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data-centric , not end-device centric . “ There are lots and lots of interesting programmes that are starting to emerge as a consequence of this , including advanced threat detection , how to build a security posture and so on . It ’ s about smaller companies , alliances and ecosystems , and about changing the mindset to accept that everything ’ s going to happen through a connected cloud environment . And guess what , with IoT coming in , it gets even crazier !
“ For instance , one of the things cybersecurity is always around is IT information – whether it ’ s ERP or emails , all that stuff – and lo and behold , IoT is one of the biggest trends that ’ s happening across these things , so what we do is push the cybersecurity team to ask them when they could get IoT ready , to protect IoT devices and the endto-end programme . It took us two or three months , but they ’ ve done it . This is now a prototype that they can replicate into other places .
“ I try to push people towards doing these kinds of things . This is just one example , but it applies across a number of areas .”
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Clearly , acquiring such knowledge and expertise comes as a natural by-product of working in the technology sector , but it ’ s one thing to acquire information – it ’ s another thing entirely to utilise your discoveries by putting them into practice on a day-to-day basis .
Kunwar continues : “ We ’ re doing something
Atul Kunwar
Tech Mahindra ’ s CTO