Page 15 - Information Security Edition Dec 2021

Md Yusrin Hadi of the UNN- an
organization wholly owned by
His Majesty's Government of
Brunei Darussalam and serves
its digital telecommunications
requirements, shares how
cybersecurity has gained
relevance. Hadi also talks about
how UNN has increased its focus
on safeguarding company
data, users, and networks.
Info Security Operational Trends
Cybersecurity initiatives have
gained plenty of traction in
recent years, driven by cloud
infrastructure, remote working,
and ransomware. The move
from on-prem to cloud has built
t h e n e e d t o e x t e n d
cybersecurity's reach from
internal networks towards the
cloud infrastructure. Cloud and
security providers are leveraging
the demand to provide security
and monitoring tools as a
service. Security companies are
constantly on the lookout to
identify the latest exploits to
prepare and protect their
customers against Zero-day
attacks.
December 2021
Key Business Priorities & MDM solution does not come
Challenges
cheap, and when it does, it is with
Our priorities revolve around:
limitations. As a result, you need
Protecting company data,
t o i n v e s t i n e n d p o i n t
networks, and users.
management suites, firewalls,
A s s e s s i n g c u s t o m e r anti-DDOS, Intrusion prevention,
cybersecurity situation. V P N l i c e n s e s , e n d p o i n t
Identifying what is needed to protection, cloud protection
prepare for the battle against suites, user management, and
the ever-expanding security the list goes on. Yet this may not
risk. be enough, and one is required
to invest in human capital. Your
Our challenges are trying to
remain ahead of the risk, s e c u r i t y o p e r a t i o n t e a m
foreseeing possible dangers, m e m b e r s n e e d e x p o s u r e ,
and getting stakeholders to k n o w l e d g e u p g r a d e , a n d
begin investing in cybersecurity. experience. They need time to be
Measures for de-risking of developed and acquire the
investments necessary skill to be a proficient
and reliable network guardian.
As a CISO, you have to choose to
Prediction for 2022 & beyond
be pro-active or reactive. Either
you accept the risk, pray nothing There will be a constant flow of
happens and save money, or challenges coming our way in
face the consequences of 2 0 2 2 ( f o r b o t h C 1 9 a n d
getting victimized by a phishing r a n s o m w a r e ) , a n d e a r l y
attack. adopters of cybersecurity will
Addressing people-centric start seeing their investment
challenges post WFH ripe. As bad as it may sound,
Covid-19 undeniably has made Covid19 could be one of the most
things harder for operation undesirable catalysts we ever
teams, end-user computing, as n e e d e d f o r d i g i t a l
well as cybersecurity. Controlling transformation.
the endpoints beyond your
border has proven to be a
greater challenge. -