Intelligent CIO Europe Issue 33 | Page 22

LATEST INTELLIGENCE FEARLESS RESPONSE WITH OPENTEXT ENCASE: A SECURITY LEADER’S GUIDE TO ADDRESSING THE SKILLS GAP WITH EDR TECHNOLOGY PRESENTED BY Download whitepaper here Security teams are tasked with protecting enterprises from cyberattackers who are growing increasingly skilled at compromising endpoints and accessing organizational sensitive data. More than ever, these security teams need effective EDR technology to successfully combat their digital adversaries. This white paper is a practical guide to addressing bottlenecks in cybersecurity operations – such as the lack of qualified incident responders or the overabundance of security alerts – and the solutions and techniques security leaders can leverage to respond to any threat, both commodity and advanced. Executive summary Modern digital adversaries have more access than ever to advanced tools, tactics and procedures. The result is an increase in effectiveness at compromising enterprise networks and stealing sensitive data. New research from the SANS Institute indicates that resource limitations are reaching critical mass, citing that a staggering 77.3 percent of security incident response (IR) teams are comprised of five members of less.1 With this reality, it is becoming clear that security leaders should expect more from their EDR technology in order to successfully combat digital adversaries, who benefit from scales that are already tipped heavily to their advantage. Although attackers are increasingly skilled at compromising endpoints and infiltrating the machines that IR groups are tasked with protecting, security teams can confidently and comprehensively respond to any cyberthreat, both commodity and targeted attacks, with OpenText™ EnCase™. Securing the modern enterprise requires doing more with less Resource scarcity and long-term concerns for security leaders. OpenText sponsored SANS Institute research report illustrates the impossible job of providing security to an organization with limited resources. Industry insiders and experts were polled on issues specific to SOC and IR teams, including notable successes, weaknesses and new patterns to consider, as well as a general inventory of incident response (IR) happenings. The result is a tremendously important and accurate look at today’s cybersecurity climate. 22 INTELLIGENTCIO www.intelligentcio.com