TALKING
‘‘ business
Have a plan and make sure you ’ re realistic about where you are in terms of your process , your people and your technologies , and then make a sound decision based on that .
Unfortunately , some customers are struggling with having qualified security talent in those areas such as malware analysis , threat hunting , forensics , AI or cloud . It ’ s important that organisations are constantly recruiting and retaining talent .
How can Rapid7 help organisations to balance continued innovation and risk management ?
Our platform is really there as a business enabler to help organisations continue to innovate and transform digitally without being overly concerned about the security risk and security posture .
How can organisations best prepare and implement a strategy that protects them against threats ?
Fundamentally , I believe organisations require sound security strategy planning and a roadmap . This of course is down to the talent you can hire , as well as leveraging vendors like Rapid7 and local partners .
But my real advice to customers is to always have a multi-layered approach – there ’ s no silver bullet in security , it is an ongoing field of improvement and making sure you have regular security drills and training is a typically consistent process for all organisations in my opinion .
I think it ’ s easy to see that one of the biggest obstacles is ensuring that you have good operational security .
Tools and teams sometimes aren ’ t working together and where we can help is to dismantle the silos and connect your technologies , processes and people , even beyond security to include it in development .
Being realistic is also important . Sometimes organisations may overstretch themselves because they ’ re trying to do too much and they don ’ t end up meeting their goals . So , have a plan and make sure you ’ re realistic about where you are in terms of your process , your people and your technologies , and then make a sound decision based on that . p
38 INTELLIGENTCIO MIDDLE EAST www . intelligentcio . com