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A LAYERED APPROACH
TO CYBERSECURITY:
PEOPLE, PROCESSES
AND TECHNOLOGY
Alain Penel, Regional Vice President – Middle
East, Fortinet, outlines the various approaches to
cybersecurity, which includes the three crucial aspects
– people, processes and technology.
C
ybercrime is an ever-present threat
facing organisations of all sizes.
In order to safeguard themselves
against a successful data breach, IT teams
must stay a step ahead of cybercriminals by
defending against a barrage of increasingly-
sophisticated attacks at high volumes.
In Q3 of 2018 alone, FortiGuard Labs
detected 1,114 exploits per firm, each
representing an opportunity for a
cybercriminal to infiltrate a network and
exfiltrate or compromise valuable data.
What complicates this challenge further
is that the strategies and attack vectors
that cybercriminals rely on are always
evolving. It’s the classic problem of security
teams having to cover every contingency,
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while cybercriminals only need to slip past
defences once.
Because of this, IT teams must continuously
update their defences based on current
threat trends. Today, IoT, mobile malware,
cryptojacking and botnets are top focuses
for cybercriminals, but they may have moved
on to new threats by Q4.
With this in mind, IT security teams have
a lot of ground to cover. Unfortunately,
there is no silver bullet to guarantee an
effective security posture, nor a single
defensive mechanism that can ensure
security across modern distributed networks.
In order to defend against today’s threats,
IT teams must take a layered approach to
their cybersecurity.
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FOR
CYBERSECURITY
TO BE EFFECTIVE,
ORGANISATIONS
MUST ALSO
CONSIDER HOW
THEY LEVERAGE
PEOPLE AND
PROCESSES.
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