7 obsolete security practices that should be terminated immediately

Bad habits can be hard to break. Yet when it comes to security, an outdated practice is not only useless, but potentially dangerous. Breaking bad habits and building better ones is a journey that requires patience, self-awareness, and determination. This is true whether the habit is a personal one or an outdated security practice that has long outlived its need or reliability. Is your enterprise relying on a security approach or technology that’s long past its expiration date? Here’s a rundown of several obsolete security practices that should be sent into history. 1. Expecting perimeter-only security to be enough The majority of today’s work environments are cloud-based, often remote, and highly distributed, observesAmit Basu, CIO and CISO at International Seaways, a major tanker operator, providing energy transportation services for crude oil and petroleum products. “The old practice of securing a fixed boundary simply doesn’t apply.” In a cloud-first, hybrid-work environment, where ...