SPONSOR: Blumira's Patrick Garrity

Blumira-  Per crunchbase:"Blumira's end-to-end platform offers both automated threat detection and response, enabling organizations of any size to more efficiently defend against cybersecurity threats in near real-time. It eases the burden of alert fatigue, complexity of log management and lack of IT visibility. Blumira's cloud SIEM can be deployed in hours with broad integration coverage across cloud, endpoint protection, firewall and identity providers including Office 365, G Suite, Crowdstrike, Okta, Palo Alto, Cisco FTD and many others." Contact [email protected]   Patrick Garrity, VP of Operations. Patrick has years of experience in the security industry building and scaling usable security products. He currently leads Blumira's product, sales and marketing teams. Prior to joining Blumira, he led sales engineering, product marketing and international expansion for Duo Security. Twitter = @Thisisnottap   https://www.ibm.com/cloud/blog/top-5-advantages-of-software-as-a-service https://www.outsource2india.com/software/articles/software-as-a-service.asp   5 Advantages of SaaS Reduced time to benefit. Software as a service (SaaS) differs from the traditional model because the software (application) is already installed and configured. ... Lower costs. ... Scalability and integration. ... New releases (upgrades) ... Easy to use and perform proof-of-concepts. 5 Disadvantages of SaaS Insufficient Data Security. SaaS-based application model. Difficulty with Regulations Compliance.  Cumbersome Data Mobility.  Low Performance.  Troublesome Software Integration.   Limit Attack Surface https://www.wallix.com/blog/top-10-ways-to-limit-attack-surface https://www.okta.com/identity-101/what-is-an-attack-surface/ https://securityscorecard.com/blog/what-is-cyber-attack-surface-management