THE STATE OFAUTOMATION IN SECURITY
THE CURRENT STATEOF AUTOMATION
have some automation but felt it was not enough
have little tono automation
of organizations are highly automated
15% 52% 33%
WHY DO WE NEED AUTOMATION
SO...
Network operations staff want automation to replace
manual tasks
Data center architects want automation for cloud
and SDN projects
Security staff want automation to address cyber
threats
Cyber threats and the number of
alerts
Difficulty hiring experienced security staff
Too much time spent on manual
tasks
Cloud and SDN projects
Hackers using automated tools,so an automated
defense is required
1 2 3 4 5
Lack of knowledge on howto automate processes
5
Concerns about accuracy and false positives
16
Concerns about businessdisruption
Don’t have the time to implement automation
3
2
Difficulty drivingorganizational changes
4
Lack of automation tools
FEAR IS HOLDING
US BACK
Lack of automation tools
Business disruption
TOP CONCERNS FORSENIOR EXECUTIVES
1
2
WITHOUTAUTOMATIONWHAT’S EVERYONE DOING
ALL DAY?
1
Ongoing security configuration and change
management
5
Monitoring and intrusionprevention
Vulnerability analysisand patching
4
Large complexdeployment projects
36
Auditingand compliance
7
Deploying newsecurity solutions
2
Incident responseand/or remediation
2.5/5
2.5 in 5 said it causedAN APPLICATION OUTAGE
2/5
2 in 5 said it causedA NETWORK OUTAGE
1/5
1 in 5 said it causedA SECURITY BREACH
WHAT’S THE
IMPACT?
2/5
2 in 5 said it causedA DECREASE IN APPLICATION PERFORMANCE
THE AVERAGE COST OF A DATA CENTER OUTAGE
PONEMON INSTITUTE, 2016 COST OF DATA CENTER OUTAGES REPORT
$740,357in 2016will be
>3working days
1-3working days
1working day
3-6hours
<1hour
1-3hours
23.4%
35.1%
22.3%
11.7%
4.9%2.6%
HOW LONGDOES IT TAKE TO FIXA MANUAL ERROR?
said that the useof automationneeds to increaseover the next 3 years
EVERYONE WANTS MORE
WHICH ISWHY IT'S YESTO SECURITY PROCESS
AUTOMATION
WHICH ISWHY IT'S YESTO SECURITY PROCESS
AUTOMATION
3.25 out of 4 believe it will
INCREASE THE OVERALL SECURITY POSTURE OF AN ORGANIZATION 3.25/4
2 out of 4 say it will
HELP DEAL WITH THE SKILLS SHORTAGE 2/4
3/4
3 out of 4 say that it will
REDUCE ERRORS AND PROCESSSECURITY POLICY CHANGES FASTER
3 out of 4 agree or strongly agree that it will
ELIMINATE MISTAKES THAT CREATEACCESS POINTS FOR HACKERS 3/4
3 out of 4 say it will
IMPROVE APPLICATION AVAILABILITYBY REDUCING OUTAGES 3/4
3/4
3 out of 4 say it will
REDUCE AUDIT PREPARATION TIMEAND IMPROVE COMPLIANCE
BROUGHT TO YOU BY:
www.algosec.com
