CIO OPINION
Unfortunately , there is no cybersecurity ‘ silver bullet ’.
Corey Nachreiner , CTO at WatchGuard Technologies
Why attackers continue to target the network
Corey Nachreiner , CTO at WatchGuard Technologies , tells us that there is no cybersecurity ‘ silver bullet ’. He says : “ The challenging part of security is that it requires a layered approach including many protection strategies , both technical and human .”
According to the WatchGuard Threat Lab ’ s recent Internet Security Report , network attack detections reached their highest level since 2018 peaks in Q4 2020 .
Total unique network attack signatures showed steady growth as well with a 4 % increase over Q3 . This shows that even as the world continues to operate remotely , the corporate network perimeter is still very much in play as threat actors continue to target on-premises assets .
Intelligent CIO spoke to Corey Nachreiner , CTO at WatchGuard Technologies , about why attackers continue to target the network . establishing a layered security posture that balances defenses from network to endpoint .
Why is it important to help the cybersecurity stance of other organizations ?
In short , network protections still matter since your servers and network services reside within network perimeters – specifically your offices , data centers or private and public clouds . While endpoint protection can directly protect your users wherever they might be ( home and outside your perimeter ), servers need additional protections when exposed over a network .
We discussed why protecting on-premises corporate assets continues to matter and the importance of
Things like firewalling , IPS , network malware protection , etc are still critical . In fact , even though we
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