Cybersecurity
Cybersecurity for the New Normal
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The cybersecurity landscape is changing dramatically. As organizations scrambled to keep employees connected in a world of remote everything amid the pandemic, threat actors capitalized on the chaos. Cyber-attacks continue to surge!
The disruption caused by COVID-19 has proven the value of digital agility. To accommodate our new cybersecurity normal and prepare for the future, cybersecurity teams should continue to expect the unexpected, and build into their systems the ability to quickly adapt to changing needs.
But this is no easy task. Organizations are embracing new platforms at faster rates than ever before. According to Snow Software, 66% of IT leaders say they will continue to increase their overall use of the cloud for the foreseeable future. As they rush to deploy public and hybrid cloud environments increases network complexity, attempts to increase visibility and address threats have led to investments in the “latest and greatest” technology from a multitude of cybersecurity vendors. A result is an excessive number of disconnected tools that make it harder not only to detect but also to defend against attacks.
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The Right Partner Makes All the Difference
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CISOs are being held accountable for both business and technological aspects of security. Faced with understaffed teams and a need to increase the efficiency of security operations, they’re looking beyond siloed controls to strategic partners, advisory services, and broad, integrated platforms.
As a trusted consultancy, SMX-Cloud provides unbiased expertise, customized solutions and advisory services based on decades of experience to help our clients continuously measure, improve, and optimize security programs. We securely accelerate digital transformation by solidifying essential cybersecurity practices on-premises, extending them to the cloud for visibility and protection across architectures, and reorienting technology around digital agility.
We collaborate with our field CTOs, CISOs, and cloud and implementation teams in an adaptive, outcome-driven approach that helps organizations move beyond the security architectures of the past, align with best-practice frameworks such as NIST CSF and the CIS Controls, and make their digital agility initiatives a reality with modern approaches such as extended detection and response (XDR), secure access service edge (SASE), and Zero Trust.
Our focus on strengthening capabilities revolves around five critical areas: identity and access management, data and application security, hybrid cloud security, security program strategy, and security operations.