwonmorethan50industryawards.Seceonsolutionsnot only “detect the threats that matter,”but will stop them before they cause irreparable damage totheorganization. Here are somesalientfeaturesofouraiSIEMsolution: Visibility Ingests rawstreaming data(Identity,Web,Apps,Firewall,Proxy,Windows,DNSandDHCP) andFlows(NetFlow,SowandJow). Logically auto-discoversandcreatesassetgroups. ThreatDetection Machine learning and AI with actionable intelligence – eliminating the need to add rules. Behavioral analytics, predictive modeling and contextual real-time alerts with automated analysisandcorrelation. ThreatContainmentandElimination Out-of-the-boxautomated threatcontainmentandeliminationinreal-time. Providesclearactionablestepstoeliminatethreatswhichcanbefully automated. Compliance,Indexing and Reporting Regulatorycomliance(HIPAA,PCI,NIST,GDPR)assurance andcustomizableoperational reports. Logindexing,long-termstorageanddataanalyticsforforensicanalysis. Operations Management Microservicearchitecturefacilitatesrapidreploymentacrosscloud,on-premiseorhybrid. Simpliedlicensingbasedonthenumberofassets(versusthatamountofdataingested)
TolearnhowSeceonaiSIEM™andaiMSSP™solutionscanhelpyoutoprotectyour organization from sophisticatedtargetedandstrategic attacks,please visitwww.seceon.comor requestademo. Sunilisalifelong technologist,architect,and hands-onexecutiveandhandledeveryroleinthe softwareengineeringlifecycle inTechnologyCompanyatsomepoint.AsaCo-Founder,Sunil overseesthearchitecture,development,anddeliveryofSeceon’smostadvanced comprehensivecybersecurityplatform based oncuttingedge Big/FastData Architecturesand MachineLearning(ML)and ArticialIntelligence(AI).Sunilbringstechnicalleadershipwith overtwodecadesofexperience in softwaredevelopmentandmethodologies,architectingand deliveringcomplex Cybersecurity,BigData Analytics(Timeseries&Real-time),Business Intelligence,highly-scalabledistributedWeb,MobileandMissionCritical AppsforEnterprise, Mobile,Telecom,andCablemarkets.HeistheauthorofmultiplepatentsfortheCybersecurity, Service DenitionandOrchestrationplatformsandholdsaBSinElectronicsand CommunicationsandMSinComputerSciencefromtheIndianInstituteofTechnology(IIT), Madras. SunilpresentlylivesinBostonandenjoysreading, running andspendingtimewithfamily. Address - 238 Littleton Road Suite #206 Westford, MA 01886 Phone no - +1 (978)-923-0040 Email Id - sales@seceon.com Website- https://www.seceon.com/
