Achieving a State of Cyber Resiliency is all about a Proactive Approach

The SecurityANGLE

In this episode of the SecurityANGLE our conversation revolves around cyber resiliency and how embracing a proactive security approach can not only help address gaps in visibility, but also ensure organizations the business resilience they seek, as well as help them keep up with the rapid pace of innovation that is our reality today.

My guest today is Tom Parker, the CTO of NetSPI. Tom is the former founder of Hubble Technology, a cyber asset surface management technology (CAASM) company acquired by NetSPI this past June to expand its proactive security approach.

The main focus of our conversation in this episode centered on what’s happening in the industry and what we’re seeing from customers as it relates to their challenges and pain points. One thing we know for certain is that a lack of visibility is a significant challenge, as is the understanding that the attack surface – both internal and external — is at the root of many of these issues.

It's a challenging time for businesses from a security standpoint. The attack surfaces are rapidly expanding, teams are challenged by a dearth of highly skilled talent, threat actors are getting more sophisticated, in many ways enabled by AI, and the data breaches, they keep coming. I highlighted some of the concerns I see from customers in the market as well as from our research, and Tom shared what he and his team are seeing and hearing from customers about the security challenges they have and how they are addressing those.

We also explored cyber attack surface management and how NetSPI's Hubble acquisition has added value to the NetSPI portfolio, along with the importance of gaining full visibility into internal and external attack surfaces, and we discussed the challenges organizations face in doing that.

Bottom line: If business resilience is the goal, it's safe to say that you can't have a reactive approach to security. Proactive security leads to an improved state of business resilience by providing a more holistic, accurate understanding of an organization's risk profile.

There is still a long way to go in enabling businesses to have the agility they need to achieve a state of cyber resilience as they keep up with evolving tech. Rather than siloed solutions that only address one part of the problem, organizations need a complete picture of their threat environments through a more proactive security approach. So yes, absolutely, visibility matters!