Examining The Three Classes Of Cybersecurity Needs
September 2017 witnessed a trifecta of mega-breaches: Equifax, SEC and Deloitte. Cybersecurity was already a messy and technical topic, and these disclosures have made it even more perplexing. There are hundreds of security product vendors, and the industry is collectively spending billions of dollars every year and is expected to top $100 billion by 2020. So why is it so hard for organizations to get their act together and prevent breaches? What exactly are we missing?
The cybersecurity problem is hard because organizations have massive and growing attack surfaces. There are myriad ways by which our networks can be breached, and it is very hard to keep up with the adversary. The industry still has unmet needs for tools and methods of appropriate scale to defend ourselves.
There are three classes of cybersecurity needs: