Security Is Only as Strong as its Weakest Link

MONEY AND MARKETS | February 23, 2017

In the current interconnected world of Big Data and the Internet of Things, there are a lot of weak links.

At the RSA Conference this month in San Francisco, Splunk (SPLK), a maker of analytics software, announced five new members to its Adaptive Response Initiative (ARI). The company is pushing all leading cybersecurity vendors to build out solutions around its Enterprise Security framework. And for good reason. Network predation has become the single biggest threat to businesses today.