Friday, July 09, 2010
Data Mining, Qualys, Responding to the new information risk landscape: new priorities, new skills and new solutions
Overview
Yesterday’s security solutions do not meet the challenges of the new information risk landscape. A strategic inflection point has been passed: a time from which the effectiveness of traditional countermeasures will decline sharply. Change is unavoidable. Enterprises face unprecedented security challenges. To survive, they must adopt a fresh approach to information risk management.
The new information risk landscape presents unprecedented security challenges, demanding and justifying a determined and united response by all organisations. This paper has argued the case for changes in security priorities, capabilities and solutions. The future security solution space lies not in a traditional security regime of policies, inspections and audits, but in the smart exploitation of human skills, networks and Cloud based services. Achieving this breakthrough will also demand greater leadership skills, support and empowerment for CISOs.
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