Andrew Kellett, Principal Analyst, Infrastructure and Security

Maintaining security that meets the risk and compliance requirements of the enterprise is a constant challenge. Systems and networks are becoming more open and accessible, but at the same time, threats have become more advanced, persistent, and complex. This is a particularly important issue in highly regulated markets such as financial services, where failure to protect sensitive information will have a negative effect on the business and how it is regarded by customers, trading partners, and regulators.

Keeping business organizations safe is harder than it used to be for several reasons. These mostly relate to the well-worn arguments that malware is becoming more difficult to detect, attack volumes and their intensity are growing, and the effectiveness of traditional security products is in decline. There is a predominant requirement to more actively prepare organizations to deal with security threats, to provide proactive approaches to …