{"id":29918,"date":"2024-10-01T07:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-10-01T11:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.climbcs.com\/ca\/?p=29918"},"modified":"2024-09-23T14:52:38","modified_gmt":"2024-09-23T18:52:38","slug":"svom-dnsfilter-creating-an-over-the-counter-cyber-defense-program","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.climbcs.com\/ca\/news\/svom-dnsfilter-creating-an-over-the-counter-cyber-defense-program\/","title":{"rendered":"SVOM DNSFilter: Creating an Over-the-Counter Cyber Defense Program"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Most ordinary people who need cyber solutions are not being served. It is like a pharmacy only delivering \u201cprescription medicines\u201d when most of the world needs \u201cover-the-counter medicine.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

By focusing on themselves, cybersecurity professionals are creating a talent shortage. It\u2019s not efficient or practical to have cybersecurity tools so highly sophisticated that it requires years of experience to operate them. This puts small businesses in particular at a huge disadvantage, and opens them up to higher security risks. It also creates a higher barrier to entry for cybersecurity jobs, hence the unintentionally manufactured skills shortage. This talent shortage is only real because cybersecurity vendors are creating it as they continue to deliver solutions that require experts (doctors and pharmacists of cybersecurity). <\/p>\n\n\n\n

This post will walk through what it takes to reach most of the world with a defensive cyber solution that is safe and simple to operate\u2014an over-the-counter cyber solution.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A Remedy for Balanced Cybersecurity<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The current reality for the cybersecurity industry is that they require expert operations and administration for a simple headache when a straightforward over-the-counter solution could suffice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The concept of over-the-counter is simple: It is available without an expert. You can essentially use it as directed and it will deliver a safe and effective solution.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There is also a case to be made that well-designed, simple-to-operate cybersecurity solutions that target the non-expert are also well-positioned for Managed Service Providers (MSP) and Value-Added Resellers (VARS) in the same way that Drug Stores sell both prescription and over-the-counter solutions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What Over-the-Counter Cyber Defense Looks Like<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

What we\u2019re seeing in cybersecurity right now is to get simple pain relief (or in this case, threat protection), we need to jump through a large set of hoops and wind up with something that covers our basic, fundamental needs. It is often far more powerful than we need it to be, at a higher price tag, and will require more upkeep. You\u2019re going to need to keep filling that prescription, as you\u2019re bound to get more headaches. And to fill that prescription, you\u2019ll need a doctor and pharmacist (your cybersecurity experts) on-staff.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Think of a cybersecurity solution that covers precisely what you need that you\u2019re able to trial, demo, and pay for all on your own. It\u2019s easy to get access, deploy, and manage (minus the experts)\u2014that\u2019s over-the-counter cyber defense. If you\u2019re stuck on if a solution is \u201cover-the-counter\u201d or \u201cprescription,\u201d here are a few questions you can ask yourself:<\/p>\n\n\n\n