Conversational Topic: Operations

Driving Forces for Security Automation

Donnie Wendt (September 2019)

Today’s cyber defenders find themselves at a disadvantage despite technological advances in cyber defense. Among the chief causes of this disadvantage is the asymmetry in a cyber conflict that favors the attacker [1,2,3]. The increasing sophistication of the attacks increases the defenders’ disadvantage. Finally, organizations face a growing shortage of cybersecurity professionals to meet the increasing demand [4,5].