How To Secure Your Automation

The highly digitally transformed and automated companies are also constantly evolving with the changing threat, indicating the importance of security

- Bala Mahadevan

Businesses around the globe are being transformed by next-generation digital technologies. Today, companies are majorly adopting automation, IoT, 5G, dynamic virtualization and artificial intelligence, as well as moving their data into cloud environments. The arrival of these technologies is stimulating organizations, big or small, to reimagine traditional business models, innovate and leverage data for business growth.

While digital transformation and the adoption of these new-age technologies is presenting a slew of opportunities for businesses, it is exposing them with its own set of challenges. One of the most predominant issues that companies are facing is the ability to deal with evolving security needs with digital expansion.

Evolving Cybersecurity

Earlier, cybersecurity was more on the lines of protecting people and organizations from traditional threats such as malware, social engineering attacks, website defacing and hacktivism. In the last few years, the globe has witnessed sophisticated and intense cyber-attacks tailored towards financial crime, industrial espionage and crippling, and have even targeted governments and critical infrastructure.