Data is the key tool for competing and leading in the future of business. But it is also an Achilles heel for organizations. According to Kaspersky data, Latin America received no less than 2274 attack attempts per minute in 2023.
These numbers give the impression that any company can be hacked at any time. Is it possible to achieve, based on cybersecurity strategies and observability, a sort of “digital immunity”?
Experts are already talking about digital immune systems (DIS) as one of the main digital trends. It is a combination of practices and technologies that together seek to mitigate as many business risks as possible. Let’s analyze each concept in detail.

Cybersecurity: A cross-cutting component
Cybersecurity should be a cross-cutting component in all areas of any organization related to technology services.
Always, with the awareness that there is no such thing as a one hundred percent safe scenario. Attack platforms are becoming larger and larger, which is why risk mitigation is becoming more and more important. These must be assumed from the confidentiality, integrity and availability of data and information.
Observability: More than just detecting malware
It is not just a matter of detecting malware or preventing external attacks, but also of protecting applications and services from any type of anomaly. This includes a code error in a software program, for example. Likewise, the malfunction of a server or the service failure of a particular cloud provider.
The goal: to ensure business continuity and operational resilience from any point of view.
At the core of DIS are six highly interrelated key concepts:
- Observability
Observability is the evolution of monitoring. It continuously and intelligently analyzes the IT environment and makes it possible to anticipate problems to ensure that no malfunction disrupts the user experience.
- Self-remediation
Linked to the above, self-healing is the development of context-sensitive monitoring capabilities and automated remediation functions. This means that when faced with a problem in an application, the system finds a way to fix it. In addition, it learns as it accumulates cases. Thus, the more “experience” it has over time, the faster and more accurately it responds.
- Testing
Powered by artificial intelligence (AI), testing complements test automation and enables quality software even when there has been no human intervention.
- Chaos engineering
Chaos engineering consists of a set of experimental tests to discover vulnerabilities in the framework of a complex system. Generally speaking, it is first experimented in pre-production environments. Then when enough lessons learned have been accumulated, it is transferred to actual operation.
- Site reliability engineering
Site reliability engineering (SRE) is a set of principles and practices. These focus on the governance of service management to deliver the best possible user experience at all times. It automatically performs risk analysis and considers issues such as whether greater speed or better stability is better in the face of timely demand.
- Software supply chain security
Software supply chain security focuses on potential attacks. To do so, it uses control policies, version analysis, common data and device repositories or risk management.
Benefits and conclusions
The benefits of a digital immune system supported by cybersecurity and observability are numerous. They range from the possibility of operating without interruptions to a significant reduction in costs related to maintenance, troubleshooting or recovery from failures.
On the other hand, it is essential to protect the reputation of the business and to guarantee users that their data will remain private and protected from end to end.
Despite all this, the main advantage is greater loyalty and engagement on the part of users and customers. Consulting firm, Gartner, expects that by 2025, organizations that invest in building digital immunity will increase customer satisfaction as a result of reducing downtime by 80%.
More secure data, business running at full capacity and happier customers. Betting on digital immunity certainly pays off.
Interested in moving forward with a digital immunity strategy supported by cybersecurity and observability? Our experts at Nubiral are waiting for your call: Schedule your meeting!
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