CIO OPINION
MSSPs are on a mission to shield their clients from the cyber battlefield – to fight the fight on their behalf . XDR and living security bring them the right weapons for the job .
Vibin Shaju , Presales Director – EMEA , Trellix
For MSSPs XDR can be the foundation of effective ‘ living security ’
Vibin Shaju , Presales Director – EMEA , Trellix , discusses the value of extended detection and response ( XDR ) for managed security service providers ( MSSPs ).
Two years on from our planetwide migration to the cloud , the unease experienced by IT and security teams lingers . Consumers demand more and better digital experiences . Employees demand more flexible working conditions .
The C-suite demands more value and lower costs . And all of this takes place in an atmosphere of skills and resource gaps . On top of all this , everyone from the customer to the board expects delivery of their wish-lists in absolute security . But mounting evidence suggests security teams are not confident in their ability to meet these requirements .
In a global report by Trellix , companies revealed how unprepared they were in battling digital predators , especially when it came to the use of shared data . More than 90 % confirmed they were in possession of such data but that it was incomplete and often did not give adequate details of attacks or their effects . This nervousness about the threat landscape can be felt everywhere . A recent PwC report found around 43 % of Middle East organisations expected a “ surge in reportable incidents ” in 2022 .
Security teams need help from several quarters . First , their organisations must change their culture to accept that cybersecurity is everyone ’ s responsibility . And second , IT and business stakeholders must recognise that handling the entire security function in house is no longer viable . Today , in the age of cloud , managed security service providers ( MSSPs )
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