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Keeping pace with today ’ s digital innovations takes scrutiny , time and effort , especially when integrating any new technologies into your organisation . explosion of connected devices has splintered the security perimeter , causing gaps in visibility , manual IT management burdens and more attack vectors targeting new edges .
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Adding new tools and investments increases the complexity and vulnerability of enterprise security environments . New software and services can cause unwieldy heterogeneity , exposing gaps in communication and collaboration , creating siloed systems and slowing response times .
Securing the enterprise against next-generation cyberthreats calls for a unified , integrated security architecture , automated for operational efficiency – a security architecture that is broad enough to reduce risk across the entire digital attack surface , integrated so security gaps are closed and automated to increase efficiency and expedite response times .
Today ’ s always-on , connected organisations combined with rapid cycles of digital innovations create a great influx of connected devices as well as application and content consumption models . The
The introduction of Internet-of-Things ( IoT ) devices and the addition of cloud-based data storage and applications , mobile devices , new branch locations and their commensurate hybrid users introduce unique security vulnerabilities , complexities and risks .
Security device and vendor sprawl introduce even more gaps , allowing attack sequences to go undetected . And when they are detected , enforcement and responses lag behind . At the same time that the networks and their corresponding digital attack surfaces expand , cyberattacks become more automated , sophisticated and granular , leveraging cloud scale and automation as they target known and newly created gaps in security postures .
Evolving attack techniques , some with polymorphing attack components capable of targeting multiple edges simultaneously , aim for these vulnerable targets . p
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