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Interestingly enough, the NIST offers several definitions of “resilience” — particularly in terms of how it relates to IT systems. But they all come down to the basic definition in Google’s English dictionary (provided by Oxford Languages): The ability to maintain the required capability in the face of adversity.
So it’s unsurprising that resilience is, or should be, a key component of an IT security strategy. After all, IT security entails dealing with a lot of adversity that can range from ransomware and other types of cybercrime to limited security budgets and lack of staff expertise. That’s why an IT security strategy that can help keep a business operational, its IT assets safe, and any downtime or data loss minimized (or, better yet, nonexistent), regardless of any type of adversity is a must.
Unfortunately, there’s no such thing as an all-in-one, guaranteed-to-be-resilient IT security strategy. But in US Signal’s Beers for Engineers webinar, “Developing a Resilient Security Strategy,” US Signal’s director of information security and a couple of its IT security partners at GTS and Veeam discussed the various components that can help organizations increase their ability to fend off security threats and mitigate the damage if a security threat becomes a security incident.
The following covers a few of the highlights of that webinar. To get the complete story, you can watch the webinar replay here[CB1] .
In part 1 of this webinar series, the focus was on creating an incident response plan and testing it. Part 2 focuses on identifying and addressing the security gaps in that plan. That includes:
Beyond the “to-do’s,” the webinar presenters touched on specific solutions and strategies for dealing with security incidents and threats. Additionally, they discussed common scenarios IT professionals experience, which requires them to employ various ways of thinking and decision-making in their approaches to IT security. Real-world, likely-relatable customer experiences were also cited.
However, reading about what was covered in the webinar is one thing. The real value is in listening to the back-and-forth discussion between the webinar participants as they built off each other’s comments and delved into many of the actual experiences, security challenges, and solution opportunities that are part of IT professionals’ daily reality.
So again, we hope you’ll take the time to watch the webinar replay and join us for future Beers with Engineers events.
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