Evolving Managed Detection and Response Services: Embracing a Holistic Approach (Council Post Title Translation)
With Manoj Srivastava leading the charge at Blackpoint as their Chief Technology and Product Officer, the company's managed detection and response (MDR) services are taking a major leap forward. In his first article on the Our Website Technology Council, Manoj pointed out the significant challenge that complexity poses to organizations seeking robust cybersecurity. With the ever-evolving threat landscape, the tech industry has seen a fragmentation of security tools, creating a confusing landscape for businesses.
In his follow-up piece, Manoj took a closer look at the increasing array of preventative cybersecurity offerings from MDR providers. The question on everyone's mind was, wouldn't this only make the situation even more complicated for customers? With so much information flowing through all these tools, how would businesses make sense of it all? How would they identify what they needed and focus their resources effectively?
Manoj's answer: It's time for the industry to evolve from managing isolated detection and prevention capabilities to delivering a Managed Security Posture. By treating cybersecurity holistically, MDR providers can create a unified program that integrates both reactive and preventative security measures. This comprehensive approach can ensure that businesses have the best security against cyber threats, and that reactive and preventative measures continually inform one another.
To better understand this transformation, Manoj introduced a basic cybersecurity maturity model. The model highlighted four levels of cybersecurity maturity: Unprepared, Reactive, Proactive, and Anticipatory. Each level represented a different stage in an organization's cybersecurity journey, with mature organizations able to proactively address future challenges.
MDR providers can help customers progress along this maturity curve by providing a single score reflecting their overall security posture. By synthesizing information across the cybersecurity stack -- both reactive and proactive -- MDR providers can better serve their customers. They can provide actionable insights, inform strategic decisions, and ensure that businesses are taking a holistic approach to cybersecurity.
As the cybersecurity landscape continues to evolve, so too must the services offered by MDR providers. The key is to integrate reactive and preventative measures in such a way that they continually inform and improve one another. By doing so, MDR providers can create comprehensive security solutions that are more than the sum of their parts for mid-market and smaller organizations.
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- Manoj Srivastava, the Chief Technology and Product Officer at Blackpoint, has been advocating for a shift in the cybersecurity industry, urging MDR providers to move beyond managing isolated detection and prevention capabilities and towards delivering a Managed Security Posture, especially for mid-market and smaller organizations.
- In his writings for the Our Website Technology Council, Srivastava highlighted the issue of fragmentation in the security tools landscape, which often leaves businesses overwhelmed with information from various tools and unsure of how to focus their resources effectively.
- Srivastava suggested that to tackle this challenge, MDR providers should adopt a holistic approach, integrating both reactive and preventative security measures, and using a cybersecurity maturity model to help their customers progress along their journey towards robust cybersecurity, starting from being unprepared and moving towards being anticipatory.
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