| Security becomes critical as cyber attackers use different methods to breach enterprises and disrupt operations, and as mobile, cloud computing and IoT expand enterprise networks and add endpoints. Here are the top technologies that can help businesses protect their data and information. |
We're seeing an increase in data breaches, ransomware, and other types of cyberattacks, making security a hot topic. As cyberattackers use different methods to invade enterprises and disrupt business, and as mobile, cloud computing and IoT expand enterprise networks and add endpoints, security becomes critical. According to Gartner, security teams should always be vigilant, and they should also be aware of new technologies to help protect their enterprises from geo-based attacks.
"Threats to enterprise IT remain at a very high level in 2017, with numerous data breaches and attacks reported in the media every day. As attackers improve their attack capabilities, enterprises must also improve their ability to protect access and prevent attacks. capabilities,” said Neil MacDonald, Gartner Vice President, Distinguished Analyst, and Gartner Honorary Fellow. “Security and risk leaders must evaluate and use the latest technologies to defend against advanced attacks, better enable digital business transformation, and embrace new computing methods. Such as cloud computing, mobile and DevOps."
Here are the top technologies that can help businesses protect their data and information:
1. Cloud computing workload protection platform
Currently, enterprises have different types of workloads, infrastructures, and locations, including physical/virtual machines and containers, in addition to public/private clouds. The cloud workload protection platform allows enterprises to manage their various workloads, infrastructure and locations from a single management console so they can deploy common security policies across all locations.
2. Cloud Access Security Broker (CASB)
Many enterprises use multiple cloud services and applications, and all these applications are monitored from a single CASB, so enterprises can effectively enforce security policies, address cloud service risks, and ensure compliance across all cloud services (public and private clouds) .
3. Managed Detection and Response (MDR)
Usually, enterprises will consider using MDR services when they do not have the resources or personnel to continuously monitor threats. These service providers enable enterprises to improve their threat detection and incident response through continuous monitoring capabilities.
4. Micro-partitioning
This enables enterprises to separate and isolate applications and workloads in a virtual data center, using virtualization software-only security mode to assign fine-tuned security policies to each partition and even each workload.
5. Container security solutions
A container is a self-contained executable portion of software that also includes everything needed to run it, including code, runtime, settings, system tools, and system libraries. Containers often share an operating system, and any attack on the operating system can cause all containers to be infected. Container security solutions enable scanning before a container is created, and in addition to providing protection, they also monitor the runtime.
6. Deception techniques
Sometimes malicious activity penetrates corporate networks without being detected by other types of cyber defense systems deployed by the organization. In this case, deception technology provides insights that can be used to find and detect such malicious activity. It also takes a proactive security posture and defeats attackers by tricking them. Deception technology solutions currently available span multiple layers within the enterprise stack and span network, data, applications and endpoints.
7. Software Defined Peripheral (SDP)
With disparate systems and participants connected through the same network across the enterprise, SDP allows enterprises to define who needs to know what, effectively removing sensitive information from the public eye. This helps reduce the attack surface by checking the identity and status of a device before allowing it to access application infrastructure.
8. Remote browser
Cheng Browser provides a remote virtual environment in which a web browser can be opened, and because this environment is not connected to the corporate network, it is impossible for browser-based malware to penetrate the corporate network to steal data.
9. Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR)
These security solutions monitor all endpoints for any unusual/malicious behavior. EDR focuses on detecting anomalous activity and subsequently investigating the anomalous activity and, if a threat is discovered, remediation and mitigation. According to Gartner, by 2020, 80% of large enterprises, 25% of medium-sized enterprises, and 10% of small enterprises worldwide will utilize EDR capabilities.
10. Network Traffic Analysis (NTA)
These security solutions monitor network traffic, connections, flows, and objects for any suspicious threats or malicious content. When malicious content is discovered, it is quarantined for further action.