{"id":3975,"date":"2017-05-16T09:04:00","date_gmt":"2017-05-16T09:04:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost\/projects\/horsesforsources\/wannacry_051617\/"},"modified":"2017-05-16T09:04:00","modified_gmt":"2017-05-16T09:04:00","slug":"wannacry_051617","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.horsesforsources.com\/wannacry_051617\/","title":{"rendered":"WannaCry emphasises the dire need for automation and cognitive in security"},"content":{"rendered":"

This is me jumping on the bandwagon with an opinion about the global WannaCry ransomware attack last Friday. As of my writing this, this attack hit over 200,000 companies, hospitals, universities, and other groups in more than 150 countries according to Europol. It’s been headline news.[1]<\/a><\/p>\n

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While bandwagon jumping generally has a bad connotation (doing or supporting something just because it’s hot at the moment,) security is one of the bandwagons you should proactively jump on. Right now. Really.<\/p>\n

Security tools, services, articles, etc. are all popular because security attacks are popular – and increasing. So yes, if in the past you thought your passive following of whatever standards were placed in front of you was good enough, you need to break out of that rut and get proactive. Too often, standards aren’t keeping up with the changing threat landscape. You need to constantly search for new security tools, skills, and services to help you protect your firm, your employees, and your customers to achieve digital trust in the market.<\/p>\n

In fact, the recent attack only brings findings from HfS’ recent Managed Security Services Blueprint<\/a> into clearer perspective. We heard from both providers and security executives that effective security programs shared key characteristics:<\/p>\n