Article originally appears on CSO Online at: https://www.csoonline.com/article/3235945/security/the-future-of-cybersecurity-part-ii-the-need-for-automation.html The growing complexity (Part 1) of today’s networks and the growing sophistication of today’s threats has outpaced the ability of most traditional security devices to keep up. Until now, the approach of far too many IT teams has been to simply throw more money at the problem by adding yet another device into their sec

Article appears originally on CSO Online at: https://www.csoonline.com/article/3235510/security/the-future-of-cybersecurity-part-i-the-problem-of-complexity.html It seems like CSOs are always seeing flashing red lights on their security dashboards these days, warning them of another breach or risk of compromise. There are so many security events happening day in and day out that it’s difficult to decide what’s the top priority. That’s a good metaphor for the state of cybersec

What is Big Data Security Analytics? Big Data is the collection of data sets that are large and complex. The vast size, diversity, and complexity of the data, makes it difficult to process using traditional applications. Traditional databases are great at processing similar data sets with easy to understand relationships. Big Data specializes in organizing solution sets that are unstructured, and that are more difficult to find and correlate. Examples of this are finding the

Original article found at: https://www.csoonline.com/article/3203804/security/know-your-enemy-understanding-threat-actors.html Sun Tzu wrote in his famous book, The Art of War, “If you know the enemy and know yourself, you need not fear the result of a hundred battles. If you know yourself but not the enemy, for every victory gained you will also suffer a defeat. If you know neither the enemy nor yourself, you will succumb in every battle.” In my previous article, “Are you Aw

The original article can be found at https://www.csoonline.com/article/3201972/security/are-you-aware-of-your-cyber-situation.html As human beings, we are constantly looking for information to help improve situations. If we live or work in a crowded city, for example, we want to know which routes are best to avoid getting stuck in traffic. When we enter a restaurant or movie theater we look for the exits. This behavior is known as situational awareness, and it’s second nature