Emerging Best Practice in the Use of Proactive Security Solutions

Research carried out by Omdia has found that organizations now investing in proactive security over preventative and reactive approaches, in the shift towards more pre-emptive attack surface exposure management; making proactive security a top cybersecurity goal for organizations in the next 12-24 months. While the cybersecurity industry has clung to the "assume breach" mantra with its preventative and reactive solutions, organizations are awakening to a smarter strategy: proactively understanding attack surfaces, mapping attack paths, and plugging vulnerabilities to prevent breaches.

One of the biggest challenges highlighted in the research is that many organizations have limited visibility into their network assets, with a significant portion only monitoring a sample of devices or devices in critical segments rather than every device across their entire attack surface.

Respondents reported increased investment in proactive security solutions over preventative and reactive measures during the last twelve months. Preventative and reactive solutions will not disappear, but organizations are shuffling their spending priorities and looking for the better ROI that proactive security solutions promise to deliver. The three most common priorities include: Reduce the opportunity for threats with proactive security; Reduce mean time to remediate known vulnerabilities; and Minimize attack surface with proactive configuration drift monitoring.