With cyber threats gaining ground, business leaders across the board are increasing their investments in cyber resilience. Interestingly, some of the ground-breaking technologies that are powering consumer-facing applications can also help in securing organisations. This week, we caught up with Zeotap’s Guru Patnaik, Director of Information Security who also earned the CCISO (Certified Chief Information Security Officer) certification. In this interview, Patnaik gives a lowdown on the cybersecurity domain and emerging roles in this field. He also stresses how AI and automation can help secure data and why the C-suite should build a cyber-resilience strategy.
AIM: In this digital age, how has the role of security management evolved or become prominent?
Guru Patnaik: In my experience, of over a decade, the approach of “Security Management” has drastically evolved from: run antivirus software, don’t write your password on sticky notes, don’t click on suspicious links, to: personalised security controls, stringent threat analysis/management and regulatory enforcement. Security has definitely moved beyond IT. It’s become an enterprise-wide issue that…
