Intelligent CIO Europe Issue 17 | Page 84

///////////////////////////////////// FINAL WORD Redefining security for the real-time enterprise in 2019 The number of cyberattack cases hitting the headlines is relentless and it is therefore crucial for an enterprise’s technology procedures to be up to scratch in order for CIOs to make relevant business decisions. Ali Neil, Director of International Security Solutions at Verizon, discusses the current cyberthreat environment and the re-think strategies CIOs need to undertake to build a successful security blueprint for 2019. L ast year was a year of digital acceleration, as new technologies such as 5G, Artificial Intelligence (AI) and next-gen cloud moved into the realm of reality and started to radically transform how business operations work. In particular, these technologies enable real-time insights that are changing business behaviours. Organisations are wanting to build a ‘Real-Time Enterprise’ where they can make business decisions based on what is happening right now, rather than what happened last week, or last month – and this is particularly the case when it comes to security strategies. So, what does this mean for how businesses will work with their security providers? Become a forward thinker with cyber intelligence The first point to consider in the Real-Time Enterprise environment is that businesses no longer have to be the unknowing victims of cybercrime; there are now several tools at their disposal 84 INTELLIGENTCIO www.intelligentcio.com