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ON, HEAD
WE ‘GO PHISHING’ WITH PAUL ANDERS
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OF UK AND IRELAND, FORTINET, WHO TELLS
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ABOUT LIFE INSIDE AND OUTSIDE THE OFFIC
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What would you describe as your
most memorable achievement?
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never ceases to amaze me. Our job
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as parents is to encourage our kids
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that same principle with my team
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ing
work, support
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What first made you think of a
career in technology?
first
At heart, I’m an engineer. When I
were
started working in engineering, we
and
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puti
com
ly
just beginning to app
I always tell my
managers that
you need to get in
the boat with your
team, meaning that
you need to stand
side by side with
them, be inclusive
and collaborative
with them.
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What style of management
philosophy do you employ with
your current position?
is to
For me, the most important thing
and
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help them grow
and be the best
they can.
I always tell my
managers that
you need to
get in the boat
with your team,
meaning that
you need to
stand side by
side with them, be inclusive
and collaborative with them.
years
The other thing I’ve learnt over the
and
kly
quic
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ision
is to make tough dec
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follow my gut
What do you think will emerge
as the next technology trend
and why?
more
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the
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computing will
or
tre
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data
the
in
of
ad
Edge inste
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the cloud. Therefore, organisation
are going to start focusing more on
the
that Edge and will focus more on
re
secu
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help
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that
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technolo
and manage Edge devices.
What do you
currently
identify as the major areas of
investment in your industry?
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address it now has the potential to
disrupt the emerging global digital
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economy. Governments, organisa
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