Editor’s Note: For more information on the essential human role in continuous monitoring, see Federal News Radio here.
Posted by William Jackson
Cybersecurity is being pushed in two directions. On the one hand, the growing complexity of information systems and the onslaught of threats facing them are putting a premium on speed. Automation is the future of security, said Matt Dean, vice president of product strategy at FireMon. Decisions made about who and what gains access to resources need to be smarter and faster.
“We’ve got to get humans out of the equation,” Dean said. “They can’t react fast enough.”
The trend toward automation is evident in the government’s growing emphasis on continuous monitoring of systems and networks. It is the only practical way to achieve the situational awareness promised by continuous monitoring. Agencies are supposed to be using SCAP-compliant security tools, and the “A” in SCAP stands for Automation: Security Content Automation Protocols.
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