Security News > 2021 > April > Building a Fortress: 3 Key Strategies for Optimized IT Security

Knowing just how vulnerable many companies are to organized malicious actors, IT teams are re-evaluating their shortcomings and processes when it comes to building their organizations' security infrastructure.

Here are the three strategies that IT teams should prioritize going forward: Zero-trust approaches; patching; and automation.

From there, companies need to establish a strategic plan to make improvements to both IT and security teams.

Most IT teams have a multitude of responsibilities, but often lack the resources to manage everything, including security.

Flexibility and automation are key when it comes to streamlining an cybersecurity strategy, so IT teams should review old processes and decide whether or not a transition needs to be made in a different direction.

While 2020 and this year has so far has presented major challenges for IT operation teams, there are also valuable lessons for reevaluating cybersecurity strategies and technologies.

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https://threatpost.com/key-strategies-optimized-it-security/165157/