Video Byte: Security Service Edge

Editors Desk November 17, 2021

SASE, CASB, Zero Trust, SSE – confused yet by all the abbrevations and acryonyms? Cybersecurity ist a highly dynamic field, and even the analysts find it hard to keep up.
We asked Mike Schuricht, VP Products at Forcepoint, to shed some light on Security Service Edge and explains its relationship to SASE and some other cybersecurity abbreviations in this Video Byte.

If you’re also lost in all the abbrevations of the cybersecurity industry, and want to know what all these fancy terms really mean – we got you covered. Check out our categories:

Video Bytes: Every so often we aks one of the experts we speak with to explain one cybersecurity term for us. Here’s our video bytes.
Cybersecurity Cheat Sheet: The Cybersecurity Industry, being a subset of the IT industry, loves their acronyms and fancy terms. For someone who is on the lookout for a solution that helps protect their business, this can be overwhelming, confusing, or frustrating and usually all three of the above. That’s why we’re introducing a new series explaining some of the more fancy terms of the cybersecurity industry. We will keep them short, to the point and with a good dose of humor.
The Scambucket: Cybercriminals are corrupt, lazy, and self-righteous, but they are imaginative in looking for new ways to rip you off. That’s why we are launching this special series, Scam Bucket , to keep you up to date on the latest trends in cybercrime.

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Poor marketing endangers society

Lou Covey November 8, 2024

n the past few weeks, as various security companies have published multiple studies about the state of cybersecurity, a common theme has arisen: Executives running the companies that purchase security tools and services are not sure their purchases have made them any safer. This widespread position in the market confirms results of a months’ long investigation by Cyber Protection Magazine that marketing practices in the industry are failing to do the job and, in the process, making society less safe.

While every report skews data to convincing customers to add their company’s tools and services to their budgets. However, every report also reports that between 60 and 90 percent of managers have significant concerns and doubts that the tools they have, and the tools they are considering, will not do the job that needs doing. The reasons for that lack of confidence are three-fold.

Three reasons for lack of trust

First, stuff is moving fast. Governments are legislating controls and protections faster than normal. Sometimes this rules don’t make sense and many in the industry think they are holding back innovation and adoption. Criminals and nation states are stepping up attacks that bypass established protections, and lawsuits for negligence are growing. Second, while understanding the need for security best practices is at an all-time high, that’s mainly because weaknesses due to work-from-home, generative AI and news about data breaches is also high. That means while understanding of the need is high, inexperience and ignorance is creating new opportunities for attacks.

“Many executives may not exactly understand how (the tools) work,” said Cache Merrill, founder of software outsourcing company, Zibtek. “. When there is a concern on the functionality of the tools or when attention is on what the tech teams understand without listening to them, anxiety is experienced. To put it simply, if they cannot see it, they will not put faith in it.”

Carl DePrado, an SMB IT consultant based in New York, aid, “The sheer number of cybersecurity products and services can be overwhelming. This contributes to a sense of vulnerability, as they may not feel confident that they have covered all their bases.”

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