UPDATED 18:15 EDT / MAY 07 2020

SECURITY

Tool fatigue prompts IBM to deploy open-source-based security solution

One problem confronting the enterprise world today is that when data is stored in multiple platforms, it also takes multiple security tools to keep that information safe.

A SANS Institute survey found that nearly half of respondents lacked visibility into data processed within their own organizations and 55% struggled with the lack of integration between security analytics tools and cloud platforms.

“The enterprise has anywhere from 50 to 80 security point products that don’t talk to each other,” said Justin Youngblood (pictured), vice president of IBM security, product management and development at IBM Corp. “The problem statements become very clear for security. Security leaders have too many security tools, too much data, and they don’t have enough people.”

Youngblood spoke with Dave Vellante, host of theCUBE, SiliconANGLE Media’s mobile livestreaming studio, during the IBM Think Digital Event Experience. They discussed the importance of bringing analytics to data and the advantages of IBM’s security solution as a model for open source. (* Disclosure below.)

Data stays where it is

IBM has addressed Youngblood’s concerns about the security world through Cloud Pak for Security, a platform to connect any security tool, cloud, or on-premises network without having to transport data from its original source. This becomes especially important as applications and data are increasingly spread across multiple clouds and private networks. The solution helps solve the tool fatigue issue by bringing together critical security insights from across the multicloud environment.

“What we see from other security platforms in the industry is they basically approach the problem saying: ‘Bring all of your data to our cloud. We’ll run the analytics on it and then provide you with the insights,’” Youngblood said. “What’s different with Cloud Pak for Security is we take the analytics to the data.”

Cloud Pak for Security was built on an open-source model, and IBM collaborated with a number of service providers, including Carbon Black Inc., Elastic Inc. and Splunk Inc. along with cloud giants Microsoft Azure and Amazon Web Services Inc., before introducing its solution in November.

“Security is a team sport, and that’s where open technologies are so important,” Youngblood said. “This is not a ‘rip-and-replace’ technology; clients can’t afford to do that. They want to work within their existing security tools, but they need a common platform to bring it all together.”

Watch the complete video interview below, and be sure to check out more of SiliconANGLE’s and theCUBE’s coverage of the IBM Think Digital Event Experience. (* Disclosure: TheCUBE is a paid media partner for the IBM Think Digital Event Experience. Neither IBM Corp., the sponsor for theCUBE’s event coverage, nor other sponsors have editorial control over content on theCUBE or SiliconANGLE.)

Photo: SiliconANGLE

A message from John Furrier, co-founder of SiliconANGLE:

Your vote of support is important to us and it helps us keep the content FREE.

One click below supports our mission to provide free, deep, and relevant content.  

Join our community on YouTube

Join the community that includes more than 15,000 #CubeAlumni experts, including Amazon.com CEO Andy Jassy, Dell Technologies founder and CEO Michael Dell, Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger, and many more luminaries and experts.

“TheCUBE is an important partner to the industry. You guys really are a part of our events and we really appreciate you coming and I know people appreciate the content you create as well” – Andy Jassy

THANK YOU