threats while easing your ability to implement across-the-board changes as needed. Most consolidated security includes customizable, automated software to bolster an organization’s response to impending threat. This includes access to AI (artificial intelligence) options for fielding threats in real time; information processing, simultaneously, across multiple sources; centralized management that classifies threats and consolidates tasks for effective resolution, along with other measures to reduce response time. Automated Security Available across virtually all points of access, most consolidated security options employ a specialized dashboard for handling threat intelligence across many different feeds. By nature of being automated, this software can improve identification and remediation, making it especially useful in cases where the remote worker simply cannot rely on an IT team being situated just down the hall. Threat Visibility The dashboard of a consolidated security implementation is critical for gaining a more intensive – often 360-degree – view into security operations. Included is access to consolidate and report on various metrics, assemble pieces of information and alleviate what would otherwise be poor communication between multiple applications. This extended visibility also serves to clarify security posture, providing oversight for out-of-office staff who otherwise might not have access to such resources. Reduced Ownership Cost Consolidated security equates to fewer overhead expenses. Per Check Point researchers, it can reduce the need for physical personnel by 50 percent, cutting the hours spent focusing on security by consolidating tools, marrying policy, addressing threats, delegating roles and enforcing compliance and integration. “Statistics show that point solutions take an average of 40 days to identify attacks, costing … $667,500 in remediation,” noted Check Point. “Consolidated solutions identify attacks in an average of two days, with an average total cost of $6,800 in remediation. It goes without saying; a consolidated solution is the better deal.” Recently, Gartner reported on an emerging trend toward unified software – and in particular consolidated security – in order to streamline operations in a largely remote work world. Of note, the market analyst predicts that, by 2025, 80 percent of businesses will combine web, cloud-based and private applications from a single provider’s SSE (security service edge) product. About a third of enterprises will employ a DSP (data security platform), while 70 percent of organizations will marry cloud-native application lifecycle management to no more than three providers. Gartner also estimated that by 2027, 50 percent of “midmarket security buyers” will employ XDR (extended detection and response) capabilities to consolidate workspace security tech. While these figures are largely based on speculation as to where the market is headed, Gartner also indicated that as many as 83 percent of companies have consolidated their software provider vendors “for at least one year.” The shift to a largely remote work scenario is now a few years in, and effectively creates a growing need to offer 24x7 support for those staffers, their communications and the essential information that their jobs require them to access. By employing consolidated security, those workplaces gain access to cloud-based policy and the peace of mind that it offers. Here’s the problem: – sophisticated attacks are targeting your critical networks, cloud services, endpoints and other assets every day. That’s where consolidated security options such as those available from Check Point and WatchGuard come into play: helping to field, manage and simplify virtually all of your organization’s security concerns from a consolidated dashboard. J 83% of Organizations Pursuing a Vendor Consolidation Strategy Have Been Doing So for at Least One Year Source: Gartner SaaS Portfolio Size and Spend by Company Size As the size of the company grows, so too does its SaaS portfolio Pursuing/Plan to Pursue Vendor Consolidation Strategy Duration of Vendor Consolidation Strategy 17% 25% 51% 7% Less than 1 Year 1 to 2 Years 0% 30% 60% 29% We are currently pursuing a vendor consolidation strategy 51% We plan to pursue a vendor consolidation strategy in next 2-3 years 20% We have no plans to pursue a vendor consolidation strategy in next 2-3 years 3-5 Years More than 5 Years 20 REMOTE WORK SOLUTIONS rwsmagazine.com
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