Does consolidating providers increase security?

Businesses accept that fewer vendor simplifies IT, but does it actually have a positive effect on security? Research says, 'Not really'

We often accept the idea that using solutions from a single vendor simplifies business operations as the gospel truth. But does this actually hold true in every situation?

Security is an area where companies need to be at the top of their game. The environments are complex and tools are diverse, making the single-provider approach an attractive one, to simplify operations and breach remediation.

In a webinar on the 27th February, sponsored by Cylance, Computing will ask if this approach truly does work, or if reducing complexity also reduces security - exposing the enterprise to a greater number of ‘unknown unknowns'.

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Do company boards actually understand the risks, or is it the case - as a recent FCA report found - that board and management committee members can't effectively describe their risk profile?

Our panel of experts - including Anton Grashion, (Senior Director Product Marketing EMEA, Cylance), Luke Hull (Regional Director, Cylance Consulting) and Sean Remnant (CSO, Ignition), with Tom Allen (Special Project Editor, Computing) in the chair - will discuss why it is that executives at major organisations struggle to understand security and articulate their risks - and thus to adequately fund security - as well as who is considered responsible when breaches occur.

We will also discuss prevention versus detection - does simplifying the estate improve the speed of remediation? - and the future of security as it moves towards AI, machine learning and other new technologies. Will AI end the remediation/consolidation challenge?

Our own research will inform and support these topics. For example, we found that nearly three-quarters of UK businesses have been trying to simplify security by consolidating tools and vendors, but that only 28 per cent believe that it has reduced the impact of security breaches.

To watch the full discussion and surrounding research, tune in to the websem on the 27th February.