Security News > 2021 > February > COVID-19 impact on SecOps: Increased threats, greater investments in automation

Siemplify released a research that studies how the sudden shift to remote work during the COVID-19 pandemic has affected SecOps analysts' ability to perform their jobs and the impact on overall security postures.

The overall cybersecurity posture has remained strong due to greater investments in security automation technologies and reliance on managed security service providers, potentially paving the way for many security operations centers to become permanently remote, a Siemplify survey reveals.

SecOps is a highly collaborative function, with security analysts working closely in physical SOCs to address tens of thousands of alerts and security incidents daily, hunt for threats and problem-solve responses.

The unexpected shift to remote workforces means that these professionals have been tasked with the challenge of securing more complex and dispersed, cloud-based environments at the same time that they themselves are working from home and have lost the benefits of collaborating with their colleagues in a centralized SOC. "With threats growing in frequency and sophistication, and with the added challenges of performing SecOps from home, I think many people expected organizations' cybersecurity postures to take a hit during the pandemic," said Nimmy Reichenberg, CMO and head of strategy of Siemplify.

To cope with the challenges of remote work, SecOps teams are turning to security automation technologies and the help of MSSPs.

"Although the SecOps profession has been flipped on its head by COVID-19, one possible silver lining is that organizations are hiring additional cybersecurity talent, enhancing their benefits and increasing investments in automation technologies in order to better support their SecOps teams," Reichenberg said.

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