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Why Scale Matters in Today's Cybersecurity

Landscape Futureproofing for Better Outcomes

By Glen Williams, CEO, Cyberfort

In today's rapidly evolving and complex threat environment, the cybersecurity industry is reaching a point
where scale, comprehensive capabilities, and agility have become essential for protecting businesses.
Cyberfort’s recent acquisition of ZDL Group demonstrates more than just business expansion - it points
to a fundamental shift in how cybersecurity services must be delivered to meet today’s demands and
challenges.

The need for consolidating security services

The cybersecurity sector has always been known to operate fragmentedly; primarily due to the nature in
which the industry has evolved. For example, as new digital technologies and platforms developed, more
specialised security challenges emerged that required highly focused expertise. This led to a surge of
niche providers with very specific deep technical knowledge including network security, endpoint
protection, identity management, cloud security and so on.

While a specialised approach of course has its merits, it also creates significant challenges for businesses
trying to maintain comprehensive security postures that cover all the security bases required through
multiple vendor relationships. The result of this subsequent fragmentation does cause some problems in

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