Everfox released the CYBER360 Report
revealing that 74% of IT Security Directors in regulated industries in
the US and UK who were surveyed found detection-based security
technologies outdated and inadequate.
Survey respondents validated that the threat landscape is changing. 62%
of respondents agree that AI and emerging malicious actor trends are
increasing attack sophistication.
Over three-quarters of the IT security directors Everfox polled believe
security teams in regulated industries must shift their mindset from
detecting threats to preventing them. When looking ahead, the research
revealed the top plans and considerations:
- A third (33%) plan to implement Hardsec technology, which uses hardware logic and electronics to implement security functions, dramatically reducing the attack surface.
- Nearly a third (30%) plan to implement Advanced Content Disarm and Reconstruction (CDR) solutions, which sanitize data and files before they enter networks.
- Over a quarter (27%) plan to implement User Activity Monitoring (UAM), a preventative approach to managing insider risks to distinguish between genuine human mistakes and malicious intent.
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39% cited their inability to keep up with the rapidly evolving threat
landscape as the biggest barrier to adopting preventative approaches. -
36% report stretched budgets are a barrier. This pain point was
particularly felt by government organizations, who named it their top
obstacle.
“Increasingly sophisticated cyberattacks have unfortunately become the
norm and traditional detection-based technologies are unable to keep up.
New, preventative security strategies and solutions like Hardsec and
CDR solutions are a necessity to match the sophistication of today’s-and
tomorrow’s-threats,” said Sean Berg, CEO at Everfox.
To see the full set of recommendations for how security teams in
regulated industries can overcome these obstacles and find out more
about the shift to preventative thinking that is happening in these
industries, read the full CYBER360 Report.
