CTEM: The Struggle is Real

Challenges of Implementing CTEM

📌 Getting Non-security and Security Teams Aligned: IT infrastructure, DevOps, and security teams often have communication gaps, which can pose a challenge when implementing CTEM

📌 Seeing the Bigger Picture: A comprehensive CTEM program covers many areas, each with its own set of tools and unresolved problems. Aggregating all information to understand priorities and responsibilities can be challenging

📌 Overcoming Diagnostic Overload: Each area covered in CTEM has its own tools, which yield alerts. Managing the information stemming from these alerts can be challenging

📌 Adopting a Risk-centric Approach: Traditional cybersecurity measures often focus on achieving compliance. However, CTEM emphasizes understanding and managing risks specific to an organization’s unique context, which requires a nuanced understanding of the business landscape

📌 Integration of Continuous Monitoring Tools and Technologies: As organizations embrace innovations such as the Internet of Things (IoT) and cloud computing, they must adapt their CTEM frameworks to address the unique challenges posed by these technologies

📌 Operationalizing a CTEM Strategy: Implementing a CTEM strategy requires significant investments in time, budget, personnel, and technology