Prioritizing Business Needs over Tools for Cost-Effective Protection - Lenny Zeltser, Mayeuresh Ektare - BSW #306

Published: May 16, 2023, 9 a.m.

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Cybersecurity teams today are inundated with tools that provide an abundance of alerts and data about threats, gaps, vulnerabilities and everything in between. While security tools are critical to operating a cybersecurity program and produce helpful data, they should never dictate an organization\\u2019s cybersecurity strategy. Instead, Amad Fida, CEO & Founder of Brinqa, explains why business priorities should be the foundation for any company\\u2019s cybersecurity strategy.

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Economic uncertainty has forced IT and security leaders to be more cautious than ever when increasing spending and team size. Suh dynamics give CISOs and CIOs an opportunity to demonstrate value by going beyond \\u201cmerely\\u201d defending the organization from threats. We can contribute toward the organization\\u2019s efforts to constrain costs by looking inward at existing tools and assets to understand deployment, usage, and value. We can do this by ensuring the company is making the most of what it already has \\u2013 and eliminating the spend that\\u2019s not being utilized in the most effective way.

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