CyberSecurity
Technologies
How To Get More Security
CyberSecurity Sprawl Struggle
Introduction
According to Cisco's 2018 Annual Cybersecurity Report,
41% of organizations are using technologies and services from
as many as 50 different vendors. Managing this many
disparate security tools and services creates a costly headache
for any enterprise SOC. Put succinctly - most SOCs aren't
getting a great return on the resource investments they've
made.
Best-of-Breed vs. Integrated
Security Technologies
Within the purchasing process, organizations ultimately had
to make a choice - go for best-of-breed solutions or choose a
single-source integrated option.
While choosing best-of-breed vs. an integrated option is
clearly a company-by-company choice, it appears we've
reached a tipping point where most SOCs realize they can't
continue down the path of managing disparate tools as they
have been.
The More You See,
The More You Miss
Chief among the outcomes of a vast ecosystem of security
tools is a massive amount of alerts triggered by the various
technologies in your stack. Security operations teams have
never had more data points available to them to identify,
investigate and analyze threats. So many data points, in fact,
that enterprise SOC teams can't possibly get to them all.
Security Automation and
Orchestration
Turns out, it is possible to get the benefits of an integrated,
platform approach using the tools you already have. Security
automation and orchestration is purpose built to address
the technology sprawl that has occurred in cybersecurity over
the past several years.
Security Orchestration Platform
A security orchestration platform can enrich individual
alerts with data from across the environment, grouping
related alerts into cases to combat alert fatigue and give
analysts the context they need to zero in on truly malicious
activity. By providing a unifying fabric, security orchestration
enables security teams to do more and get more from the
best-of-breed technology investments they've already made.
CyberSecurity Operation Center
Integrate and Orchestrate
Most cyber security orchestration platforms enable SOC
teams to integrate the dozens of tools they already use and
manage them from one interface. By providing this unifying
fabric and single pane of glass, analysts are able to eliminate
screen switching and security operations organizations no
longer need experts in every single technology.
Automate Repetitive Tasks
Increasing Security Analyst
Capacity
Security automation is ideal for these activities that require a
high amount of manual work, require fast response, happen
regularly and require a significant degree of user involvement.
Automating these items greatly improves security operations
efficiency, freeing up analyst time for more valuable tasks,
increasing analyst capacity, and ensuring alerts no longer
go uninvestigated.
Gain Context and Deeper Insight
Conclusion
Security orchestration platforms integrate data across your
entire security operations footprint, enriching alerts and
showing the full scope of entities, artifacts and relationships
impacted by a threat. Armed with context, security analysts
are equipped to conduct more thorough investigations, better
address related alerts in a single case and develop insights that
lead to real management of threats.

Cyber Security Technologies

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    Introduction According to Cisco's2018 Annual Cybersecurity Report, 41% of organizations are using technologies and services from as many as 50 different vendors. Managing this many disparate security tools and services creates a costly headache for any enterprise SOC. Put succinctly - most SOCs aren't getting a great return on the resource investments they've made.
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    Best-of-Breed vs. Integrated SecurityTechnologies Within the purchasing process, organizations ultimately had to make a choice - go for best-of-breed solutions or choose a single-source integrated option. While choosing best-of-breed vs. an integrated option is clearly a company-by-company choice, it appears we've reached a tipping point where most SOCs realize they can't continue down the path of managing disparate tools as they have been.
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    The More YouSee, The More You Miss Chief among the outcomes of a vast ecosystem of security tools is a massive amount of alerts triggered by the various technologies in your stack. Security operations teams have never had more data points available to them to identify, investigate and analyze threats. So many data points, in fact, that enterprise SOC teams can't possibly get to them all.
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    Security Automation and Orchestration Turnsout, it is possible to get the benefits of an integrated, platform approach using the tools you already have. Security automation and orchestration is purpose built to address the technology sprawl that has occurred in cybersecurity over the past several years.
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    Security Orchestration Platform Asecurity orchestration platform can enrich individual alerts with data from across the environment, grouping related alerts into cases to combat alert fatigue and give analysts the context they need to zero in on truly malicious activity. By providing a unifying fabric, security orchestration enables security teams to do more and get more from the best-of-breed technology investments they've already made.
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    Integrate and Orchestrate Mostcyber security orchestration platforms enable SOC teams to integrate the dozens of tools they already use and manage them from one interface. By providing this unifying fabric and single pane of glass, analysts are able to eliminate screen switching and security operations organizations no longer need experts in every single technology.
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    Increasing Security Analyst Capacity Securityautomation is ideal for these activities that require a high amount of manual work, require fast response, happen regularly and require a significant degree of user involvement. Automating these items greatly improves security operations efficiency, freeing up analyst time for more valuable tasks, increasing analyst capacity, and ensuring alerts no longer go uninvestigated.
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    Gain Context andDeeper Insight
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    Conclusion Security orchestration platformsintegrate data across your entire security operations footprint, enriching alerts and showing the full scope of entities, artifacts and relationships impacted by a threat. Armed with context, security analysts are equipped to conduct more thorough investigations, better address related alerts in a single case and develop insights that lead to real management of threats.