TOP 10 WAYS TO ACHIEVE AGILE SECURITY
Between 2017 and 2021, worldwide spending on
cybersecurity will top $1 trillion, according to
predictions from Cybersecurity Ventures . From the
barrage of cyberattacks on enterprises to new threat
vectors within networks due to the move to the
cloud, CIOs and CISOs have more to consider around
cybersecurity than ever before.
While cloud has brought these
two groups closer together,
security is often an outlier.
Introduce a new perspective
that demonstrates how security
can keep up with the pace of
development, from day one.
Change the mindset of dev and ops teams
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Introduce a DevSecOps approach to security teams
In order to move on projects and
continuously iterate and deploy
new products and solutions,
refer to your security teams as
“security as a service,” making
sure rapid response teams were
running 24/7, and that product
security teams are aligned with the
same trajectory as the rest of the
organization.
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While cloud has brought these
two groups closer together,
security is often an outlier.
Introduce a new perspective
that demonstrates how security
can keep up with the pace of
development, from day one.
Standardize on core security principles
3
Adopt “API-driven security”
By taking the human element
away from the process, you
establish a continuous integration
methodology, which allows
for consistency of delivery. For
example, if a security policy
needed to be adjusted, you
do it once, thus eliminating
inconsistency in the system or
unnecessary outages.
4
Fast response times are
imperative to giving a tech
company competitive advantage.
To enact “security at speed,”
implement continuous measuring,
testing and monitoring in an effort
to iterate quickly.
Create a security rapid response team
5
Make use of the cloud
To achieve “security on-
demand,” deploy cloud-based
technology to ensure its
security posture is never static.
6
Security shouldn’t have to be
built up from scratch over and
over. Deployment of a code-
driven security infrastructure
allows for the repeatable
and automated build and
management of security systems.
Deploy a code-driven security infrastructure
7
Prioritize visibility and management
End-to-end visibility allows you to take a granular
approach to managing configuration of its
open-source tools that have helped the security
team keep track of deployment, usage, and
management of cloud services.
8
It’s essential that your tools can
monitor, detect, and defend
your workloads but also be
able to expand as your usage
does to ensure security from
deployment to operations.
Adopt elasticity and automation
9
Secure support from decision-makers
Buy-in and support from
key decision-makers
enforces intention. Security
and speed are not mutually
exclusive: if a security team
isn’t agile, it can block the
pace of an organization.
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