Multifactor Authentication Is Essential Not Just For Cloud But For All Environments

In an exclusive conversation with Dataquest, Anjali Arora, SVP and Chief Product Officer, Rocket Software, talks about data privacy and the challenges faced by the company while protecting data on the cloud. Excerpts:

- Malavika Sacchdeva

The cloud market has grown quite big in the country and several established players in the market. How has your company been able to carve a niche for itself? What are the strategic decisions that differentiate you from others?

In 2018 “the cloud” is so ubiquitous that the term itself is rapidly losing meaning. Think of it like “cyberspace” or the “information superhighway” – at one time these phrases were important, but as the online world grew, these concepts went from being exotic to being the norm. Cloud is the same way. Five years ago, it was still somewhat unique, but now just about everything we do lives in the cloud. At this point, companies that aren’t in the cloud are behind the times.

What Rocket has done is help people use platforms such as mainframes and technologies like data virtualization on the cloud. A lot of people forget that most major banks, governments, logistics companies and other large organisations rely on pre-cloud technology. Our niche is helping them use these systems through modern interfaces and modes – including the cloud.