INDUSTRY WATCH
THERE ARE MANY
INTEGRATION POINTS
BETWEEN ENDPOINTS
AND OTHER SECURITY
ELEMENTS OF THE
INFRASTRUCTURE.
Nicolai Solling, Chief Technology Officer
at Help AG
T
he rise of network security related
incidents has in recent years
brought the subject into the
forefront of IT discussions. Simply put,
government entities which can operate
flexibly in a secure way are now better
primed to succeed than those which
choose to operate without robust security.
Many of the security issues seen in
government entities around the region is
not due to sophisticated hackers targeting
the specific organisation, but simply down
to security solutions not being tuned to
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deal with de-risking and removing threats
from the actual environment.
These days, cybersecurity robustness
does not necessarily come from
advanced and sophisticated solutions
but rather from taking a renewed look
at which risks you have and how you
can address them. What organisations
and governments will find is that simple
and cost-effective measures can go a
long way. While we shouldn’t discredit
advanced solutions – they are also
required – it is frustrating when to see
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