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The fact is there can be no standing on one’s laurels any longer and no organization will ever be 100%
safe from human error. Security automation and zero-trust are proactive approaches that mitigate these
issues, because they acknowledge that it’s not a question of if an attack will occur, but when.

Increasing Pressure to Maximize Value of Existing Security Stacks

The current economic climate dictates all enterprises become more efficient in their spending. IT and
Security leaders will look for ways to derive maximum value from their existing tech stack, rather than
adding more point solutions to it.

Security automation unifies existing security investments and harnesses their potential, enabling
organizations to get more bang for the buck from them. Further, with no-code security automation, a
broader range of employees are able to take advantage of and play a key role in achieving an optimal
cybersecurity posture. Security automation truly goes far beyond cutting expenses, and enables
organizations to become more secure, efficient, flexible, resilient, and future proof.

No More Dark Corners

The security automation ecosystem will open up, so previously disparate security systems can talk to
each other. Cybersecurity cannot exist in a vacuum. Systems, applications, and tools must become
interoperable and interconnected. Security automation enables the seamless bridging of these systems,
bringing them together under one roof, for comprehensive management, monitoring, and measurement.

Security Automation Democratizes Security Processes

Security processes will become more of a shared responsibility, in which employees, R&D, DevOps, and
IT are true partners and collaborators in protecting their organizations. For example, in 2023, security
automation systems will likely expand to validate end users’ identities and enable them to have temporary
security clearances to engage in system updates, credential retrieval, and remote access with
dramatically minimized risk. This is enabled through integration across communications and project
management tools, anchored by workflows that ensure accurate verification and access controls.

Shift-Left SecOps Comes to the Fore

Security automation will evolve from an addition to a security strategy to a fundamental pillar at the
earliest stages of the security development lifecycle. Security automation is rapidly becoming critical from
the outset of considering an organization’s security posture, as it transforms from “nice to have” to “critical
must have” status. Cloud native technologies such as declarative APIs, microservices, and containers
will make it easier for security teams to build security automation into their approaches.

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