If you want security, start with secure products – Computerworld

If you want security, start with security

The report explains: “Organizations don’t need more security products; they need more secure products. That’s one of the key takeaways from our new global cyber security survey. The research reveals that incremental security fixes no longer work. In fact, the more security tools an organization throws at the problem, the worse it gets.”

Supporting that argument, there’s data:

• Organizations with 10 or more security tools endure 14 security incidents each year.
• Those with 10 or fewer such tools have to weather just six such events.
• 82% of security decision-makers acknowledge the need to improve security measures.
• More than half admit that the complexity of modern work environments hinders their efforts. 
• 59% say reliance on outdated technology leaves them ill-equipped to handle future security needs.

In other words, one way to halve the number of security incidents your company is exposed to is to rationalize spending on security tools, ensure those tools are effective in protecting the entire attack surface of company operations, and invest in computers, smartphones, and tablets that are secure by design.