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MDR Is No Longer ‘Nice to Have’ for Cyber Resilience, It’s Mandatory

In today’s evolving threat landscape, the decision of whether to bring in external expertise to perform critical security services is no longer optional. 

Gartner analysts recently noted at their latest Gartner Security Summit that organizations must have partnerships with MSS/MDR providers and security consulting firms if security is to enable corporate business objectives. Gartner backed its recommendation for MSS/MDR providers with data from a recent survey.

The analyst firm found that 26 percent of mid-size enterprises (MSE) -- defined by Gartner as organizations with $50 million to $1 billion in revenue – say they lack the in-house personnel to handle security. Gartner recommended that 5 percent of complete IT budgets in mid-size enterprises should be spent on security and that MDR providers align well with the needs of MSEs.

The analyst firm believes companies can close this gap by signing on with an MSS or MDR provider that brings top talent and expertise to the table.

Additional key takeaways that we found interesting from Gartner included:

  • The need for a modern security operations center (SOC). Gartner said a SOC must contain detection engineering, monitoring, incident response and threat intelligence. While an organization can take on all these tasks or fully turn over these tasks to a provider, Gartner said another approach might be a hybrid SOC – bringing in outside help to handle specific tasks. 
  • Cybersecurity leaders need to become strategic partners in their business, encouraging the business to build-in security as early as possible. This change is starting to occur, with Gartner estimating that by 2025 40 percent of boards will have a cybersecurity committee overseen by a qualified board member. 
  • Privacy and data protection are now mainstream. Gartner predicts that 75 percent of the world will be covered under privacy laws. These new regulations mean a company will need to responsibly manage the data it collects, leading to a need for increased automation in privacy programs.
  • External threats are now a key part of any business conversation. Gartner noted that every 11 seconds, a business falls victim to a ransomware attack.

Where Organizations Should Go From Here

Organizations need to re-frame security within a business context and identify where there are risks and gaps in people, process and technology.

Security must continue to evolve to keep up with the threat landscape. This includes security operations teams learning to manage vulnerabilities and exposures while defending against ransomware, phishing and business email compromise (BEC). Additionally, security organizations must also secure modern cloud and production environments by ‘shifting left’ and thinking strategically about DevOps and DevSecOps.

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Trustwave provides Managed Detection and Response services, powered by our proven Trustwave Fusion platform and best-in-class Trustwave SpiderLabs threat intelligence and expertise. Trustwave’s field-proven service excellence and analyst-lauded approach drives consistent and continuous outcomes.

Many organizations have too many security tools generating too many alerts. Trustwave Fusion connects your environment to our high-capacity, streaming detection and response platform. We focus on cloud-based connection that pulls in environment telemetry from your endpoints, networks, clouds and system logs to give you more usable insights from your existing security tools.

Expertise matters when it comes to evaluating the threats and findings, making decisions, performing investigations, and doing this consistently for a predictable service outcome. Armed with hundreds of annual training hours and seasoned by hundreds of thousands of monthly investigations, our skilled practitioners understand the threats and help you make fast, accurate decisions on responses to take. Our investigators have access to the renowned global Trustwave SpiderLabs® team for further context and research on indicators of compromise, malware and up-to-the-minute threat intelligence.

Trustwave provides a holistic approach to security for mid-sized organizations and enterprises. From industry-leading MDR, MSS, consulting and professional services, email security, database security, pen-testing, Red Teaming and more -- Trustwave gives your organization security peace of mind in the age of advanced threats.

About the Author

Darren Van Booven is Lead Principal Security Consultant - Americas at Trustwave with over 20 years of experience leveraging his technical and business expertise to build world-class and award-winning cybersecurity programs. Follow Darren on LinkedIn.

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