While this approach may have seemed advantageous and reassuring, the breakneck pace of digital transformation has resulted in a colossal expansion of the attack surface, leaving businesses increasingly burdened with a complex security stack, overtired teams, and mounting cyber risks. According to a recent study on cybersecurity risks, a staggering half of Singapore respondents admitted that the digital attack surface is “spiralling out of control”, and they are in constant fire-fighting mode, unable to cover their workloads.
Technological evolution has brought about a critical imperative in cybersecurity today, where relentless threats demand purging outdated defences and streamlining the security stack.
In a world flurried with reputation-crushing cybersecurity threats, businesses typically relied on the age-old adage of “better safe than sorry”. This thinking has led organisations to amass an arsenal of solutions, taking a “best of breed” approach; each addition building upon the previous, seeming like a prudent, necessary step to address a multitude of concerns.
