Intelligent CIO Africa Issue 42 | Page 17

LATEST INTELLIGENCE TOP SECURITY CONCERNS STEMMING FROM DIGITAL INNOVATION EVOLVING NETWORKS AND THREAT ECOSYSTEMS INCREASE SECURITY COMPLEXITY Executive Summary Digital innovation (DI) initiatives are designed to improve a company’s efficiency and customer experience. However, this is often accomplished by deploying new systems and solutions, including Internetof-Things (IoT) devices, mobile devices, cloud computing, and new branch locations. These create additional security and operational complexities that open up an organization to new cyber risks. As digital attack surfaces expand and the cyberthreat landscape evolves, security teams commonly attempt to address new risks through deployment of point security products. However, the additional complexity associated with monitoring and managing these point solutions, exacerbated by new data protection regulations, leaves security teams unprepared to protect the organization against cyber threats. PRESENTED BY Introduction DI initiatives provide organizations with a number of benefits but also have their costs in terms of infrastructure and security. New devices deployed as part of DI initiatives increase the complexity of network environments. This increased complexity creates new security challenges. • Download whitepapers free from www.intelligentcio.com/me/whitepapers/ www.intelligentcio.com INTELLIGENTCIO 17