Our team attended The official Cybersecurity Summit in Philadelphia last week to hear from industry experts about the latest risks and solutions in the cybersecurity space. Couldn't attend yourself or forgot to take notes? Check out our key takeaways on trending threats and best practices for staying secure.
Top Cybersecurity Trends in 2024
Identity is the New Boundary
The network boundary is a thing of the past. SaaS apps, remote employees, and cloud computing being “behind a firewall” does not mean that an application is secure. Identity and Access Management defines the boundary—not network topology in a modern business environment.
IAC is Important, but Don’t Miss the Prodops Handoff
Infrastructure As Code (IAC) can improve your security practices in many ways. Code reviews limit misconfiguration, serves as documentation, and makes your infrastructure simpler to understand.
IAC is not without risks. If developers are deploying infrastructure without the proper handoff to your managed services team, you will likely end up with unpatched or unmanaged infrastructure. Prodops handoffs are a part of your release management process.
Do the Basic Things Well
Don't skip out on the basics:
Patch, patch, patch!
Use Single Sign-On and Multi-Factor Authentication.
Use endpoint protection.
Apply Least Privileged Data Access and Zero Trust models.
Have phishing protection in place. Always.
Defense in Depth vs Best Of Breed
It would be great if there were really just one service that a CIO could sign up for and check the box on cybersecurity. Unfortunately, no matter what a salesperson tells you, this doesn’t exist. Cybersecurity requires processes, people, and layers of best-of-breed tooling.
AI Good, AI Bad
AI is a double-edged sword. It can help protect us from cyber threats, but it's also making the cyber threat landscape a lot more dangerous.
AI is Cool, but Cybersecurity Is Still All About People
People are STILL and WILL ALWAYS BE your biggest cybersecurity vulnerability. Cybersecurity training and processes are just as important as anything you can do in your tech stack.
Print your DR Plan
The importance of digital and physical copies goes both ways. If your DR plan is digital, how to you plan to access it during a disaster? Go oldschool and keep a printed copy. Just in case.
Cybersecurity Practices Are More Important Than Ever
It will come as no surprise that the biggest takeaway from the conference is that cybersecurity is more important than ever, and choosing the right partner is critical to success. Are ready to explore how you can leverage the latest cybersecurity practices in your organization? Contact Entech today.
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