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Better and Faster Sandboxes

Traditional sandboxes may be considered obsolete to be applied to combat evolving threat landscape,
however, with newer technologies and implementation, sandboxes are still highly effective to provide a
safe and isolated environment to test and analyze untrusted programs and code, preventing potential
threats from impacting the primary network or system. This enables security teams to conduct dynamic
analysis and identify critical indicators of compromise (IoCs), such as network IPs, URLs, and domains.
The increased use of sandboxes enables a shift towards more proactive cybersecurity strategies.

Proactive Threat Detection

Proactive threat detection is a key component of perimeter defense strategies. Rather than responding
to threats after they emerge, proactive threat detection aims to predict and prevent attacks before they
occur. By leveraging predictive analytics, AI, and ML to analyze patterns and anomalies that could
indicate impending attacks, organizations can respond proactively to reduce the likelihood of and fallout
from security breaches.

Prepare for New Challenges

In the years ahead, cybersecurity must move beyond defense and adopt an evolving strategy to stay
ahead of new threats and challenges. Comprehensive employee training, automated threat detection and
mitigation, and consistent policies for IT and OT security can help organizations build a cybersecurity
system that is responsive to changing technologies and regulations. The cyber landscape is
unpredictable, but as society becomes increasingly digitalized, organizations must invest in
cybersecurity, starting with perimeter defense, in order to achieve and sustain success.

About the Author

Yiyi Miao, Chief Product Officer, OPSWAT. Yiyi Miao is the Chief Product
Officer at OPSWAT, a global leader in critical infrastructure cybersecurity
solutions. He joined OPSWAT in 2009 as a Software Engineer in the
company's Research and Development Engineering Team. Yiyi started
managing the Product Engineering and Product Management teams in 2017
and is responsible for the overall product design, engineering, and delivery
processes. Yiyi earned a Bachelor's degree in Biomedical Engineering from
Shanghai University in China and a Master's degree in Computer Science
from San Francisco State University.

Yiyi can be reached online on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/yiyi-m-4362096/ and at our company
website https://www.opswat.com/

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