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Can you use ONE WORD to describe the biggest challenge facing information security today?

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Question added by Mostafa Hashem , Senior Information Security , Banque Misr
Date Posted: 2014/05/19
MHD waleed zidan
by MHD waleed zidan , Network and Security Consultant , Thuraya Satallite Communications

Security awareness

Charles Franke III
by Charles Franke III , Practice Director , TEKsystems Global Services

Complexity.

 

Over the past several years three main factors have exploded:

1.  The global explosion of regulatory compliance mandates.

2.  The increasing sophisitication and coordination of threats:  Organized crime,  State-sponsored cyber espionage/attacks and the increasingly coordinated 'hacktivism' threats.

3.  The increasing demand for data:  The business demands that data must be accessed from any device, anywhere at any time without security getting in the way.

 

Those three main drivers have multiplied by many time the complexity of the problem facing information security professionals today.  To make matters worse, the rate at which each of those three drivers is growing makes it nearly impossible to make data access convenient, compliant and secure using traditional methods.

The answer?  Companies need help.  Security needs will always exceed resources so companies need to view information security strategically - focusing80% of their attention on the20% that is most impactful and least difficult to correct in a coordinated fashion.

Syed Abdul Faheem
by Syed Abdul Faheem , Cyber Security Architect , Wipro Limited

Insider Threat is a risk a organization is always carrying. Lack of compliance in saving the data falling to incorrect hands is always been a big challange.

Jeffrey Crawley
by Jeffrey Crawley , Systems Support Engineer , Prime Computers (UK) Ltd

Not really and the issue is too big for a one word answer. If you pushed me:

Compliance

Mostafa Hashem
by Mostafa Hashem , Senior Information Security , Banque Misr

change managament

Mustafa Hanano
by Mustafa Hanano , System Administrator , MENA Real Estate Co.

anonymous

Arif Mohammad Abdul
by Arif Mohammad Abdul , Project coordinator for the Department of CSE in TKR College of Engineering and Technology , Engineering and Technology

DBA

TAMILSELVI JAIGANESH
by TAMILSELVI JAIGANESH , PROJECT LEAD , LNT INFOTECH( MNC)

The increasing kind of threats and harshness of attacks has created protective information a complex challenge. To Improved information of the vital problems underlying data security will facilitate practitioners, researchers, and government employees alike to grasp and solve the biggest issues.

Muraleedharan Karumathil
by Muraleedharan Karumathil , Operation Manager , SBM NAUVATA SBM Nauvata Indi

I think awareness of stakeholders.. Sometimes, even though they will be aware, they will be casual, which is again is risky

Umer Saeed
by Umer Saeed , Security Consultation and Vulnerability Assessment , Entrepreneur

awareness

limitless possibilities

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