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RSA: Limited Value for SMEs

 I went to RSA this year, hoping to see solutions to help the organizations that struggle with cybersecurity the most – those facing the same threats as large enterprises, but without the same resources. I wanted to see ways of detecting threats, responding to them, and doing it affordably. I was disappointed with what I saw, in that the focus seems entirely upon the software giants of Silicon Valley. So, I sat down to express this in a video for you. Watch it, to see the exhibition floor in action, and understand what is being talked about (and what isn’t) in the innovation sandbox, and what the implications are for the category of Managed Detection and Response.

Of course, if you’d prefer to read about it, it’s transcribed below. Enjoy!

Mike: Adam, you got to spend some time at RSA. I’d love to understand, what do you think the value was for the small to medium-sized enterprise at the show?

Adam: I don’t think there was a lot of value for small to medium-sized businesses at the show. Whether it was the sessions or the events that were training people on managed detection and responses processes, it was really for teams with large tools, large security operations centers. The vendors, of course, always catering to those large enterprises that have big budgets for cyber security and specific silos for cyber again. And then of course on the innovation sandbox where we’re talking about the new and upcoming tools, they are unfortunately focused on problems the SMB doesn’t have, like software development lifecycles, and orchestration of cloud workloads, things like that.

Mike: Okay. Well, that’s disappointing to hear. We’ve already covered in the past how building your own SOC is a lengthy, expensive and complex path to go down. (Read more...)