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Security in The New Normal Requires an Agile Approach

By Danny Presten, Chief Methodologist at Digital.ai

Phishing attacks are up 600%, ransomware attacks have increased 148%, and the FBI has reported a
300% increase in cybercrimes. Cyber criminals are stepping up their game during the COVID-19
pandemic and, to ensure safety and security, businesses must do the same.

To keep pace with the ever-increasing threat level and achieve results in the new normal of remote-based
working, many organisations are taking an Agile approach. Once thought of as the domain of DevOps,
Agile is making its way into DevSecOps, cybersecurity and beyond, and for good reason.

Agile is an iterative way of working that encourages rapidly releasing smaller slices of value as opposed
to the long lead in times of larger, traditional projects. In this way, results can be continuously improved
as quickly as circumstances change to meet ever evolving business needs. Many companies have
benefited from an Agile approach to delivering software and now organisations are expanding those ways
of working to include more and more security teams.

Agile offers huge benefits in cybersecurity where security teams are faced with threats that are continually
evolving, and bad actors who will look to adjust their methods almost instantaneously to find the best
attack vector.

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