Christian Grusemann, Bechtle Security business manager, answers the most pressing questions on the topic of IT security in a webinar and gives practical examples of:
- Which IT security challenges companies are facing and how they can counter them
- Why standalone solutions do not protect your company
- How you can set up a comprehensive cyber defence solution.
Stop only putting up walls!
Classic security approaches are easy to describe – they shield the company from the outside. “Walls” in the form of firewalls are built to protect the internal network from attacks. Everything within the perimeter is considered trustworthy, whilst everything outside is potentially dangerous. But this approach falls short.
- ¼ of cyberattacks in 2018 came from within infrastructures.
- The internet means that companies are always globally connected.
- Employees want to work flexibly.
- Accessing data from outside the company should be just as secure and fast as from the inside.
Partial solutions cause security vulnerabilities. How can these be avoided?
Traditional security concepts are based on the idea of maximum control through tactical partial solutions. In order to achieve a perceived higher level of security, companies today put their faith in security solutions that don’t mesh. Integrating these solutions with each other on top of the necessary changes to the operating system results in unexpected security vulnerabilities in your IT. This, in turn, results in a complex infrastructure that is difficult to manage, causing performance restrictions and latencies.
Why you should you back a comprehensive security solution?
- Companies are experiencing the process of digital transformation.
- The IT department has to react to this and adapt security for devices, data and applications.
- A harmonised solutions concept takes into account all aspects of IT security (end-to-end solution).
