Intelligent CIO Europe Issue13 | Page 20

LATEST INTELLIGENCE PRESENTED BY The world of work is changing It used to be that work was a place. Not anymore. Today, it’s an increasingly dynamic activity that people expect to be as adaptable as they are. People are trading in the cubicles and desktops for virtual meetings and mobile devices. Download whitepaper here To power this new way of working and support strategic business objectives, organisations have embraced user-friendly SaaS and cloud-based services. But managing a proliferation of apps and data scattered across clouds and data centres is unwieldy, increases your security risks and puts a strain on productivity. Traditional security perimeters built around the corporate data centre worked as long as apps, data and employees were all behind the corporate firewall. But as work extends beyond the firewall to include 20 INTELLIGENTCIO virtual, web and SaaS apps, the old way of layering fragmented point solutions is no longer enough to keep you ahead of ever-evolving threats. A new security framework is needed to secure your apps and data across the clouds, devices and networks where business is happening and people are collaborating. Simplifying security in a cloud-first world A confident security strategy can help you see opportunity – not vulnerability – in a rapidly expanding array of devices, apps, services and cloud infrastructure. A holistic approach gives you the flexibility and control to balance security risk with the need to advance innovation, growth and new ways of working. A secure digital workspace is a contextual, integrated way to deliver and manage the apps, desktops, data www.intelligentcio.com