Security News > 2020 > January > The Best Treatment Plan for Your Security Pain Starts with a Data-Driven Diagnosis
Many CISOs I speak with are growing weary of searching for the next "Silver bullet" security technology or another threat feed to improve their security posture.
Clearly, this approach hasn't worked as the velocity of attacks increases and the cost of a data breach continues to rise - from $3.86 million last year to $3.92 million in 2019, according to the 2019 Ponemon Cost of a Data Breach Study.
Security operations - teams, tools and processes - become more efficient and effective when decisions and actions are based on the right data.
Industry/Geography - Threat feeds focused on attacks and vulnerabilities specific to your industry and geography are much more relevant than generic data that include threats that target a specific sector and/or region you are not in.
Internal threat and event data - An often-overlooked source of threat intelligence is data housed within various systems and tools across your organization, including the security information and event management system, log management repository, case management systems and security infrastructure.