Intelligent CIO Europe Issue 11 | Page 22

LATEST INTELLIGENCE BUILD A STRATEGIC APPROACH TO NETWORK AND APP SECURITY PRESENTED BY U sers want choice when it comes to their apps and devices, and the flexibility to work anywhere, anytime. But that creates a lot of undo complexity, security risk and systems sprawl for IT to manage. With the right solution, organisations don’t have to give one priority over the other. Regardless of where data resides, your organisation can give employees the tools they want, while ensuring IT has the visibility and control to actively monitor your entire ecosystem. Traditional methods no longer work Download whitepaper here In an attempt to outpace emerging threats, many organisations have tacked on individual point solutions to address individual security needs. One for endpoint protection, another for apps and another for the network. These disparate systems don’t work because they: • Add complexity. As data moved from the data centre to cloud and even endpoint devices beyond the firewall, IT teams were left with different 22 INTELLIGENTCIO systems for managing and securing them all • Leave holes. Different systems weren’t designed for end-to-end coverage and leaving gaps where malware can slip through • Don’t talk to each other. Siloed point solutions can’t spot anomalies or alterations and therefore can’t proactively prevent threats from breaching your network • Can’t identify unknown attacks. A big problem for many disparate security systems are the threats they can’t see. Also known as zero-day attacks, they can go unnoticed for extended periods of time, allowing hackers access to sensitive data for however long it takes them to be discovered • Don’t prevent internal threats. Most security solutions are geared at keeping the bad guys out, but they aren’t designed to stop leaks from the inside. Point solutions aren’t designed to recognise and halt unusual behaviour. As a result, they’re unable to prevent sensitive information from moving outside the network • Can’t segment access based on user needs. Managing user behaviour across endpoints is much harder with individual point solutions and puts additional burdens on already overloaded IT teams n www.intelligentcio.com