INTELLIGENT CABLING
Importance of IT infrastructure in
supporting digital transformation
As we move into software enabled ecosystems supporting fast moving digital
transformation, the need for robust operational planning could not be more important, says
Sachin Bhardwaj at eHosting DataFort.
I
T infrastructure is no longer in the sole
dominion of on premise installations
and are gradually moving to the cloud.
With rapidly changing market needs,
there is a pressing requirement among
businesses to be agile. This revolution has
given rise to a never before threat that is
all set to engulf most companies.
Digital security is no longer a passing
thought. It is one of the most important
challenges facing enterprises today. In
fact, Gartner has predicted after due
analysis that by 2020, 60% of ventures will
experience major service failures because
of the inability of the IT department
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to secure the scope of its digital
infrastructure and understand the risks
that are looming on the horizon.
Digital security is proving to be a tough
nut for most IT departments to crack. And
there are a few key reasons for this:
Digital threats are variable.
Every day, new advancements are being
made in subversive malwares and request
denial techniques. The attacks and their
orchestrators are evolving faster than the
security technologies that can combat them.
Digital security must keep threats
at bay but should be flexible enough to
support rapid scaling and growth.
Thus, protection strategies and
their execution should accommodate
the fast pace of digital businesses. This
must respond to economic and demand
fluctuations faster than their traditional
counterparts are required to. However, the
balance is a tough one to maintain.
Digital security paradigms must take
into consideration technological diversity.
Bring Your Own Device is already
immensely popular. Workers access
data from their mobile devices, from
the secure office portals and thanks to
SaaS applications, even from their home.
This complicates threat management.
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