CIO OPINION
In 2021 , we will approach another phase of viral misinformation in the form of deep fake technology .
“ Worryingly , the development of deep fake technology is approximately five years ahead of our ability to guard against it . Threatening to erode trust even further , 2021 will see the cybersecurity community working on a range of solutions and technologies to prevent and solve the problem of misinformation , fake domains and deep fakes .”
Denodo , Alberto Pan , Chief Technical Officer
“ The COVID pandemic has made evident the need to accelerate the delivery of useful and trusted data to business decision-makers . That ’ s why many companies are turning to more agile data integration technologies like data virtualisation which can shorten these times drastically .
“ In 2021 , we will see how this trend is consolidated as a comprehensive data strategy . Many companies will implement the concept of data fabric – an architectural pattern which ensures agility and the delivery of trusted , real-time data to a business . In addition , AI technology will be further incorporated in data fabric architectures to automate steps such as data discovery , performance optimisation and workload management . This will further increase automation and agility by leveraging the maturity reached by AI technology in the last years .”
Citrix , Fermin Serna , CISO
“ Companies are rapidly moving to simplify and shift things to the cloud and CISOs are adapting to secure the new environment . But five years from now , there will be something else . CISOs will become more agile in adapting to changes as technology evolves in 2021 and align closely with business leaders to provide a secure environment that fuels innovation and growth .
“ There are lessons to be learned today that can help shape a better tomorrow . Just like work , cyberattacks can happen anywhere , anytime . In order to successfully protect the systems and information people need to get things done , wherever they happen to be , security organisations need to become more intelligent and flexible . In doing so , they can create the secure environments needed to keep employees engaged and productive and fuel innovation and business growth .” infrastructure becoming increasingly immutable , I predict we ’ ll see the impact of this specifically as it relates to the rise of cloud-native technologies and infrastructure as code . Both of these trends offer major business benefits in terms of automation , cost , scale and security .
“ As companies continue to outsource their infrastructure to third-parties and pivot their focus to consuming services , they will need to focus less on the security of the operating system and runtime environment and more on the application layer . Furthermore , as infrastructure turns into code , the better ‘ choke point ’ to scan for infrastructure vulnerabilities becomes the code rather than servers in production .”
Secure Code Warrior – Matias Madou , Co-founder and CTO
“ I believe that in 2021 and beyond , CIOs must focus on training people , rather than an over-reliance on security tools . Scanning tools and the like have their place in a DevSecOps process , for example , but security at speed is made possible by producing secure code in the first place . It ’ s kind of a ‘ humans vs . robots ’ approach – the human element is often left out , when in fact automation is not getting the job done . Headlines uncovering new data breaches every other day are evidence of that .
“ We must get to a point where developers – those who touch code most – are given the knowledge and tools to play a greater role in software security . Ideally , those tools are best placed in their workflow , getting closer to their day-to-day activities until security is second-nature .”
Zuora – John Phillips , General Manager , EMEA
“ Last year , the global pandemic accelerated a trend that was already well underway for businesses ; a shift
Veracode , Paul Farrington , EMEA CTO
“ If 2020 has taught us anything , it is that a business is only as agile as its infrastructure , proving how much we depend on cloud-native technologies . With
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