DECEMBER 20168IN MY OPINIONIN A DANGEROUS DIGITAL AGEBy Nilesh Jain, Country Manager, Trend MicroHeadquartered in Tokyo, Trend Micro is a global security solutions company that develops cloud and virtualization security software for servers, cloud computing environments, consumers, and small, medium & enterprise businesses across the world.At the onset of cyber-attack cases mount-ing in government agencies, corpora-tions and individuals, cyber-security is indispensable to a healthy cyber-space. With more and more businesses resort-ing to cloud and mobile applications to gain competitive-edge in the market, the security risk es-calates for all entities, no matter what size they may be of. Cyber amenities like cloud storage, IoT and mobile applications although induce ease of operations, many smaller organizations that invest in security measures fre-quently look for most cost-efficient options, rather than security-efficient options. Another significant aspect that needs to be factored in terms of cyber-attacks is that such attacks are not only frequent but also creative and innovative in nature. Hav-ing said that, many large corporations although boast of security being entrenched deep in their DNA, they often fail to keep up pace with hackers who are always attack-ing innovatively, debunking their security vaults.With this as the background, cyber-security certainly tops the priority list for businesses in the digital space, posing as a hot button topic for experts to open dialogues, to aid the digital transformation economy. Furthermore, in order to realize maximum potential in their domain, or-ganizations seek for security approaches that enable them to focus on their business and this phenomenon is chang-ing the face of the cyber-security industry.Evolution of Cyber-Threats The heavens of Information-technology-evolution come with a flip side to it; cyber-attacks being one of them. For instance, a bank employee simply ordering lunch has the potential to put the entire bank into jeopardy; and how?
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