The landscape of IT security is changing and the rash of recent data breaches has targeted a fatal flaw in the way organizations have approached security over the last two decades. When it comes to security practices, organizations are going to have to adapt: older techniques simply won’t cut it anymore.
Defensive technologies like firewalls, antivirus, patching systems and security event management have failed to prevent successful attacks because they are frequently not aligned with a unified security policy or business practice.