How to Choose the Right Cybersecurity Solution

Cyberthreats are evolving every day to become increasingly sophisticated and complex. Keeping up with them is a difficult but necessary task that you cannot afford to undertake alone. That is where choosing the right cybersecurity solution comes into play. There are several factors to consider when selecting the solution to keep your network safe and secure.

Network security plays a pivotal role in keeping data safe. If you handle sensitive customer data, such as personally identifiable information, financials, or medical records, then you need to keep that data safe to avoid major penalties and maintain customer trust.

Core Considerations in Choosing a Cybersecurity Solution

When selecting the right cybersecurity solution for your business, you must first assess your organization’s specific needs. One critical need to consider is visibility: You cannot protect what you cannot see, so holistic network visibility is paramount to a stout cyberdefense. You also need a scalable and flexible network detection and response (NDR) solution that grows and adapts to your network.

Another consideration is compliance and regulatory requirements. A strong cybersecurity solution should manage security risk, protect personal data from cyberattacks, detect security events, and minimize the impact of a breach. Be sure to confirm that any security solutions being considered have capabilities that reflect all pertinent compliance needs where you do business.

Key Features of Effective Cybersecurity Solutions

Key features of effective cybersecurity solutions include:

• Scalability: Scalability is key to any cybersecurity solution. If a solution is unable to handle the size of a network, you should not use it, because there will be visibility gaps that can lead to missed breaches or to adversaries lurking in the network for longer periods of time.
• Advanced threat detection: Threat detection capabilities enable practitioners to evaluate potential intruders in the network in a timely manner to aid in ousting adversaries quickly.
• Seamless NDR: Seamless NDR empowers teams to gain visibility into the entire network as part of the security solution. With complete visibility, the network is the only place an adversary cannot hide, so enabling complete network visibility is paramount. 
  
  Evaluating Cybersecurity Solutions

Once you have identified potential solutions, it’s time to vet each vendor’s offering against your needs. In this process, you must identify the key problems you need to solve and the scale you need to achieve in your cybersecurity solution.

Once you have the list whittled down based on the above parameters, you must look at three key areas: performance, cost, and ease of use. The solution that best fits these areas and solves key problems is likely among the best choices for your network and needs.

Tying It All Together

To select the best cybersecurity solution for your enterprise network, consider several factors and weigh all possible options. First, you must ensure that a solution can handle the latest cyberthreats in an ever-changing landscape. Next, the solution must scale to fit your network where it currently stands—as well as where it will stand in the future as it becomes more widespread and complex. You must also set out all the goals you want to accomplish with the cybersecurity solution. Once you have these priorities and a narrowed-down list based on the criteria, evaluate based on performance, cost, and ease of use to determine the best solution for your network’s unique needs.

How NETSCOUT Helps 

NETSCOUT Omnis Cyber Intelligence (OCI) provides unmatched scalability to monitor and protect networks of all shapes and sizes. OCI also uses proven instrumentation and scalable deep packet inspection to provide actionable packet-based advanced NDR capabilities. With the visibility provided by OCI and the rest of NETSCOUT’s Omnis network security suite, adversaries have nowhere to hide.

Learn more about Omnis Cyber Intelligence.