Proactive Software Security Strategies Reduce IT Risk

You can’t defend what you don’t know. Our new guide features multiple ways to protect your IT estate.

Software security is a major concern for every business. And with the growth of AI and its increasing effect on cybersecurity, shoring up your security posture will only become more complex and more expensive.

This year, the global average cost per data breach was $4.88 million, up from $4.45 million in 2023. In the U.S., it was $9.36 million.

The first step toward keeping cyberattacks at bay is to fully understand the threat environment in which your software solutions operate. This knowledge is vital to successfully supporting and maintaining your software systems and safeguarding them from emerging security threats.

Build your cybersecurity defense

Effectively securing your software requires a layered, forward-thinking approach that includes insight into potential risks and flagging possible threats before they occur.

Having 24/7/365 access to tailored, actionable data can alert companies to these potential risks. Once flagged, these alerts can be analyzed by threat experts to determine their credibility. If found legitimate, security teams can move in to remedy the situation before the unthinkable happens.

Using a wide range of mitigating actions, such as encryption, software controls, and proxy servers can exponentially increase your security posture without touching the source code.

It’s important to evaluate your overall cybersecurity in a broader context using a layered approach that includes the following steps:

1. Contextual. Analyze your organization’s environments — including business, people, processes, technologies, threat, and regulatory — to develop the appropriate mitigating actions for each circumstance.
2. Risk-based. Actions to reduce the likelihood of an identified security vulnerability being exploited should be employed until your desired level of risk has been achieved.
3. Defense-in-depth. Apply multilayered defense actions across the environment in layers to secure the supported product and enhance your overall security posture.

Exploring security alternatives

A viable alternative to the OEM patch/fix/upgrade cycle, independent software maintenance providers are rewriting the narrative on cybersecurity issues.

Independent providers like Origina offer support no matter what software version, custom code used, or configuration, allowing your business to stay technologically proactive and liberating you from the reactivity inherent to continuously upgrading to the latest product version.

Origina has a team of security professionals with global cybersecurity and engineering experience who analyze available threat and vulnerability information. Many have worked within the fields of government, military, finance, and national infrastructure.

While the standard patching process inherently leaves customers’ unique deployments and situations by the wayside, our specialized team of experts focuses on understanding what vulnerabilities might be present and how to proactively reduce the likelihood of exploitation.

Remember, while there is no such thing as zero risk — breaches can still occur — there are many ways to mitigate it and reduce the likelihood of falling victim to malicious actors.

Move past patch/fix

Our latest guide “Securing Your Software Estate: Are You at Risk?” explores moving beyond the traditional patch/fix/upgrade cycle and focuses on empowering organizations with the tools and knowledge to stay ahead of software security threats.