COMPLEXITY BREEDS INSECURITY

The rapid digital transformation of business is placing ever-increasing demands on security . IT operations and security are in the midst of a major disruptive period and we are seeing unprecedented breadth of threats ; cyber-attacks carried out as large-scale , multi-vector mega attacks that can inflict major damage on businesses and their reputation . What ’ s more - the velocity of attack evolution is outpacing the level of security that businesses have deployed - this is a problem . The level of security deployed by businesses cannot be behind the level of attacks coming at them . There are many reasons security infrastructures have evolved to be behind the daily level of attacks . The most obvious is that attackers have no constraints - they can create and push the envelope , even recklessly , in developing new and advanced techniques . Businesses of course , have change control procedures , budgets , compliance and myriad other operational constraints to which they must adhere thus restraining security advancement . Another is the traditional check box method of building a security infrastructure whereby a specific security technology is deployed to defend against a specific type of attack or to protect a specific type of application . This binary , mono-vision approach , aka “ best of breed ”, was effective in earlier generations when attacks were one-dimensional but today ’ s attacks are anything but that – they are multi-dimensional , multi-stage , multi-vector and polymorphic .

YESTERDAY ’ S SOLUTIONS NOT UP TO TODAY ’ S CHALLENGES

Unfortunately , while security technology proliferates and customers require more advanced IT functionality to support capabilities like big data analytics , hyper connectivity , IoT convergence and automation … effective security architectures are very rare . This creates complexity , increases risk and drives up costs . Take for example , the widespread move to the Cloud and adoption of Software Defined Wide Area Networking ( SD-WAN ). While connecting branch offices directly to the internet greatly improves agility and reduces costs , it also significantly increases security risks . Digitalization of operational and industrial systems increases the attack surface and the risk of cyber-attacks on critical and Industrial Control Systems ( ICS ) infrastructures . The sheer scale of growth in the area of IoT presents its own significant risks when managing policy .

WHERE THE CYBER SECURITY MARKET MUST GO

True comprehensive protection requires a new , holistic approach to assessing and designing security ; it requires an architected approach that does not rely on detection alone , prevents attacks before they happen . The solution must combine effective prevention technology , unified security policy , and an operational model that is realistic to implement across today ’ s IT environment within a reasonable staffing and budget level . The goal is to defeat all attacks across all possible vectors in a cohesive and unified way . Check Point Infinity is the only security architecture that uniquely combines multiple security functions into a single , unified threat prevention solution to protect all of your IT assets – perimeter , data center , virtual , clouds , mobile devices and beyond – against all known , previously unknown and zero-day attacks . The simple , business-oriented management interface reduces complexity , making it easier to deliver security and compliance within a constrained staff and on budget . Infinity helps organizations deliver agile yet secure IT , which can adapt to , and enable business as requirements change . Through advanced threat prevention , business-oriented policy management , and cloud-based threat intelligence , Infinity delivers a solid foundation for a sustainable , effective risk management strategy .

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