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Global Cisco Study Identifies Top Security Practices to Detect Threats and
Ensure Business Resiliency

Cisco released its latest cybersecurity process automation. Additionally, operations residing within cybersecurity
report, Security Outcomes Study these organizations boast more than teams perform best.
Volume 2, surveying more than 5,100 40 percent stronger threat detection "With the shift to hybrid work, organizations
security and privacy professionals capabilities. are grappling with the increased complexity of
across 27 markets to determine the • More than 75 percent of security securing a distributed workforce,” said Shailaja
most impactful measures teams can operations programs that do not have Shankar, SVP and GM of Cisco’s Security
take to defend their organizations strong staffing resources are still Business Group. “At the same time, they are also
against the evolving threat landscape. able to achieve robust capabilities dealing with limited staff and budget constraints,
Respondents shared their approaches through high levels of automation. so it’s critical for organizations to invest in
to updating and integrating their security Automation more than doubles the innovative technologies and security practices.
architecture, detecting and responding performance of less experienced Cisco’s Security Outcomes Study, Volume 2
to threats and staying resilient when staff, supporting organizations takes the guesswork out of prioritizing security
disaster strikes. Last year’s study through skills and labor shortages. strategies and technologies. By investing in
revealed that five practices had an Detecting and Responding to Threats cloud-based, integrated security architectures
outsized influence on the overall health • The value of cloud-based security with high automation, practitioners can respond
of an organization’s security program. architectures cannot be understated. to threats faster, so they can focus on enabling
These include proactively refreshing Organizations that claim to have the business and keeping users safe.”
outdated technology; well-integrated mature implementations of Zero
security technologies; timely incident Trust or Secure Access Service Edge
response; prompt disaster recovery; and (SASE) architectures are 35 percent
investing in accurate threat detection more likely to report strong security
capabilities. This year’s study analyzed operations than those with nascent
those top five practices more closely to implementations.
identify success factors. Highlights of • Organizations that leverage threat
these findings include: intelligence move twice as fast to
Updating and Integrating Architecture repair damage caused by security
• Investing in a proactive technology threats, than organizations that do
refresh strategy is more important not use threat intelligence.
than ever, as on average 39 percent Staying Resilient When Disaster Strikes
of security technologies used by or- • As the threat landscape continues to
ganizations are considered outdated. evolve, testing business continuity
Unsurprisingly, organizations with and disaster recovery capabilities
cloud-based architectures are more regularly and in multiple ways
than twice as likely to refresh than is paramount, with proactive
those with more outdated, on-prem- organizations 2.5 times more likely
ises technologies. to maintain business resiliency.
• Organizations with integrated • Organizations with board-level
technologies are seven times more oversight of business continuity and
likely to achieve high levels of disaster recovery efforts that have

Comviva Launches Next Generation BlueMarble
Platform for Digital Commerce and Business
Systems

Comviva, the global leader in mobility Specifically designed for Communication digital experiences and journey. Comviva’s
solutions, announced the launch of its Service Providers (CSPs), it is 5G ready, BlueMarble empowers CSPs to serve
next generation BlueMarble platform. The cloud-native, microservices based, open all customer types (consumers and
new BlueMarble is an integrated digital and modular digital platform that delivers businesses, existing and new), all channels
commerce, order management, customer business agility, high performance and (assisted, unassisted, current and future),
care and partner management platform. flexibility to rapidly offer personalized multi-play businesses and actively

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