Intelligent CIO Middle East Issue 15 | Page 46

FEATURE : NETWORK SECURITY
THE INTEGRATION BETWEEN THE ENDPOINT AND THE NETWORK SECURITY DEVICES IS ACTUALLY THE SECRET SAUCE AS NO SYSTEM CAN STAND ON ITS OWN . UNDERSTANDING HOW OPEN A PLATFORM IS , AND HOW YOU CAN INTEGRATE BOTH FORENSICS , REPORTING AND AUTOMATED RESPONSE IS HOW YOU CREATE A REAL SECURITY ECOSYSTEM
complexity of attacks that we now see , open interfaces and the seamless integration of products is essential as tackling new threats calls for bestin-class point products that work together .
Finally , to truly secure their networks , IT teams must grow beyond their reliance on solutions alone . The advancement of cyber threats means that to stay protected , you need to develop and maintain a holistic security program wherein technology , products , systems , procedures , processes , policies and people are all taken into account .
Such programs can be extremely challenging for many organizations , and they should therefore ask themselves is outsourcing parts of these programs to trusted IT security partner could be the correct solution .
In the end , every organisation needs to understand that the economy of cybercrime is such that if you made it difficult for the hackers , they will most likely go somewhere else !
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