Summary Bullets:

• IT security teams contend with managing dozens of individual security solutions, often with less than stellar results.

• In a recent study conducted by IBM and Palo Alto Networks, 52% of the surveyed executives call out complexity as being the biggest obstacle to effective security.

Cybersecurity has never been a simple exercise. As enterprises have evolved to become distributed and virtual, the perimeter has faded, and IT has had to find new ways to protect enterprise assets. The move to hybrid and remote operations in recent years has only complicated this further. Add budget pressure and limited internal security expertise, and the pressure becomes that much more intense.

Continue reading “New IBM Research Puts a Fine Point on How Complexity Impedes Effective Cybersecurity” →