Combine or segment?

Combine Segment is the focus of this technology update. Combine or segment? How to deal with information security? 😎 The number of calls for information security is growing, businesses are forced to respond quickly. Companies are moving from responding to an incident to managing risks and preventing threats. At the Digital Solutions forum, experts shared their views on this process. On constant access to your information assets and their status: 🔴 We have come to the ideology of creating a single security loop that provides the necessary cyber protection measures at all stages of the transition of corporate infrastructure to the public cloud – from design and migration to operation. We understand that in such an unstable environment, only the synergy of efforts between the customer and the contractor can produce the desired effect. Therefore, we approach partnerships carefully and with full dedication. 🔴 Pavel Toropin, Director for IT Infrastructure Protection, Information Security and IT Infrastructure Department, Norilsk Nickel. About the fact that for banks, a competent information security strategy is a matter of survival: 🔴 In most companies, cybersecurity still has a control function. Now it should become part of business processes. The later a vulnerability is discovered, the more expensive it is, so it’s cheaper to catch it at the idea and development stage. This is the shift-left approach, or “shift left,” to check security as early as possible. The second principle is 24/7 control. Hundreds of changes occur every day in the IT landscape of a large company. That’s why we created Alpha Scanner, a tool that constantly “measures the temperature,” that is, monitors the perimeter for vulnerabilities. We created it for ourselves, but we see a big demand from businesses and are sharing it with the market. 🫤 Alexey Fetisov, Director of Information Technology at Alfa-Bank. On the importance of segmenting systems and processes for better manageability: 🔴 We need to understand what we are protecting. What processes and systems are critical to the business. As soon as we understand what we are protecting, we need to segment this system and move it away from the entry point. We often talk about AI and automation here, but 80% of problems are solved with the help of segmentation and hardening. 🔴 Anton Efimov, Director of the Department of Architecture for Strategic Projects, Solar Group of Companies. ❤️ — In large companies, everything should be under control

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Combine or segment? How to deal with information security? 😎 The number of calls for information security is growing, businesses are forced to respond quickly. Companies are moving from responding to an incident to managing risks and preventing threats. At the Digital Solutions forum, experts shared their views on this process. On constant access to your information assets and their status: 🔴 We have come to the ideology of creating a single security loop that provides the necessary cyber protection measures at all stages of the transition of corporate infrastructure to the public cloud – from design and migration to operation. We understand that in such an unstable environment, only the synergy of efforts between the customer and the contractor can produce the desired effect. Therefore, we approach partnerships carefully and with full dedication. 🔴 Pavel Toropin, Director for IT Infrastructure Protection, Information Security and IT Infrastructure Department, Norilsk Nickel. About the fact that for banks, a competent information security strategy is a matter of survival: 🔴 In most companies, cybersecurity still has a control function. Now it should become part of business processes. The later a vulnerability is discovered, the more expensive it is, so it’s cheaper to catch it at the idea and development stage. This is the shift-left approach, or “shift left,” to check security as early as possible. The second principle is 24/7 control. Hundreds of changes occur every day in the IT landscape of a large company. That’s why we created Alpha Scanner, a tool that constantly “measures the temperature,” that is, monitors the perimeter for vulnerabilities. We created it for ourselves, but we see a big demand from businesses and are sharing it with the market. 🫤 Alexey Fetisov, Director of Information Technology at Alfa-Bank. On the importance of segmenting systems and processes for better manageability: 🔴 We need to understand what we are protecting. What processes and systems are critical to the business. As soon as we understand what we are protecting, we need to segment this system and move it away from the entry point. We often talk about AI and automation here, but 80% of problems are solved with the help of segmentation and hardening. 🔴 Anton Efimov, Director of the Department of Architecture for Strategic Projects, Solar Group of Companies. ❤️ — In large companies, everything should be under control

Why Combine Segment matters

The development is relevant to people building, using, or evaluating modern digital products. Its practical impact will depend on rollout details, availability, security considerations, and follow-up information from the companies or researchers involved.

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