For the past 10-plus years, cybersecurity solutions have been innovating rapidly to thwart new threats. But as they solved security challenges, new ones constantly emerged — especially as organizations continue to expedite their digital transformation efforts and shift to the cloud.

Technology companies love abbreviations and acronyms. Starting with what’s probably the original tech company, International Business Machines (better known as IBM), initials, abbreviations and acronyms continue to dominate the personal computer (PC), telecommunications (telco), security operations (SecOps), and many other tech industries.

To better understand your security posture, your security team needs visibility into your environment and infrastructure. But to achieve more granular visibility, they also need an effective and efficient way to collect data from company endpoints. Deploying an agent provides your security team with an efficient way to collect endpoint data in a scalable manner.

In May, President Biden issued an executive order designed to improve cybersecurity in the federal government and, by extension, the nation. Recently, details have started to come out about what this much-needed effort will involve. The latest development is a memorandum from the Office of Management and Budget that focuses on data log collection and analysis.

Can you recall exactly how good or bad your vision was following your last eye exam? Most of us can’t. A casual poll around the office showed that many people focus only on whether our eye doctor says we need an updated prescription for glasses or contacts. Often, we walk away with a new script but without a clear understanding of our overall eye health, i.e., whether our eyesight got better or worse since the previous visit.

According to Research and Markets, the worldwide digital forensics market will expand at a compound annual growth rate of 13% through 2026. The rise of cybercrime is most certainly driving its growth — especially since digital forensics plays a critical role in mitigating cyberthreats in the modern security operations center (SOC).

It has become obvious that visibility is one of the critical pillars for the success of any organization’s cybersecurity program. Research by ESG found that nearly 80% of organizations with a lack of visibility into their assets report roughly three times as many incidents. That sobering statistic is cited in a recent report from SANS, Making Visibility Definable and Measurable, that examines the issue from multiple perspectives.

Devo’s strong relationship with Amazon Web Services (AWS) recently expanded to include our participation in the AWS ISV Workload Migration Program. This is important to cloud developers, DevOps engineers, solution architects (particularly cloud SAs), and cybersecurity architects working at organizations ready to transition their data to the cloud.

Members of the cybersecurity industry — including the Devo team — are gathering this week for the annual Black Hat USA conference in Las Vegas. Some will be present in person. Many others will participate virtually due to travel issues related to the pandemic. In either case, the latest edition of Black Hat, and its home city, have me thinking about cybersecurity and… gambling.