Complex IT infrastructure requires many professionals to operate, each in a different department. So, at a distance, it might seem like security and engineering teams have different jobs.
Engineering is responsible for building and maintaining infrastructure, while security is responsible for protecting it and ensuring compliance.
But if you look inside the processes of a government agency or large business, you’ll see that security and engineering need each other.
Let’s take the example of a business that is working to obtain an Authorization to Operate (ATO) on a federal government network.
In this process:
It sounds easy enough on paper, but in practice, it results in a back-and-forth that can drag on for months.
Chaos ensues at every turn:
These failures are nothing personal between security and engineering. In fact, partnerships often form between people to get the work done in specific situations.
Rather, the truth is that these problems reside at the process and organizational level. Security and engineering teams don’t just need to collaborate. They need to be fully integrated, with a mindset of building security into the fabric of IT infrastructure, from day one and continuously over time. This is the shift that Sicura is leading through the introduction of Security Control Management.
Security Control Management bridges the gap between security and engineering by providing tools that are built for the dynamic, automated, and flexible nature of cloud and hybrid IT environments that are used at most organizations today.
Most importantly, Security Control Management is created by engineers, for engineers. Security isn’t bolted on after the fact. Instead, it is part of the process of spinning up new environments and keeping them up to organizational standards.
With Security Control Management, teams can:
With Security Control Management, what was a manual tit-for-tat between security and engineering that was filled with frustration becomes a harmonious, self-healing partnership where everyone is working together.
While this transformation will undoubtedly make technical teams happy, the implications go far beyond the relationship between security and engineering teams.
ATOs are one of the most arduous processes of federal government work. Typically, they take 12-18 months to complete, and cost significant time and money. These delays aren’t only frustrating for managers; they keep critical systems out of the hands of warfighters and front-line practitioners.
With Security Control Management, organizations can slash ATO times from months to days. This allows teams to deploy faster, putting needed technology that provides an edge into the hands of people who need it, and ensuring that systems remain secure and compliant to the highest levels, all of the time, through every cycle.
That’s not just how we help security and engineering get on the same page, and secure systems. It’s how we build better, more reliable infrastructure that delivers operational advantages for every layer of an organization.
Want to learn more about Security Control Management? Book a demo with Sicura today.
Complex IT infrastructure requires many professionals to operate, each in a different department. So, at a distance, it might seem like security and engineering teams have different jobs.
Engineering is responsible for building and maintaining infrastructure, while security is responsible for protecting it and ensuring compliance.
But if you look inside the processes of a government agency or large business, you’ll see that security and engineering need each other.
Let’s take the example of a business that is working to obtain an Authorization to Operate (ATO) on a federal government network.
In this process:
It sounds easy enough on paper, but in practice, it results in a back-and-forth that can drag on for months.
Chaos ensues at every turn:
These failures are nothing personal between security and engineering. In fact, partnerships often form between people to get the work done in specific situations.
Rather, the truth is that these problems reside at the process and organizational level. Security and engineering teams don’t just need to collaborate. They need to be fully integrated, with a mindset of building security into the fabric of IT infrastructure, from day one and continuously over time. This is the shift that Sicura is leading through the introduction of Security Control Management.
Security Control Management bridges the gap between security and engineering by providing tools that are built for the dynamic, automated, and flexible nature of cloud and hybrid IT environments that are used at most organizations today.
Most importantly, Security Control Management is created by engineers, for engineers. Security isn’t bolted on after the fact. Instead, it is part of the process of spinning up new environments and keeping them up to organizational standards.
With Security Control Management, teams can:
With Security Control Management, what was a manual tit-for-tat between security and engineering that was filled with frustration becomes a harmonious, self-healing partnership where everyone is working together.
While this transformation will undoubtedly make technical teams happy, the implications go far beyond the relationship between security and engineering teams.
ATOs are one of the most arduous processes of federal government work. Typically, they take 12-18 months to complete, and cost significant time and money. These delays aren’t only frustrating for managers; they keep critical systems out of the hands of warfighters and front-line practitioners.
With Security Control Management, organizations can slash ATO times from months to days. This allows teams to deploy faster, putting needed technology that provides an edge into the hands of people who need it, and ensuring that systems remain secure and compliant to the highest levels, all of the time, through every cycle.
That’s not just how we help security and engineering get on the same page, and secure systems. It’s how we build better, more reliable infrastructure that delivers operational advantages for every layer of an organization.
Want to learn more about Security Control Management? Book a demo with Sicura today.
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