Cyber adversaries utilise encryption to hide their actions within genuine digital traffic, much as parasites in the natural world disguise themselves to infect their hosts. This deceptive concealment poses a persistent challenge to cybersecurity professionals, who must unravel these digital disguises to protect their organizations from hidden threats.
One of the major twists in the critically acclaimed film "Parasite" was learning that the housekeeper's husband had been living in the home's bunker for many years. The world of cybersecurity frequently goes through its own twists and turns, with the most cunning opponents hidden in plain sight, much like the plot of this riveting movie.
Despite the awareness of the risk of malware, a recent hybrid cloud security survey conducted by Gigamon in Singapore revealed that only 23% of organisations have visibility into encrypted data from the network level to the application level. This lack of visibility is exacerbated by the fact that just 30% of companies have visibility into East-West or laterally moving traffic. Furthermore, 43% reported they have good network visibility but limited container-level visibility.
