Investing in a well thought out cybersecurity strategy

 Still, spotting sophisticated cyber attacks is about more than just having the right tools, Mahoney said. And in many cases, companies already have plenty of cybersecurity solutions--they’re just not being used correctly, he said.

 “I think that people are investing in tools. I think that they’re not investing in a well thought out cybersecurity strategy--which actually needs to be used and implemented, in order to put those tools in place to do what they need to do,” he said. “People are making investments. They’re spending money. But I can go buy all the wrenches in the world, to fit every possible task--and if I don’t use those wrenches properly, it’s never going to matter. And I think that’s the situation that we’re in.”

At solution provider powerhouse Anexinet, software engineering vs computer science said he spends a lot of his time helping customers to craft a cybersecurity program that has “as few gaps as possible.”

“We help build defense in depth strategies, and we help build preventative strategies as well as proactive strategies,” he said. “We spend a great deal of our time trying to educate customers about what [cybersecurity] really means: Don’t just buy tools.”