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Three reasons why context is key to narrowing your attack surface
2020-12-22 05:30

This accelerated digital transformation served as a forcing function that brought IT and security together to reconcile legacy technology, identify risks in the supply chain, narrow the expanding attack surface and realign programs to support core business objectives.

Due to security teams implementing new network configurations and security controls essentially overnight, there is a high potential of new risks being introduced through misconfiguration.

With organizational perimeters continuing to vanish and remote working here to stay for the indefinite future, security personnel must re-think and plan new cyber defenses and get the context needed to take decisive, targeted action.

If network security policy management and vulnerability management are not interconnected, the context will undoubtedly be lacking.

To extend their influence, narrow the attack surface, and support ongoing digitization needs, security and IT leaders need to develop the ability to see around corners.


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