Too Much Ts, Too Much Information!

Cyber Bob | October 23, 2019
Twitter: @MeetCyberBob
All the Ts — OT, IT, IoT… As technology professionals, it’s in our blood to simplify everything — and that’s why we love acronyms. Rumor has it there’s even a 4-level acronym — 4 levels of acronyms before you get to the full term… But I digress.
As we optimize processes, all the different tools we use do so much automation and provide so much visibility that we lose sight of possibilities that automation creates in risk assessment. Then when automation can be done, we don’t know where to start. Let me explain a simple process — you can skip the description if you already know the outcome:
More importantly, so much time is spent comparing the CMDB data with the device owner. The process goes from Vulnerability Assessment Tool→ to Results review-→ To Align to CMDB→ Ticket interaction, then a follow-up to see what has changed — it could take 3-6 months before the correct data is correlated to identify if the device is a) still online and b) still at risk.
Broken process…
Even with visibility, the over-arching process of changes requires teams to ingest and adjust to improve that process to properly assess risk. The big thing is how to get a better cadence to allow changes to be automated in even the most critical systems.
This is where 2 components really show their value:
Don’t be afraid to overcommunicate and remember to always improve the feedback loop. This will assist all the technology… All the Ts of your business: IT, OT, and IoT.
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