Intelligent CISO Issue 05 | Page 43

E R T N P X E INIO OP With consolidation, enhanced data quality and automation, the CISO can confidently enhance their company’s cyber- risk posture. Not forgetting data quality domains that carry the highest risk, one can prioritise the selection and implementation of security tools. By taking this risk-based, end-to-end, and sustainable approach to implementing security processes (and their related tools), we can begin to permanently solve areas of security that have historically remained regardless of the number of tools and money we have thrown at it. Armed with this newly available knowledge, we now have the opportunity to solve some of the longstanding areas of security permanently. www.intelligentciso.com | Issue 05 CISOs have also learned the hard way that despite what many security solutions state, there is no silver bullet solution to security. The problem of too many tools has steadily crept up over time. Throughout this, CISOs have also learned the hard way that despite what many security solutions state, there is no silver bullet solution to security. We always need multiple security solutions to cover the needed security controls to achieve adequate security, but not to the degree we have today. While CISOs should look to consolidate security solutions where practical, they must not forget that there is also an opportunity to derive better value out of their current solutions. To cut through the noise and data coming from tools, specifically those that identify vulnerabilities and control failures, a great place to start increasing the confidence that data coming out them is complete and accurate. By also focusing on the enrichment of the data, CISOs can drive remediation more efficiently and know what to fix first to get the greatest ROI on their security investments. It also gives rise to getting access to automated analytics and reducing the need to work through multiple reporting processes for different tools manually. With consolidation, enhanced data quality and automation, the CISO can confidently enhance their company’s cyber-risk posture. u 43