As chief information security officers (CISOs) grapple with a broad range of duties — including cyber risk management, security investigations oversight, incident response, security road mapping, and providing regular updates to the C-suite and the board — the stakes are too high to go without the right tools for the job. That said, a larger arsenal of security tools isn’t always better.
Security leaders should review the set of tools they currently use and ask themselves whether each one truly supports and enables them to be as effective as they need to be. Companies often implement solutions from as many as 70 vendors, according to ZDNet. This raises concerns about the number of third parties accessing your enterprise network and data, as well as how effective all these solutions are as an aggregate.
Why CISOs Are Burdened With a Mountain of Security Tools
CISOs have a habit of implementing more and more security programs over time without decommissioning old ones, according to Intelligent CISO. This makes for a messy situation on the security bridge: We’re surrounded by security tools, and yet drowning in cyber risk. What can we do about it?
Picture the CISO getting to…
