The findings of recent Tripwire survey of 108 people at Black Hat USA 2017 has below findings-
Eighty-five percent of cyber security pros mentioned that they need more people
Eighty four percent mentioned that they need new technology
Twenty-eight percent mentioned that they need vendor services
Seventy percent mentioned that hiring experienced professionals is on priority
Thirty percent mentioned that they are willing for on job training
“Tools alone can’t solve the challenges in cyber security,” Tripwire vice president Tim Erlin said in a statement. “Organizations need talented staff to drive process improvements, administer tools and push for continuous improvement.”
“If you think the answer to the problems that keep you up at night is a new cyber security tool, it’s time to reassess,” Erlin added. “Security is built on strong foundations, and the best practices need to adapt to the changing threat landscape, but the core of what’s necessary for defense remains consistent.”
As per the research firm Gartner, information security spending will climb to $86.4 billion in 2017
“Rising awareness among CEOs and boards of directors about the business impact of security incidents and an evolving regulatory landscape have led to continued spending on security products and services,” Gartner principal research analyst Sid Deshpande mentioned in a statement.
Sid also mentioned that investing on new tech is not the complete solution “As seen in the recent spate of global security incidents, doing the basics right has never been more important,” he said.
“Organizations can improve their security posture significantly just by addressing basic security and risk related hygiene elements like threat centric vulnerability management, centralized log management, internal network segmentation, backups and system hardening.”
“Cyber attacks and data breaches are on the rise and being broadcast in the media, and with it a need for more security professionals, services and tools to protect organizations,” AsTech chief security strategist Nathan Wenzler said.
“Further, if we watch how the trend of attacks has gone over the past several years, we see more and more criminals moving away from targeting servers and workstations, and towards applications and people,” Wenzler added.
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