Splunk: A key to Cybersecurity Automation to tackle rising threats
Today, IT teams are more cautious as it has become vital for them to pay special attention to the increasing cyber threats. Yet, the cyber attackers are so smart that despite too much attention and security, they can create tense situations for IT industries.
It is true that day by day, IT securities are over-extending, yet they are still underpowered, and security risks are continuously rising. Even the best experts are finding it difficult to apply their expertise in major security-critical issues, especially if they are utilizing low-level security alert systems.
Therefore, more than ever, automation is used in major Australian companies that enable them to automate daily activities. That’s why they work smarter than ever before.
It has been estimated that Automation & AI (artificial intelligence) offer massive opportunities to increase national and personal wages. For instance, it helped in boosting Australia’s GDP by up to $4 trillion. With the consequence, some jobs may be lost while others formed. In reality, 25-45% of current work in Australia could be automated by 2030.
According to some analysis, it was revealed that the average cyberattack happens 16 days before a particular network, and instead to defend against these attackers proactively, cybersecurity teams mostly react to these attacks.
Although Malware is considered the most popular type of cyber attack, so Australian companies have started to realize that effective threat hunting can help them a lot to improve their defenses if they genuinely want to protect themselves from such attacks.
Automation- an instant way for addressing cyber attack without any chaos
If adequately applied, automation will transform cybersecurity procedures substantively and favorably, by addressing problems faced by technology professionals. The increased number of cyber threats, big data, and protection alert leads to a lot of confusion by which they needed special assistance to finalize the meaning from the whole threat information.
For this, one may also require advanced capabilities and skills to act in response to the vast number of warnings. However, insufficient information may sometimes give rise to so many false positive–errors where clean objects are mistakenly identified as harmful. Moreover, this leads to quarantining, obstruction or elimination, and wastage of valuable time.
Therefore, SOC (Security Operations Center) is the vital starting point for an automated process, simultaneously with the introduction of Splunk, the expectations are that 90% of manual tasks will be automated by the end of 2020.
It includes the maintenance of security equipment for the cyber attack, detection, and safety, comprehensive analysis of alerts and incidents provided by devices, and the effects of the events over a wide range of activities, including suspected threats and counter-measures.
An Era of Automation
Most sectors of industries, including hospitals, banks, power plants, airports, and air traffic controls, enjoy safety with the use of Splunk Automation for cybersecurity. By eliminating redundant and moments-related activities such as data input and real-time monitoring, companies may improve customer engagement and profitability by narrowing the cybersecurity gap.
The ongoing support of the security team to identify and respond at a system level is vital in machine learning-based detection systems such as UEBA, automation, and orchestration strategy, which are difficult to react manually. A study of safety systems and research is necessary in order to simplify incident response activities by maximizing response rate and reliability, while holding any significant threat.
The lack of security skills is a topic of concern that is creating problematic situations for SOCs worldwide. Therefore, to address the gap and provide a professional level of security within an organization, the business operations automation will play its crucial role.
Automation is vital to maintain and recruit the best IT resources. For instance, their engineers are no longer focused on paying attention to handle security incidents and cyber-attack identification activities, but this will enable them to concentrate more on research and analysis of more complex safety cases.
Despite cyber threats and rising demands for compliance services, companies are now trying to strengthen their defense strategy by incorporating automation technology in their systems and retain essential IT resources.
