There’s a lot of myths or “mythconceptions” around cybersecurity that can be harmful to you or your customers’ businesses. Knowing what’s real—and what isn’t—is an important component of an MSP’s cyber resilience and ultimate success, according to James Stanger, CompTIA’s chief technology evangelist during a session at ChannelCon 2022 in Chicago.
“When it comes to cybersecurity and emerging technologies, the IT world appears to be haunted by quite a few myths. This is to be expected, really,” Stanger said. “Technologies change so quickly. It is often useful to use ‘enabling narratives’ to keep moving forward and contextualize the constant change. But, sometimes, these narratives get in the way of progress, especially if they remain unexamined, and if everyone is using conflicting approaches. As a result, these enabling narratives can quickly become clichés, and the equivalent of educational ‘deep fakes.’”
In particular, there’s a lot of ‘mythconceptions’ around zero trust, Stanger said. He used a zombie movie analogy to explain: “What happens if your best friend turned into a zombie? That’s what zero trust is. You can’t trust your own network or applications,” he said. “What if there’s a problem, if I’m authenticated, I’m good to go, right? I might be for now but what if someone takes over one of my applications.”
And just like the movies, zombies (or cyber risk) can be fast, like “World War Z” or slow, like “Shaun of the Dead.”
Continue reading: https://connect.comptia.org/blog/it's-time-to-bust-some-cybersecurity-myths-and-mythconceptions
“When it comes to cybersecurity and emerging technologies, the IT world appears to be haunted by quite a few myths. This is to be expected, really,” Stanger said. “Technologies change so quickly. It is often useful to use ‘enabling narratives’ to keep moving forward and contextualize the constant change. But, sometimes, these narratives get in the way of progress, especially if they remain unexamined, and if everyone is using conflicting approaches. As a result, these enabling narratives can quickly become clichés, and the equivalent of educational ‘deep fakes.’”
In particular, there’s a lot of ‘mythconceptions’ around zero trust, Stanger said. He used a zombie movie analogy to explain: “What happens if your best friend turned into a zombie? That’s what zero trust is. You can’t trust your own network or applications,” he said. “What if there’s a problem, if I’m authenticated, I’m good to go, right? I might be for now but what if someone takes over one of my applications.”
And just like the movies, zombies (or cyber risk) can be fast, like “World War Z” or slow, like “Shaun of the Dead.”
Continue reading: https://connect.comptia.org/blog/it's-time-to-bust-some-cybersecurity-myths-and-mythconceptions
