Security posture refers to the overall maturity of an organization’s cybersecurity program and its ability to protect itself against cyber threats. Some components of a corporate cybersecurity posture include the organization’s visibility into its digital attack surface, the security controls in place to prevent and detect cyberattacks, and the processes that the security team has in place to remediate and recover from a cybersecurity incident.
Companies are facing a growing number of sophisticated and automated cyberattacks. As cybercrime groups refine and expand their tools and techniques, it becomes more difficult to identify and respond to cyberattacks At the same time, many organizations’ IT infrastructures are growing larger and more complex. And as their digital attack surfaces expand, security teams have more work to do to protect them against cyberattacks.
A strong security posture demonstrates that an organization has the ability to effectively protect itself against cyber threats. Comprehensive visibility into its attack surface and the capability to address various cyber threats reduce an organization’s security risk exposure.
A corporate security posture is composed of various components and factors, including:
An organization’s security posture is constantly evolving with the business. Performing a periodic security posture assessment can help the organization measure the current maturity of its cybersecurity program and identify potential gaps that it should address.
A security posture assessment can be broken up into the following five stages:
An organization can take various steps to enhance its security posture, including:
For many organizations, the move to the cloud has complicated their security posture management. Unfamiliar infrastructure, limited control, and complex management reduce cloud security. To learn more about securing your cloud infrastructure, check out the Ultimate Cloud Security Guide.
Check Point CloudGuard Cloud Native Application Protection Platform (CNAPP) provides invaluable visibility into the security posture of an organization’s cloud applications. For more information about how CloudGuard CNAPP and the rest of the CloudGuard program can enhance your organization’s cloud security posture, sign up for a free demo today.