Key Insights and How MSSPs Can Stay Ahead
The World Economic Forum’s 2024 Cyber Resilience Report paints a clear picture of the challenges facing cybersecurity professionals today. Managed Security Service Providers (MSSPs) are on the front lines, tasked with protecting critical infrastructure while navigating an increasingly complex threat landscape. Here are three key trends from the report and insights on how to address them effectively:
Incident Response Efficiency
The Challenge:
Responding to incidents quickly is more important than ever, but many MSSPs face delays due to manual processes and resource constraints. The WEF report stresses the need for automated, AI-driven tools to improve response times.
How to Address It:
Automation can reduce triage time, allowing SOC teams to focus on critical incidents
and reducing overall Mean Time to Respond (MTTR). According to the WEF report, organizations with automated incident response recover faster and experience 30% fewer disruptions compared to those relying solely on manual processes
Expanding Attack Surface
The Challenge:
With the rapid proliferation of IoT devices and interconnected networks, the attack surface for organizations has grown significantly. By 2030, IoT devices are projected to surpass 32 billion globally in the WEF report! This expansion increases vulnerabilities across all businesses, especially in critical sectors like energy and healthcare.
How to Address It:
Comprehensive security monitoring across all endpoints, file streams, and networked devices is essential. Solutions must detect threats in real-time across diverse environments.
The Role of AI in Defense
The Challenge:
AI is a double-edged sword in cybersecurity—it empowers both attackers and defenders. The WEF report states that 56% of cybersecurity leaders believe emerging technologies like AI give an advantage to cyber attackers and only 8.9% think current tools sufficiently empower defenders against new AI-driven threats. Staying ahead requires integrating AI into threat detection and response strategies.
How to Address It:
Leveraging AI for continuous threat monitoring and adaptive learning can help organizations detect and respond to sophisticated attacks more accurately.
How GLIMPS Helps
Enhancing Incident Response Efficiency
- Real-World Impact: GLIMPS automates up to 90% of investigation tasks, allowing SOC teams to focus on high-priority incidents. For instance, a recent GLIMPS MSSP partner reduced incident response time by 75%, enabling quicker mitigation.
- Value Proposition: Faster MTTR translates into fewer operational disruptions and cost savings for clients.
Securing an Expanding Attack Surface
- Industry Relevance: From protecting critical infrastructure to securing diverse file flows like emails, storage systems, and specialized applications, GLIMPS open- by-design architecture ensures flexible, comprehensive protection. This adaptability allows MSSPs to seamlessly integrate GLIMPS into various environments and workflows.
- Proactive Protection: GLIMPS doesn’t just detect threats—it prevents them from impacting interconnected systems, even in air-gapped environments, enhancing resilience. For example, GLIMPS partnered with TYREX to enhance the detection capability of their USB cleaning stations.
Leveraging AI for Enhanced Defense
- Continuous Adaptation: GLIMPS’s deep learning evolves with emerging threats, ensuring that even emerging malware variants are identified quickly and long- term protection against AI-driven attacks.
- Trusted Results: Detailed, customizable insights help SOC teams make informed, proactive decisions, reducing false positives and improving efficiency.
The Bottom Line
GLIMPS isn’t just a tool—it’s a comprehensive solution addressing the challenges MSSPs and IT Service Providers face today, from expanding attack surfaces to incident response efficiency. By automating routine tasks and enhancing detection accuracy, GLIMPS empowers SOC teams to operate more effectively in an increasingly complex threat landscape.
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