In today’s digital-first era, digital businesses and hybrid work environments have become the norm, bringing with them increasingly sophisticated threat vectors. According to a recent IDC Analyst Brief sponsored by Kaspersky, over half (52.6%) of Asia/Pacific businesses prioritize transforming their networks to support a distributed workforce and hybrid cloud environments. However, the region has also witnessed a rise in ransomware attacks and breaches, causing downtime and disruptions for businesses. The financial losses incurred, including reputational damage, highlight the need for cyber resilience in the face of targeted cyberattacks.
To address these challenges, a strategic framework known as cyber resilience is gaining prominence. Cyber resilience combines business continuity, information systems security, risk management, and organizational resilience to enhance cyber-response capabilities and ensure minimal disruption to business operations even during challenging cyber threats. However, aligning cyber resilience strategies with both business leaders and technologists remains a significant challenge for many organizations.
The skills shortage in the cybersecurity field poses a significant risk, as highlighted by IDC’s Future Enterprise Resiliency and Spending Survey. IT security professionals are the most demanded technology role in the Asia/Pacific region, but the shortage of qualified professionals has forced businesses to scale back or delay technology initiatives. This shortage, coupled with fragmented IT and security platforms, leads to unnecessary complexity, false positives, and reduced response times to cyber incidents.
The human factor also plays a crucial role in cybersecurity defenses, with incidents often resulting from careless employees falling victim to phishing attacks or inadvertently triggering malware. To stay ahead of cyber threats, organizations are seeking collaboration with trusted cybersecurity vendors, particularly those offering extended detection and response (XDR) capabilities. XDR allows organizations to unify data from various endpoints, leverage artificial intelligence and machine learning, and proactively detect and respond to cyberattacks while reducing the complexity of siloed security tools.
Outsourcing XDR services to trusted partners enables organizations to access the right expertise and technology, accelerating cyber resilience initiatives while alleviating the workload on internal cybersecurity teams. By partnering with managed extended detection and response (MxDR) vendors, organizations can consolidate and integrate security tools, gain enhanced visibility into their environments, and benefit from proactive data-driven threat hunting. Trusted MxDR vendors also address the human factor by providing security awareness training using modern techniques such as gamified assessments and simulations.
Building digital trust among consumers and stakeholders is becoming crucial, and Kaspersky’s Global Transparency Initiative aims to provide stakeholders and government regulators with tools to verify the integrity and trustworthiness of the company’s solutions. As organizations strive for cyber resilience, the focus is shifting from traditional security risk solutions to trust indices that align with customer success, brand, and reputation.
To empower organizations in their cybersecurity efforts, Kaspersky offers an Extended Detection and Response (XDR) platform equipped with advanced technologies, actionable threat intelligence, and technical skills. The platform also provides access to external experts for assessment and immediate support during cyber incidents.
In the face of increasingly sophisticated cyber threats, organizations must prioritize cyber resilience and collaborate with trusted cybersecurity vendors to protect their digital assets and ensure continuity in the new digital-first era.
13 June 2023
