SECURITY AND IT INFRASTRUCTURE: ALWAYS CONNECTED
The IT landscape is developing non-stop and is more complex than ever. With various datacenters, cloud platforms and SaaS-solutions, organizations face the challenge to keep up and guarantee 24x7 business continuity. The looming threat of cyber-attacks increases this challenge. And how to recover the IT environment fast, should something happen? A partner with up-to-date knowledge on infrastructure and security can help out.
An IT environment is closely entwined with business processes. On management level organizations realize that the consequences can be dire when their organizations are hit by cyber-attacks like ransomware. While working on their yearly budget, accountants consider the financial consequences of an attack. Additionally, the government imposes more laws and regulations to enforce proper security. With all of that in mind, your security strategy has to be on-point.
SECURITY CHALLENGES CAN OVERWHELM OUR IT TEAM
In the age of multi cloud solutions and hybrid working, IT complexity increases. Additional security challenges can be overwhelming, although that doesn’t have to be the case. Relieve pressure by outsourcing infrastructure management to one partner. Since infrastructure and security are undeniably connected, this partner should also be a security expert.
Zero-trust is a prime example of the connection between infra and security. This upcoming practice starts with safely allowing network access – nobody is trusted and there is always a strict identity check. Additionally, visibility is essential for adequate security. From the ‘you can’t protect what you don’t see’ perspective modern tooling provides insight on all IT activities. This helps to discover threats and prevent attacks.
FROM REACTIVE TO PROACTIVE
Still, the security developments move so fast that it’s difficult to keep up. Unfortunately, this is an absolute necessity to limit the risks of an attack. An expert infrastructure partner who specializes in both network management and security is aware of the latest threats and measures and can act promptly – if necessary.
It could prove difficult for organizations to make up their priorities, and it’s therefore a logical step to ask an expert to set the best starting point. This provides a proper basis to determine the required security level and suitable measures to effectively avoid attacks. This doesn’t just concern the implementation of tools and services, but also factors like awareness for employees. After all, prevention is better than the cure.
FIND PRIORITIES AND PICK THE SUITABLE ROADMAP
The exact strategy is different for each organization. Map out a roadmap according to best practices, fitting the nature, size, and budget of an organization. An accessible workshop to find priorities is often the first step. Like we said, measures don’t have to be strictly technical, employee awareness is also important. Are they aware of the dangers and the steps to handle them accordingly? What are the guidelines, should something happen? Your strategy has to be directed to limiting risks and recovering quick after an incident.
SECURITY AS A SERVICE
It’s a trend to buy IT as a managed service. This relieves the of the internal IT team and provides flexibility. Pay for use means the costs are predictable. But the most important benefit is to take away concerns about infrastructure and security complexity. There is room to focus on strategy and innovation. The focus should move from managed services to secure managed services – because managed services have no future without security.
Interested to know if your security solution is up to par with current security risks? Please contact us for a Cyber Resilience Assessment.