As an industry analyst and Forbes contributor who writes about digital transformation, I am always looking for stories of disruption. Attending last week’s massive RSA cybersecurity conference gave me the opportunity to speak with a few dozen of the most disruptive vendors among the thousands at the event.
Based upon these conversations, I uncovered four broad trends that represent deeply transformational aspects of the burgeoning enterprise cybersecurity marketplace. As with most disruptions, however, these four are but part of the story.
Disruption #1: Targeting the Links in the Cyber Kill Chain
Perhaps the broadest disruption: vendors are improving their ability to understand how bad actors behave, and can thus take steps to prevent, detect, or mitigate their malicious activities. In particular, today’s vendors understand the ‘Cyber Kill Chain’ – the steps a skilled, patient hacker (known in the biz as an advanced persistent threat, or APT) will take to achieve his or her nefarious goals.
The product of US Defense contractor Lockheed Martin, The Cyber Kill Chain contains seven links: reconnaissance, weaponization, delivery, exploitation, installation, establishing command and control, and actions on objectives.
Today’s more innovative vendors target one or more of these links, with the goal of preventing, discovering, or mitigating the attack. Five vendors at RSA stood out in this category.
Read the entire article at http://www.forbes.com/sites/jasonbloomberg/2017/02/20/four-disruptive-cyber-trends-at-rsa/.
Intellyx publishes the Agile Digital Transformation Roadmap poster, advises companies on their digital transformation initiatives, and helps vendors communicate their agility stories. As of the time of writing, none of the organizations mentioned in this article are Intellyx customers. Cyber Kill Chain is a registered trademark of Lockheed Martin. Image credit: Blue Coat Photos.
