Human Resources, Part 2
In part 1 of our human resources blog, we looked at how using the right solution, one with a prevention focus can save a business and its employees time and money. In part 2, we will look more in depth at how analysis-free solutions impact day-to-day lives of security personnel.
Free From Analysis
Information Security Analysts spend 40 (or more) hours per week looking at alerts, data, code, and reports related to their system focus – network, web app, infra, or others. When using “detect and remediate” security solutions which add to this workload, you are adding additional cost in the form of new employees and training and/or overtime pay for existing employees. A $20k per year solution could cost over $100k per year if a new analyst is needed to pick up the extra workload and as we explored in part 1 there is a severe candidate shortage in the cybersecurity industry.
The constant dings, pings, and rings from existing solutions are reminders of the workload awaiting your ISAs on a daily basis. This constant stream of notifications, especially when pertaining to real and verified threats, is a point of stress for analysts.
In a perfect world, all security solutions would offer real-time prevention, but most cannot. The prevention-first methodology should be priority number one when new threats and new solutions are being discussed. Preventative technology does not add as much or any workload to your ISAs in comparison to a “detect and remediate” solution.
Trusting Zero Trust
A number of preventative solutions will implement a “zero trust” model. Ultimately allowing a single or pre-defined action by users, code, or integrations. In terms of JavaScript, the security permission which has existed since the language’s infancy, now requires a restrictive zero trust solution. Defining the beneficial behavior of third-party code means allowing a “like” button, chat service, or advertisement to appear on a page while preventing any other behavior. As JavaScript attacks which use this third-party code access to a page rise in frequency, severity, and complexity the need for zero trust solutions rises with it.
These zero trust solutions are being adopted by businesses that embrace stricter security methodology, a methodology that says “prove to me you have this access before I let you in.” This means less false positives (less dings, pings, and rings) and more time for your analysts to spend on actual threats.
Being Resourceful
We have looked, in this two-part blog, at how using all resources at your disposal can help your business stay on top of the CyberSecurity game. The resource cost of a data breach impacts not only your security team, but your legal team, executive team, and even your marketing team due to the damage done to your brand and trust in the market. Implementing zero trust solutions for both internal and external users is the best way to efficiently use your resources and when it comes to zero trust on your website you need a solution like Source Defense. One which reduces the dings, pings, and rings of traditional “detect and remediate” solutions and one which extends your website security to the client-side.
Take the next step and see your organizations current security risk posture by requesting a customer risk report now.
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*** This is a Security Bloggers Network syndicated blog from Blog – Source Defense authored by Randy Paszek. Read the original post at: https://sourcedefense.com/resources/blog/human-resources-part-2/
