For all the progress in cybersecurity tooling and spending, one concept remains oddly underdeveloped in both definition and execution: Integrity. The industry has long had a clear grasp of Confidentiality and Availability within the CIA Triad, along with the controls that support them. Yet, Integrity remains far less defined both in what it truly means and in what controls are required to deliver it. As a result, Integrity is often discussed, partially implemented, and mislabeled, but rarely understood in its full scope, leaving the industry to chase symptoms and acronyms rather than solving the root problem. 

How We Got Stuck at FIM

When File Integrity Monitoring (FIM) emerged around 2000, it was a meaningful step forward. At the time, simply knowing when a file changed on a server was valuable. But FIM was never meant to be the end state; it was an early building block toward (Read more...)