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Instead of being aided by their technology investments , IT teams are inundated by security alerts from multiple vulnerability scanning tools .
As a result , they are able to prioritise the issues with the potential to do most damage to the business , for example , issues which are associated with highly sensitive customer data , or vulnerabilities in missioncritical applications .
Business risk observability
Business risk observability is also the answer to fighting back fragmentation . It breaks down silos across the IT department and brings applications and security teams together around a single source of truth for all application availability , performance , and security data . With it , organisations can finally succeed in their quest towards DevSecOps and a more integrated approach to security throughout the application lifecycle .
Gregg Ostrowski , CTO Advisor , Cisco AppDynamics
Risk prioritisation
As the number of cloud-native applications grows , IT teams need to gain expanded visibility into their Kubernetes environments . They need to have the ability to rapidly pinpoint security issues across application entities , whether these are business transactions , services , workload , pods or containers . Entity level correlation enables IT teams to quickly isolate issues and apply fixes , improving metrics such as mean time to detect , MTTD and mean time to remediation , MTTR .
But visibility alone is not sufficient . To make sense of the flood of incoming alerts , IT teams also need to add business context to their security findings . They must have the right solution that enables them to rapidly locate , assess and prioritise risk and remediate issues based on potential business impact .
This is why business risk observability is a must for any organisation that considers itself to be cloud-first . This approach brings together application performance data and business impact context with vulnerability detection and security intelligence so that IT teams can easily identify which business transactions present the greatest risk to the business .
Development teams can easily adhere to their organisation ’ s most critical security priorities and embed robust security into every line of code . This will result in secure applications that have been designed for security from the onset , and are therefore easier to manage and troubleshoot before , during and after release .
As digital transformation initiatives progress , IT teams will constantly have to do more with less . Business risk observability eases the pressure on over-stretched IT teams , providing technologists with the tools and insights they need to regain control , make smart decisions and deliver positive impact for their organisations .
It is time for technologists in all sectors to think beyond just the technical aspects of the infrastructure and applications they are responsible for . IT is now a fundamental enabler of the enterprise , and so they must think of attacks from the perspective of their potential impact on the business .
Fortunately , business risk observability can help organisations to meet the challenge of security within modern application environments . The urgency with which IT teams need to implement these tools , along with process and cultural change , is only increasing . They cannot afford to get left behind in the shift towards business risk observability . With the right strategy in place , they can mitigate business risk , empower their teams , and keep their digital transformation programs on track . p
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