SHARE

Why Firms’ Network Security Plans Need Re-evaluation

Why Firms’ Network Security Plans Need Re-evaluation Blinded by Limited Visibility 64% of respondents report that manual processes, lack of visibility into security policies and poor management practices are the biggest challenges to network security. Communications Roadblock 18% of respondents said aligning plans for development, security and operations is their biggest obstacle. That’s up from […]

Written By

Gina Roos

Apr 24, 2014

Channel Insider content and product recommendations are editorially independent. We may make money when you click on links to our partners. Learn More

Why Firms’ Network Security Plans Need Re-evaluation

Blinded by Limited Visibility

64% of respondents report that manual processes, lack of visibility into security policies and poor management practices are the biggest challenges to network security.

Communications Roadblock

18% of respondents said aligning plans for development, security and operations is their biggest obstacle. That’s up from 9% in both 2012 and 2013.

Failure Is Not an Option

56% of respondents said their organizations experienced one or more outages in the last year due to security infrastructure misconfiguration, while 26% did not know how many outages they had.

Risky Business

The majority of organizations struggle with identifying security vulnerabilities, and 45% said their biggest challenges are understanding them in the context of their businesses or getting the business unit to fix the problem.

Owning the Risk

60% of organizations said their data centers run more than 50 critical business applications, with 20% of organizations managing more than 500 apps and 15% responsible for more than 1,000 apps. Nearly all respondents said business stakeholders should “own the risk” of their applications.

Insider Job

73% of organizations said accidental data leakage or malicious breaches by insiders is the No. 1 risk. That’s up from 62% in 2013.

Third-Party Security Poses Risk

Half the respondents who outsource the management of security controls or sensitive data were less than confident about their provider’s ability to provide protection. Only 12% were very confident.

Cloudy With a Chance of Risk

Although more than two-thirds of respondents said they have migrated some apps to a public cloud and 73% have migrated some apps to a private cloud, security remains a big issue. In fact, 37% said maintaining security is the biggest challenge with migration.

Consolidation Headaches

When consolidating data centers, 53% of respondents said they had security concerns with application connectivity; 39% said ensuring the right access for authorized personnel was their biggest concern, followed by 29% who said ensuring apps can run is their biggest issue.

Easing the Pain

More than two-thirds of organizations have implemented next-generation firewalls that incorporate intrusion-protection systems, application control, URL filtering and advanced malware detection. While improved protection was the biggest reason for security adoption, 29% upgraded their firewalls to enable bring-your-own-device practices.

Why Firms’ Network Security Plans Need Re-evaluation

Gina Roos

Recommended for you...

Company

Categories