What improvements are you seeing in cybersecurity tools?

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CISO in Software2 years ago

We're not doing a great job as an industry when it comes to tools. We have a million security tools and things are changing very slowly and incrementally. We had MPLS at one point but that turned into SD-WAN, which turned into SASE. All SASE is just SD-WAN with some security features or plugins added.

The tools are repackaged based on all these marketing terms, even zero trust. There are companies that started out as cloud access security brokers (CASB) and then, as they followed the buzzwords, they became identity companies and then SASE companies because that's what everybody's after. There are a bunch of companies like that.

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Sr. Director of Enterprise Security in Software2 years ago

Let's be honest, if you're a security company that’s not branding itself as zero trust right now, you're missing out on a lot of money.

Senior Director of Engineering in Software2 years ago

I'm actually not seeing much.
We continue to see that the majority of the attacks use social (e.g. messages and phone scams) and I believe that because of that the industry is neglecting (or at least not focusing enough) on threats like penetrating systems by brute force, back doors, etc.
Taking into consideration the current tensions between a few countries, cyber threats are stronger than ever.
The industry really needs to evolve fast.

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CEO, Founder in Software2 years ago

I feel cybersecurity tools are becoming more and more accessible as time goes on.

We saw this in firewalls, which moved from hardware to difficult-to-configure software and then integrated into the operating systems everyone uses. Later a similar evolution happened to password managers.

Some central tools, such as advanced tracker blocking (think Pi-hole) or Multi-Factor Authentication, are still too advanced and cumbersome for the general population to effectively use. I'm sure this will change and quite soon.

Group Chief Information Officer in Construction2 years ago

The more human being life digitalized (social, work , finance, Metaverse, NFTs,...) the more critical cybersecurity became.

Though the tools are improving constantly and we are seeing the AI/Machine learning playing big role in addition to hashing and blockchain cybersecurity, however i believe the issues are on lake of talent and user behaviors

Director, SRE & Global Cloud Operations in Telecommunication2 years ago

As with most industries, there is usually a company (or more) that will fill a security need with a tool. As such, we are provided with a potential software solution for that need but often end up with a cluttered landscape of tool sprawl. Cybersecurity is no different.

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