Dante Sasaki

CISO With A Limited Budget

Creating The Best Defense For Systems
Cybersecurity training and technology investments are necessary for the most effective
defense possible. Having employees is needed to act as a firewall and to detect
phishing to protect systems and people that are on the other side of these systems.
Other ways that we safeguard these systems are by using endpoint security, email
security, multi-factor authentication, and firewall and network monitoring. A lot of the
budget should go to the advancements for employees and technology so that there are
continuous updates towards employees training and technology so that we can identify
new cyber threats based on the advancement of technology.

Employees in cybersecurity
Employees in cybersecurity can cause a lot of vulnerabilities. Even though they can
cause vulnerabilities they are also helpful towards recognizing phishing attempts and
using safe tactics while using the internet. Also they are very helpful towards something
called a human firewall. This firewall can act as a well trained employee that knows how
to be a barrier towards any cyber threats. “This human firewall is built through
comprehensive training programs that emphasize the importance of cybersecurity and
equip employees with the tools they need to recognize and respond to threats.”
Source:techbusinesshq.com

Essential Technology For Cybersecurity
Some of the technologies that benefit cybersecurity are endpoint security, email
security, multi-factor authentication, and firewall and network monitoring. Endpoint
security is necessary because it helps protect desktops, laptops, and mobile phones
from malicious malware. It protects them by “Endpoint detection and response (EDR)
software has advanced risk detection, investigation, and remediation capabilities. It is
an endpoint security solution that continuously monitors end-user devices to more
quickly detect and respond to security incidents.” Email security helps to prevent
phishing emails that can cause you to give out your personal information and make
yourself vulnerable. Multi Factor authentication is a great way to make sure that only
people with authorized access can get into a system. It is cheap to add this multi factor
authentication and it drastically reduces the possibilities of people misusing or stealing
information. Lastly, firewalls prevent people/hackers from getting into your system with
the sole intent to harm you.
Source:https://aws.amazon.com/what-is/endpoint-security/

Continuous Improvements
As technologies advance it becomes harder and harder to protect systems. This is
because different ways to harm people or systems are found, although we also do find
fixes for the previous threats. There will always be threats but the main purpose of
cybersecurity is to minimize the threats that are possible. A portion of the budget will go
towards cybersecurity monitoring and incident response tools. This is because I would
like to quickly detect and respond to threats that are found and to do this training and
technology will always be up to date.

Conclusion
In conclusion, to have an effective cybersecurity team it is essential to have updated
training for employees and necessary technologies. Employees are crucial for a
company because they can act as a human firewall and identify phishing scams. By
always updating training programs and security tools we can identify new threats to
systems based on the advancement of technology and the advancements made in the
cybersecurity world. The main goal is to minimize the threats that can harm us or the
systems that keep us running.