Every day we see news or receive information about attacks on different companies or organizations regarding cybersecurity.
Attacks such as ransomware or corporate email are increasingly frequent and none of us are free from suffering an attack of these characteristics.
Cybercriminals' tactics are increasingly elaborate and difficult to detect. To this, we can add that the attack surface is increasingly larger if we consider that remote or hybrid work is increasingly developed, so there are more points to consider for deploying security.
This makes us, if we do not have the appropriate tools, an easy target to attack.
Key moment in cybersecurity
The training and knowledge of cybersecurity professionals is fundamental to be able to deploy defense measures against these attack situations. But if modern tools and available resources are not available, this battle will be difficult to win.
Fortunately, modern and innovative tools that integrate detection, investigation, response, and protection tip the balance in favor of defense.
If we add generative AI to these tools, the revolution in cybersecurity is underway with new, faster, operational security responses that reduce the attack surface. Thus, concepts like XDR (integration of detection and integrated responses) and SIEM (security information and event management system) must become indispensable in our cyberdefense strategy.
Integrating XDR and SIEM, Key to Cyberdefense
A modern approach to cybersecurity must include integrated XDR and SIEM. Having SIEM to analyze, collect, and detect alerts in the multitude of values that occur daily is a fundamental measure to control what happens in our organization regarding cyberattacks.
If we combine this with XDR to improve data and better understand the threats we may suffer or are suffering from more specific points such as email, access identity, cloud work, and hybrid work, we will have a robust and complete security layer to face modern cyberattacks.
Both components together offer us a very significant advantage because we have complete visibility of everything that happens or has happened in our organization regarding cyberattacks. This gives cybersecurity professionals an advantage for detecting attacks and providing an agile and rapid response.
Advantages of Having XDR and SIEM
There are many advantages and capabilities that XDR and SIEM bring to the IT department. In addition to analyzing everything that happens when we work in cloud environments, we can also protect our local devices and servers.
Everything in an integrated continuum that provides complete visibility of our organization. But beyond that, it offers additional advantages that should be considered:
- Automate routine tasks. Through a machine learning process, the system detects and acts on the most common threats, prioritizing incidents and thus leaving time for professionals to deal with more important matters.
- Move from reactivity to proactivity. Interrupting attacks automatically without waiting for them to occur is one of the functionalities of these tools. Let's not wait for the attack to happen. We can neutralize it beforehand.
- Reduction in the number of alerts. The system prioritizes alerts, and we will only need to focus our attention on those that are important and could cause a serious incident in the organization.
- Cost Reduction. Having tools perfectly integrated into the organization and from the same manufacturer reduces costs in licenses, deployment, and dispersion of tools that are difficult to integrate and connect.
New concepts and new cybersecurity measures appear and improve every day. As cyberattacks perfect their procedures, cyberdefense must be no less and must go one step further to neutralize these attacks and respond appropriately to the attack by reducing the attack surface and responding automatically to avoid system downtime and harm to business continuity.
If you want more information about XDR, with Microsoft Defender and its different modalities, and about SIEM, with Microsoft Azure Sentinel, contact us through our usual channels and we will help you.
Do not leave the security of your organization or the integrity of your data to chance and adopt cybersecurity measures to protect yourself and reduce the effects of a cyberattack as much as possible.