Don’t let your security guard down

24 March, 2022

Although 55% of respondents have invested in their security stack over the past year and 27% have advanced threat protection in place, it is not having the desired effect as attacks are still successfully penetrating their defence lines. Half of respondents believe that firewalls are an effective way of mitigating HEAT attacks, and 31 per cent favour VPNs. Organisations believe that the threat of a cyberattack is a case of ‘when’ not ‘if’, regardless of size. Consequently, IT decision makers are most concerned about the reputational damage (62%) and financial loss (57%) that a security breach could have on their business.

As Guntrip points out, organisations need to prioritise a review of their network security solution stack. Highly Evasive Adaptive Threats target web browsers as the attack vector and employ techniques to evade detection by multiple layers in current security stacks, including firewalls, Secure Web Gateways, sandbox analysis, URL Reputation and phishing detection, so clearly a new strategy is needed. As cyberthreats plot an even more challenging course, organisations of all sizes must be ready to meet the challenge. Cybersecurity needs to become a top priority in 2022.

Ed Holden, Editor