Did you know that 4.1 billion sensitive records were exposed in the first half of 2019 due to data breaches? Poor cybersecurity practices and the lack of awareness about the growing sophistication of threat elements are still the primary reasons for malware intrusions into enterprise systems. Cybercriminals are becoming increasingly efficient in packaging the malicious entities in forms that do not raise suspicion - for instance, an MS Word file or an email attachment.

Gartner predicts that by the end of 2020, 15% of organizations with a security team of more than five security professionals will leverage SOAR. This is primarily because Security Orchestration Automation and Response has transformed cybersecurity case management at enterprises by addressing alert overload and bringing together disparate security systems seamlessly.

Cybersecurity breaches are at a record high and the trends indicate that the situation is nowhere close to dying out. The past year has seen a surge of attacks on global business giants narrating their experiences and spelling out that expensive resources and tools are not enough to defend an organization from security threats. (Bold, Italics) So, what is it that businesses need to do to ensure that their security system is immune to attacks?

According to Cybersecurity Ventures, a new organisation is going to be vulnerable to a ransomware attack every 11 seconds by 2021. Behind these rising numbers of ransomware threats are cybercriminals who are increasingly pushing these malicious file-encrypting elements into enterprise systems and networks.

In the cybersecurity landscape, security analysts are not only fighting malware and cybercriminals on a daily basis but also dealing with large volumes of data overflow from their own networks. In this regard, Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) has been a welcome cybersecurity tool for real-time tracking and investigating security events and log data.

Uncertain times have befallen the world right now, with netizens claiming that the present reality is straight out of an apocalypse movie. The coronavirus pandemic is wreaking havoc on the business community, slowing down growth and contributing to economic losses. While social distancing is the only known way to address the growing threat of this deadly disease, it has opened up new challenges related to remote work.

To build an exceptional security posture, organizations cannot just implement a case management platform and let it rust. With the evolving threat landscape, security tools and systems need to be checked periodically to test their relevance and to bring the employees up to speed with its functionalities. When a disaster hits, people and processes should be ready to tackle the threat head-on. This makes planning and testing the plan a key element towards the right incident response strategy.

Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) in the cybersecurity domain started out as a compliance tool but has now evolved into an advanced threat detection platform for organisations. During the development journey of SIEM tools, there was a brief period when it was considered that SIEM is ‘dead’ but it was not because of the absence of the need for it but because SIEM's fundamental capabilities needed an upgrade.

Zero Trust Security, an alternative architecture for IT security was first introduced by Forrester and was rooted in the principle of 'never trust, always verify'. Zero trust security has come a long way since then. My message for companies that think they haven't been attacked is: You are not looking hard enough." James Snook Each enterprise and individual is at risk today given our huge dependency on the Internet.

Security operations centers monitor and analyze activities on networks, servers, databases, applications, websites, and other systems, looking for anomalous activity that could be indicative of a security incident or compromise. Alert fatigue is a growing concern among information security professionals. If statistics are to be believed, over 79% agree about its negative effects on their teams.