23 Feb Anticipating the RSA Security Conference
By Jon Oltsik. Skills shortage, security automation, cloud security, data security, endpoint security and security analytics top my list of priorities.
Just a week to go before the biggest cybersecurity event of the year, the RSA Security Conference in San Francisco. Building upon industry momentum and the dangerous threat landscape, I expect a record-breaking crowd from the Moscone Center to Union Square.
What will be the focus on this year’s event? What will be the focus on this year’s event? Well it should be the global cybersecurity skills shortage which continues to get worse each year. According to ESG research, 46% of organizations claim that they have a “problematic shortage” of cybersecurity skills, up for 28% last year (note: I am an ESG employee). In my humble opinion, the cybersecurity skills shortage has become a national security issue demanding a more comprehensive strategy. . .
Now while we should be talking a lot about the cybersecurity skills shortage and there will be a few sessions on this topic throughout the halls of the event, but cybersecurity skills won’t get top billing. Why? Because products drive VC investment and corporate profit. Given this fact of capitalism, product conversations will once again dominate the dialogue. Here are a few highlights I expect at this year’s RSA:
- The move to security automation and orchestration.
- Cloud security confusion and progress.
- Data security’s secret renaissance.
- Next-generation endpoint security is in play.
- Security analytics. This is really one of my bread-and-butter coverage areas and things are changing quickly.
“UBA vendors like Exabeam, Forcepoint, Fortscale, Niara, Securonix, and Sqrrl are applying machine learning algorithms to detect malicious activities and gaining enterprise traction. Traditional SIEM vendors like IBM (QRadar), LogRhythm, RSA, and Splunk are expanding their domains by adding algorithms and big data security platform support. Meanwhile, there’s a market emerging for threat intelligence platforms like Brightcloud, ThreatConnect, ThreatQuotient, and ThreatStream, while MSSPs like Dell SecureWorks and Symantec continue to gain steam.”
How can security analysts put all of this stuff together to gain situational awareness? That’s the question I’ll be asking at RSA.
Read the complete article at Network World.