TRENDING
business strategy. Adopting a secure-bydesign
approach means that the security
strategy is aligned to what the business
wants to achieve, as well as the business’
risk-tolerance, while an intelligence-driven
cybersecurity posture enables businesses
to be agile in the face of a changing threat
landscape and technology ecosystem.
In practice, rather than bolting on security, it
should be built in at the beginning, whether
that’s infrastructure (network, data centre,
clouds), in the workplace (employees,
buildings, customer experiences) or business
transformation and innovation initiatives
(such as the Internet of Things (IoT) or
Operational Technology (OT), Blockchain,
DevSecOps). As organisations continue their
Digital Transformation, inherently secure
solutions provide businesses with the services
or capabilities required to cover the latest
cyberthreat protection which is of significant
value to them.
The increasing scale of connectivity and
borderless Information Technology means
“
ORGANISATIONS
MUST EMBRACE
INNOVATION TO
COPE WITH THE
EVOLUTION OF
THE ATTACKERS
AND UNEXPECTED
RISKS TO THEIR
BUSINESS.
organisations have no choice but to evolve to
address a non-standard, disorganised world.
The proliferation of devices, applications
and interconnection of these worlds requires
automation and faster analysis to ensure
quick and appropriate action. As such, these
procedures, controls or policies need to be
built into technology solutions from the start
to enable an agile digital business.
Digital Transformation, cloud computing,
mobile devices, robotics, Machine Learning
(ML) and Deep Learning are outpacing the
security protections many companies have
in place and making for a worsening threat
environment. And this is why being able
to quickly identify, protect and respond to
potential threats will reduce the time it takes to
thwart, restrict and manage attacks and their
effects. In order to achieve cyber-resilience,
organisations must embrace innovation to
cope with the evolution of the attackers and
unexpected risks to their business. •
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