For business continuity, profitability, and security, cyber security and IT service providers must be integrated. The IT team of your company must be constantly identifying, troubleshooting and deploying new technologies to help improve communication and achieve goals for the organization and prevent downtime. The main concerns of IT teams are cost, performance and usability.

Cyber security threats like ransomware-as-a-service (RAAS), are increasing and the security teams struggle to stay up with them. Security teams are required to monitor network traffic for insider threats and malicious employees. They must also be aware of suspicious connections. Security teams are faced with more cyber threats than ever, including cloud computing, BYOD policies and an increasing number of IoT gadgets.

Covid-19 cuts in budget, outages of systems and the transition to remote offices from teams that work on-site have all been a major blow for IT and Cyber Security teams. Companies in highly regulated sectors like healthcare or financial services must manage compliance while also ensuring that there are no bottlenecks. In order to protect vital assets and allow organizations to access and develop the technology needed to achieve their goals and remain competitive in the current technological climate, it is more important than ever to coordinate between IT and InfoSec.

What can IT teams do to work with security in 2022

First, separate IT infrastructure from security measures. This may seem counterintuitive, given that IT professionals and security experts should work together. However, when we look at the concept, it is logical. The best cyber security firms advise businesses to separate security rules from IT technologies by having cyber security teams operate on a 10,000 foot level. It allows for the security team to be used more efficiently. IT is able to determine how to achieve the objectives of security teams.

Together, the IT and Cyber Security teams can create solutions to provide secure virtual app access from any device and at any location. They can also apply best data protection practices. Even if a user downloads files from a device that is not corporate, IT and cyber security can maintain control. Security metrics are different from IT metrics. However, both must think about how they can effectively communicate their objectives and choose the metrics to achieve them.

Last Thoughts

Security professionals must consider how their policies will impact IT. IT professionals need to consider security implications when making decisions. Determining the reasons for certain security measures will help colleagues understand not only what they are doing, but their role in maintaining security. The cyber and It teams can achieve success by working together and developing greater understanding, creativity and communication.