Are your IT teams struggling to keep up with the pace of change in cybersecurity? With remote working, distributed supply chains, cloud, and third-party applications being just some of the challenges you face now, outsourcing could be an option. Nowadays, much of your data is out of your control, yet you are still responsible for it. So, monitoring for it outside of your network makes perfect sense. In a recent survey, 82% of companies said they plan to use managed service providers* to overcome IT challenges. Read on to discover how DRP addresses some critical cybersecurity issues head-on.
Cybercrime is now a billion-dollar online business. Cyber threats and data breaches are increasing and are becoming more complex. Think about how many suppliers you have and how many they have. Would you know if there was a data leak in your supply chain? And where is your network perimeter now with all those users on their own devices and applications? That’s hard to define these days. Would you know if there had been a data breach or be able to identify the source? DRP continuously monitors the surface, deep and Dark Web for your data and provides near real-time alerts of any breaches.
Many of the fastest-growing cybercrime techniques happen outside the reach of traditional network security. Some examples are:
According to research by IBM and the Ponemon Institute, it now takes on average 287 days to identify and contain a data breach – and the delay is growing.
All these challenges are hard to address using established cybersecurity practices. Of course, great network defences are still important – but once you have those in place, it’s time to go one step further and monitor the landscape outside your perimeter.
It’s perfectly possible to carry out monitoring in-house with the right platform; no specialist skills are required. But a managed DRP service can be deployed quickly and easily and will not impact your internal IT resources. Skurio believes the main reasons to outsource DRP to a managed service provider are:
First, assess your digital risk so you can choose the managed service provider that can give you the support and protection you need. Factors to consider about your business are:
Other things to consider when choosing your provider:
We hope you found this blog useful; for further information, read our Guide to Outsourcing Digital Risk Protection here.
*Source TechTarget March 2022