Cybersecurity needs risk-based approach, says RSA Security

RSA, part of $61.642 billion Dell EMC, finds that government and organisation should shift cyber security to an intelligent risk-based approach.

“Cyber security solutions increase the options to save data. But rather than looking it at a compliance approach we should shift the focus to an intelligent risk-based approach,” RSA CTO Zulfikar Ramzan told DH, highlighting the point that cyber threat has evolved over a period of time. “Organisations should give primacy to a holistic view to cyber security and integrate their approach to people, processes and technology,” he said.

Besides security monitoring and analytics, RSA has offerings in the space of identity, governance, risk and compliance space. The company has a slew of products to take on the global cyber security market which is registering a growth of 11% to reach $251 billion by 2023. Ramzan said the increased adoption of mobility and the complex use of application engines and the addition of tools have made organisations vulnerable. “Besides multi-factor authentication and encryption will help along with compliance to mitigate these vulnerabilities,” he said.

He added, the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation for security compliance would be a game changer, for companies will have to comply with it.