Intelligent CISO Issue 47 | Page 64

Having a strong and cohesive security foundation is critical for navigating today ’ s cyber landscape and taking a Zero Trust approach has become a non-negotiable for businesses . focus on least privilege security controls , there is still a long way to go in making organisations more resilient to breaches .
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and security spending as firms fight to stay ahead of the curve and anticipate future challenges . For example , 75 % of decision-makers switched focus to updating technical reference architectures for cloud security to match rapid cloud migration . In fact , businesses are increasingly prioritising security , as experts forecast the global cybersecurity spending to exceed US $ 1.75 trillion by 2025 .
As part of this prioritisation , more and more businesses are looking to Zero Trust strategies to support cloud migration in order to account for new security gaps and build resilience at scale . However , many enterprises are still in the early stages of implementation , with only 36 % having started to deploy their Zero Trust plans . So , while businesses are starting to

Having a strong and cohesive security foundation is critical for navigating today ’ s cyber landscape and taking a Zero Trust approach has become a non-negotiable for businesses . focus on least privilege security controls , there is still a long way to go in making organisations more resilient to breaches .

And while it ’ s promising to see that two-thirds of businesses will increase their Zero Trust budget , it ’ s important to remember to . . .
Budget incrementally – it doesn ’ t have to be all or nothing
All too often organisations stall or postpone security progress because of financial cost . Of course , security teams need to advocate for their major projects , but it ’ s also crucial to make incremental progress now with the resources you have today .
A good place to start is by gaining an understanding of both the
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