Efficient Ways and Tools to Improve Your Company’s Security

According to Gartner experts, “The continued heightened threat environment, cloud movement and talent crunch are pushing security to the top of the priorities list and pressing chief information security officers (CISOs) to increase their organization’s security spend.” Worldwide end-user spending on information security is forecasted to total $212 billion USD in 2025, reflecting a 15.1% increase from 2024, when global information security end-user spending reached $183.9 billion USD.

With companies seeking new ways to secure their businesses, it’s a call to action for all security experts, whether in small or large organizations, to prepare countermeasures against various potential attacks and security vulnerabilities. This article will focus on the solutions, strategies and tools companies can implement to ensure digital and structural security.

DevSecOps incorporation

Integrate security measures throughout the software development and delivery process so that products adhere to the highest standards – 34% of C-level executives believe that DevOps/DevSecOps leads to more secure applications. Establish a culture of security by fostering a shared sense of responsibility among all team members and facilitate early detection of vulnerabilities to enhance security measures. In the classic DevOps process, we develop, build, and deploy software without verifying security aspects. Usually, security checks are performed after deployment. In DevSecOps, we add an additional security layer at every step of the software delivery process. For the CI/CD process, we incorporate elements that analyze the code, allowing us to detect vulnerabilities early. So, the product delivered to the client is more secure.

Service mesh implementation

When a service mesh is applied, all inter-service communication is routed through proxies, which can be used to implement networking features such as encryption and load balancing. The service mesh decouples the network logic from the application or business logic of each microservice so that it can be implemented and managed consistently across the whole system.

Increase the security of microservices-based applications and streamline development processes by implementing security mesh. Enable mutual Transport Layer Security (mTLS) authentication to ensure secure communication through declarative configuration. Enforce authorization security policies to bolster access control measures and verify egress traffic. More information about Service Mesh.

AWS security-related solutions

Introduce a comprehensive set of security features offered by Amazon Web Services (AWS) to protect your cloud-based services and products. Integrate AWS solutions dedicated to threat detection and incident response (e.g., AWS Security Hub), infrastructure security (e.g., AWS WAF), identity and access management (Amazon Cognito), and data protection to shield your business and platform from cyber threats. As only 40% of organizations indicated that they are actively securing all their cloud resources effectively, this area should receive more attention and investment.

Identity and Access Management (IAM)

Mitigate security risks, protect data, and control access with Identity and Access Management (IAM) solutions. Manage the creation, management, and deletion of user identities to maintain crucial security policies and comply with regulatory obligations. Integrate all the vital features responsible for handling authentication and authorization in your business. Enable monitoring, tracking, and reporting on user activity that adjusts to changes in activity, privileges, roles and login attempts. These benefits help explain why that, among companies that have not yet deployed identity solutions, 51% plan to do so in the next 12-24 months.

Security Operation Center (SOC)

It’s a solution that allows us to monitor our infrastructure using different tools and discover security incidents. But it does not stop there; it also implements control and security mechanisms.

Open source platform like Wazuh allows us to analyze a lot of data from different devices and present it on a dashboard. Events that are security incidents are sent to the person responsible for the infrastructure or devices. In that, we have information about anomalies, leaked credentials, vulnerabilities, or misconfigurations in our servers.

Enhance your security by introducing, developing, and maintaining a SOC infrastructure with all required tooling that makes it possible to monitor and develop detections, controls and security mechanisms across the dedicated environment. Get expert advice about choosing the best security solutions for use in client environments (SIEM, NDR, EDR, Cyber deception, SOAR).

Static Application Security Testing (SAST)

Enable deep inspection of data flows and controls, identify security issues at the source and reduce potential attack vectors. Since SAST has access to the entire project structure and source code, all of this is possible.

You can also add a white box testing method that analyzes source code to find security vulnerabilities that could make an application sensitive to an attack by scanning the source code of application – this is SAST that includes additional software composition analysis (SCA). As static application security testing is performed internally, it requires access to the project structures and source files of the tested application. In the context of the development process, such scanning is recommended at least before commercialization of the application version, which contains new functional modules.

Dynamic Application Security Testing (DAST)

Enhance your cyber security by analyzing a web application through the front-end to find vulnerabilities through simulated attacks. This type of approach evaluates the application from the “outside in” by attacking an application like a malicious user would.

A DAST scanner searches for vulnerabilities in a running application and then sends automated alerts if it finds flaws that allow for attacks like SQL injections, Cross-Site Scripting (XSS), and more. Since DAST tools are equipped to function in a dynamic environment, they can detect runtime flaws which SAST (Static Application Security Testing) tools can’t identify.

Software Development Life Cycle processes (SSDLC)

Analyze your software deployment process and environments to review your infrastructure for compliance with security standards.

Permanently include the above-described cybersecurity enhancements in your software development life cycle and automate them using: Infrastructure as Code (IaC); automating cluster provisioning and security configurations with tools like OpenTofu; integrating security checks into CI/CD pipelines using tools like Jenkins, GitLab CI; automating compliance checks and reporting; setting up automated triggers and responses for potential security incidents.

Leverage the power of AI to revolutionize your SSDLC and drive business success. With AI-driven enhancements like real-time threat detection, predictive risk assessment, and automated code reviews, you can proactively safeguard your software against vulnerabilities. Intelligent workflow prioritization ensures high-impact fixes are addressed efficiently, while streamlined compliance and security practices elevate your development lifecycle. By integrating these advanced AI capabilities, your organization achieves a resilient, secure, and future-ready software development process.

What are some useful security solutions and tools?

XDR/EDR/SIEM

The Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) platform assists organizations with proactively identifying and mitigating potential security threats and vulnerabilities. One of the tools is Wazuh. This software can be used to correlate events from multiple sources, integrate threat intelligence feeds, and offer customizable dashboards and reports. SIEM is intended to increase the visibility of the IT environment, allowing teams to respond to perceived events and security incidents more efficiently through communication and collaboration. This could be critical in exponentially growing interdepartmental efficiencies.

Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR) is a tool that detects, investigates, and responds to advanced endpoint threats. It is intended to compensate for the shortcomings of traditional endpoint protection solutions in terms of preventing all attacks.

XDR (Extended Detection and Response) is a security solution that aims to identify, investigate, and respond to advanced threats that originate from various sources, including the cloud, networks, and email. It is a SaaS-based security platform that combines the organization’s existing security solutions into a single security system. The XDR (Extended Detection and Response) platform provides a security solution that analyzes, detects and responds to threats across multiple layers in an organization.

Kubernetes security

Today, many solutions are based on microservices, typically in Kubernetes environments. Our teams take care of delivering secure implementations. We use CIS benchmark recommendations, best security practices and Kubernetes security modules. Kubernetes security modules refer to components and extensions that enhance the security of a Kubernetes environment. These modules can be built-in Kubernetes features, third-party add-ons, or external integrations. We provide recommendations for hardening and securing systems and use additional tools to verify configurations and vulnerabilities.

Of course, one of the important things is to prepare secure environments, so from our perspective, RBAC, PodSecurity, and Network Policies are the first steps to increase security in the cluster. Next is secret management, for which we suggest using dedicated tools. Finally, we don’t forget about monitoring, which is essential to gather information about your system.

Other security tools

A set of CyberArk tools (PAM, Conjur, KubiScan and KubiScan) developed to bolster Kubernetes security by proactively identifying vulnerabilities and testing defenses against potential threats. Trivy, an open-source vulnerability scanner for container images, can be used to check for artifacts and generate comprehensive reports 

We use a range of Kubernetes security tools, including: 

• Kube-bench: A tool that checks your Kubernetes cluster against the CIS (Center for Internet Security) Kubernetes Benchmark. Useful for configuration and compliance auditing. 

• Falco: An open-source runtime security tool that monitors the behavior of containers in real-time and detects anomalies based on rules and policies. It is widely used to detect suspicious activities within a Kubernetes cluster. 

• Trivy, Grype: Simple and comprehensive vulnerability scanners for container images, file system and Git repositories. They are widely used for scanning Kubernetes images before deployment. 

• gVisor: Provides a security layer for running containers efficiently and securely. gVisor is an open-source Linux-compatible sandbox that runs anywhere existing container tooling does. It enables cloud-native container security and portability. 

• KubeArmor: A runtime Kubernetes security engine that enforces policy-based controls. It uses eBPF and Linux Security Modules (LSM) for fortifying workloads based on cloud containers, IoT/Edge and 5G networks.  

• Kyverno: A policy engine designed for cloud-native platform engineering teams, it enables security, automation, compliance and governance using Policy as Code. Kyverno can validate, mutate, generate and clean up configurations using Kubernetes admission controls, background scans and source code repository scans. 

• Prometheus with Kubernetes Exporter, Grafana, Loki: Ideal for monitoring and incident responses. 

• Polaris: A tool to audit RBAC and cluster configurations. 

• HashiCorp Vault: Great for supporting the management of secrets. 

How can companies implement a security audit and governance process?

Following this 6-step actionable set of recommendations and implementing a security audit and governance services will support your company’s security efforts:

1. Establish a set of policies that outline an organization’s security objectives, standards and guidelines.
2. Identify, assess and mitigate risks to the organization’s assets, including data, infrastructure and personnel.
3. Support adherence to regulatory requirements, industry standards, and internal policies through monitoring, audits and reporting.
4. Upskill employees about security best practices, policies and procedures to enhance their awareness and responsiveness to security threats.
5. Deploy tools and technologies to continuously monitor and analyze network traffic, system logs and other relevant data for suspicious activities or anomalies.
6. Design and implement a secure architecture for an organization’s IT infrastructure, including networks, servers and applications, to protect against potential threats and vulnerabilities.

Stronger security, safer business

Investing in appropriate cybersecurity tools is essential for mitigating the continuously evolving threat landscape and safeguarding sensitive information. The market provides diverse solutions, including advanced threat detection software and comprehensive vulnerability management platforms, which can be tailored to meet specific business requirements. The selection of suitable tools and a robust security strategy enables organizations to protect their operations, maintain customer trust, and ensure sustained success. It is imperative to recognize that prioritizing cybersecurity extends beyond merely preventing attacks; it encompasses establishing a resilient and future-ready enterprise.

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