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Faster decision making in cybersecurity—whether in day-to-day operations or when under cyberattack—can mean the difference between a massive ransomware payout and, well, nothing.

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“Faster is indeed better,” said Nicole Malachowski, retired Colonel in the U.S. Air Force. “It’s what I call the Mach 2 mindset.”

That’s like protecting your company’s IT infrastructure from cyberthreats as fast as a plane flying from New York to Los Angeles in just an hour and a half—about twice the speed of sound at more than 1,500 miles per hour.

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Retired Col. Malachowski shared her perspective in a keynote address during <a href="https://event.vmware.com/flow/vmware/securityconnect/connect-landing-page/page/welcome?src=so_60918d78365a8&cid=7012H000001KYFc&src=so_602d54e7e837c&cid=7012H000001KW9I" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">VMware Security Connect 2021</a>. Speaking to security professionals, she described why speed is critical to success, whether flying missions or defending networks. Among other advantages, speed yields more options, she explained.

And after a pandemic year in which chaos and unexpected change had InfoSec teams on alert, Malachowski suggested that a Mach 2 mindset could be just what security practitioners needed to counter emerging threats.

“There's no doubt, within the cybersecurity field, things have changed this year. The whole world has gone online and become more dependent on you,” Malachowski told attendees. “And with that shift to online, your adversaries have also increased their threats … Speed gives you options. The faster you are in your processes, procedures and practices, the more you can outthink, outrun and outmaneuver the enemy.”

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Not every year is as life changing as the last. And not every day brings with it a crippling cyberattack. Still, regardless of the current threat environment, Malachowski said, “Speed is life.”

Capitalizing on speed to enable faster decision making in cybersecurity requires different competencies depending on the environment. Malachowski divided the environments in which professionals were likely to find themselves into three categories:

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In all three environments, it’s important to understand the capabilities at one’s disposal—all the technology resources and solutions—that can be brought to bear instantaneously to defend the enterprise infrastructure.

“The faster you go, the more you can impact exactly how your technology is used,” said Malachowski. “And when you have speed, you force the adversary—or even your competition—to use their limited time, talent and treasure first. Speed is indeed life.”

The Chaotic Environment: Clear Division of Duties

There are three things that allow teams to make decisions at top speed: a clear division of duties, shared accountability and concise communications.

Everyone needs to know their roles and that their partners are executing theirs exactly. “By making sure we have that clear division of duties, we’re able to speed up our execution safely and precisely,” said Malachowski.

Cybersecurity teams also need to understand how they’re interconnected and co-dependent. “Yes, it was me, the pilot, who would push the button to deliver that weapon. But it was all of us taking accountability for where that weapon landed, and how impactful and effective it was,” said Malachowski. When there’s no question about accountability—because it’s shared by design, practice or process—teams make decisions faster under chaotic conditions.

And when chaos reigns, cooler heads must prevail to maximize speed. Clear communication instills calm and confidence, said Malachowski. When she would train new pilots, she would insist they learn to sound cool on the radio, regardless of what chaos might be going on around them. “Is what I'm about to say or do going to instill calm and confidence or is it going to add to the chaos?” she’s suggested they ask themselves.

The Controlled Environment: Discipline, Focus, Teamwork

Remember pre-pandemic days, when things were less chaotic? Looking forward to getting back to “as normal as” cybersecurity looks today?

Controlled environments are where discipline begets faster decision making—the discipline to fall back on foundational skills, professional standards, best practices and procedures, industry-accepted certifications and more. When the environment is more controlled, muscle memory is the key to speed, said Malachowski, enabled by practice and repetition.

Controlled environments also present an opportunity for team members to build trust by becoming experts in their respective subject matter and to plan for contingencies. Malachowski described asking young lieutenants in her command when they thought they’d make the decision to eject from a fighter jet. She’d get various answers (running out of fuel, striking a flock of birds, etc.), but would emphasize, “You make the decision to eject before you ever take off.”

In cybersecurity, planning for contingencies in advance, when things are under control, allows teams to react quickly when chaos—or the unexpected—arises.

The Unexpected Environment: Slowing Down to Speed Up

Finally, there’s chaos—when the cyberthreats that an organization prepares for come to pass. And then there’s the unexpected, which they didn’t necessarily see coming but knew their preparation would help address.

When the unexpected happens, it’s still important to be fast. But teams may need to slow down briefly before they can attack their adversaries with speed.

In the Air Force, Malachowski said this meant achieving “corner velocity”—an instantaneous shift in performance that allows a jet to make the quickest turn in the shortest amount of time. And like contingency planning, corner velocity is determined before it’s needed. Depending on various factors, a fighter pilot knows her mission’s corner velocity before the plane takes off.

“What does corner velocity look like for you and your team?” Malachowski asked attendees. “What resources, skills and people are necessary to instantaneously shift to corner velocity so you can set a new course and re-accelerate in an efficient manner?”

Under any circumstance, when it comes to faster decision making and bringing speed to bear on adversaries, “Don’t let technology fly you,” <meta charset="utf-8">said Malachowski. Always think ahead of the technology at hand. Because the last thing a team wants—whether flying fighter jets or protect IT assets—is to get slow.

“You can't get behind because it's going to be a very inefficient use of your limited time, talent and treasure to get back up to the speed you need to engage your adversary,” said Malachowski. “The faster you go, the faster you go faster.”

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Economies depend on flexible, resilient manufacturing. How can technology take manufacturers further faster to a real-time connected future?

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From Steady Change to Complete Disruption

The toilet paper rush of 2020 was an eye-opening reminder to consumers that manufacturers keep the world supplied.

Although varied in their specialties, manufacturers globally must continually respond to, adapt to, and accelerate change in near-real-time to meet demand. Whether they produce textile, wood, metal, chemical, petroleum, plastics, electronic, transportation, pharmaceutical, or food products.

Nearly every manufacturer for years has been undergoing some form of digital transformation to stay flexible and competitive. Among their primary goals: driving efficiency and productivity improvements spanning design and prototype development, supply chains, and factory floors—all while keeping employees safe.

But manufacturers’ slow and steady digital adoption met a test like no other when the industry was forced to respond to the global disruption caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.

<strong>Manufacturing is a large industry sector. International Standard Industrial Classification (ISIC) codes highlight the many subsectors, including:</strong>

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A survey at the onset of the pandemic by the <a href="https://www.nam.org/how-coronavirus-is-affecting-manufacturers-7417/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">National Association of Manufacturers</a> of its member companies in February-March 2020 showcased the immediate, anticipated negative impacts of COVID-19.

IT modernization—including modern apps and cloud services—is becoming essential for real-time connected manufacturing operations. And not just modernization for modernization's sake. Leaders are looking to speed invention, sourcing, operations, supply chains, and ultimately, delivery. They want modernization that includes agile processes and innovative technologies that build in visibility and security while streamlining compliance and boosting agility. And of course, modernization that reduces time to market.

Today, manufacturers are not only doing more with less, they are counting on software, applications, and emerging technologies to lead the way in empowering employees, contractors, and suppliers as they strive to operationalize what <a href="https://www.cbinsights.com/research/future-factory-manufacturing-tech-trends/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">CB Insights</a> illustrates as the factory of the future.

These are just some of the cutting-edge technologies helping manufacturers achieve impressive results:

And more emerging tech is gaining traction every day, including augmented and virtual reality, blockchain, machine learning, analytics, and wearables.

<strong>The Acceleration of Robotics</strong>

The IFR predicts a rise in robot use in 2021 across the manufacturing sector. Here’s how:

Because connected assets, factories, products and vehicles have the highest exponential value creation potential, manufacturers are moving quickly to embrace digital foundations capable of supporting these key initiatives:

Zeroing in on cybersecurity, there is still much that is secret about manufacturing design and processes. That makes data and information security a top priority for everything from company patents to workflows. With ransomware predicted to attack a business every two seconds by 2031, according to <a href="https://cybersecurityventures.com/global-ransomware-damage-costs-predicted-to-reach-250-billion-usd-by-2031/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Cybersecurity Ventures</a>, manufacturing IT teams must work hard to stay ahead of new attack vectors.

While continuous efforts to meet ever-changing consumer and marketplace demands steadily moved manufacturers toward digital, the pandemic has catalyzed digital transformation initiatives. Today, manufacturers are teaming with partners like VMware to digitize their operations top to bottom:

As consumers, we recognize the importance of manufacturers in our world and can’t wait to see how they supply us next.

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Today at <a href="https://www.vmware.com/vmworld/en/index.html" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">VMworld 2021</a>, we’re excited to announce the honorees for the first-ever VMware Customer Excellence Awards.

In their role as independent auditor, IDC was also commissioned by VMware to act as the preliminary judge and recommendation organization to the 2021 VMware Customer Excellence Award Program.

The awards committee looked at the toughest challenges organizations faced over the past year. From suddenly remote workforces to changing customer demands and the global health crisis, these eight organizations made the impossible “possible” in these categories:

Featured by VMware CEO Raghu Raghuram in the VMworld 2021 General Session, FedEx is accelerating its digital transformation across every region globally. And, among so many other demands on their business, the company’s cloud, apps, data intelligence and IoT innovations were critical for helping distribute lifesaving COVID-19 vaccines to communities across the world.

Digital Business Transformation of the Year: Pirelli

Pirelli manufactures tires for premium and prestige vehicle brands. The company collaborates with these car manufacturers to design tires for specific models and versions. Working collaboratively enables Pirelli to gain deeper insight into near- and long-term customer needs, delivering greater manufacturing agility and faster time to market. Thanks to this business model, more than 80% of customers fitting Pirelli tires as original equipment choose Pirelli tires in the replacement market.   

Highly digitized processes in Pirelli’s manufacturing plants require intensive data management. To modernize its IT infrastructure, Pirelli needed a multi-cloud strategy to integrate its private cloud with a public cloud solution. Since VMware helped virtualize nearly 100% of the company’s on-premises private cloud, the migration to a public cloud solution using VMware Cloud on Amazon AWS was a logical digital foundation to provide Pirelli with full platform independence. Using VMware technology to move virtual machines from the private to public cloud created an efficient, multi-cloud vendor strategy compatible with all public cloud providers.   

The company’s integrated approach enables Pirelli to transform the way it works with customers in order to minimize costs and improve time to market, agility and team collaboration. The solution is expected to increase the company’s bandwidth at lower total cost of ownership globally.

Social Impact of the Year: IHC New Zealand 

Founded in 1949, IHC New Zealand advocates for the rights, inclusion and welfare of all people with Intellectual disabilities. IHC is the second-largest social housing provider in the country and provides full residential services so that the people we support can live in their communities. IHC also offers vocational training to assist with employment opportunities. 

For years, IHC operated a paper record-keeping system. This process created fragmented sets of resident data, effecting the amount of time staff could devote to residents.  Ultimately, IHC’s team decided they needed digital solutions to modernize their operations. The first step: enabling 3,500 remote staff with mobile devices and cloud-based apps. 

Working with VMware engineers, IHC will soon manage all 2,500 mobile devices with VMware Workspace ONE. Its small-but-mighty team of 25 IT experts deploy apps to users’ chosen devices in a controlled, consistent way. And with managed services provider CCL, the team helps drive usage and feature enhancements.  

Looking forward, IHC is exploring IoT and cloud solutions to advance its mission of enabling people with intellectual disabilities to lead fuller, barrier-free lives. 

Improved Customer Experience: IndusInd Bank Ltd 

Headquartered in Mumbai, IndusInd Bank has more than 1,500 branches across India, with offices in London, Dubai and Abu Dhabi. Established in 1994, the bank opened with traditional banking services. But as competition intensified, the company pioneered customer-centric financial service innovations that helped customers transition to online banking and other digital experiences.  

But to create a robust platform for its evolving digital capabilities, IndusInd needed a pathway to the cloud. IndusInd Bank partnered with VMware to accelerate innovation and deliver new customer experiences. Now, the bank can build and run apps on any cloud.  

IndusInd’s flexible, multi-cloud infrastructure delivers a constellation of customer-centric apps and services. One of those is IndusAssist on Amazon Alexa. This innovative service lets customers check account balances, transfer funds and pay credit card bills simply by talking to Alexa. Another example is Video Branch. Using mobile devices, customers can connect with bank representatives and complete a full range of tasks from home—or anywhere in the world.  

Finally, IndusInd’s digital foundation gives its team the tools and resources they need to rapidly respond to business disruptions and adapt to rapidly changing markets. 

For example, “Compared to before the pandemic and now, 70-80% of our acquisitions are via digital channel.  That’s a big jump; a very high portion of customers are using digital channels. Payment has become contactless during the time that the pandemic came into our lives,” said Biwasbrata Chakravorty, head of information technology, IndusInd Bank. 

<a href="https://www.vmware.com/content/microsites/possible/stories/indusind.html" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Dive deeper into the story</a>. 

Digital Transformation: Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA)

CBA’s goal is to move 95% of its IT workload to the public cloud by 2025, as a way to simplify CBA’s technology estate and ensure applications remain highly resilient and highly available. The bank’s migration to public cloud ensures greater digital resilience throughout its IT infrastructure by consolidating disparate systems and processes and adopting automation for an improved service. In working closely with AWS, VMware helped to ensure success in implementing capabilities for CBA’s renewed operating infrastructure. 

Now with a more standardized, resilient architecture, the bank is able to use a scalable and agile platform, where technology teams can deliver the best digital experiences to customers. It will return benefits to CBA in operational efficiencies, enabling business agility, growth and market differentiation.

This ultimately translates into benefits CBA’s customers, who will be able to access their money 24/7 and pay for critical services. Additionally, with the improvements in CBA’s technology infrastructure, it can now provide a key payment platform that forms a large part of Australia’s liquidity for customers receiving income support, disability payments, veterans’ pensions and salaries for government employees.

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<em>Security teams must rethink processes to aid innovation and customer experience</em>

PALO ALTO, Calif.--VMware, Inc. (NYSE: VMW), a leading innovator in enterprise software, today announced findings from a study on the relationship between IT, security, and development teams as organizations adopt a Zero Trust security model. The study, titled “<a href="https://www.vmware.com/resources/security/bridging-the-developer-and-security-divide.html">Bridging the Developer and Security Divide</a>” and conducted by Forrester Consulting on behalf of VMware, found that security is still perceived as a barrier in organizations, with 52% of developers believing that security policies are stifling their innovation.

Forrester Consulting surveyed 1,475 IT and security leaders and discovered that only one in five (22%) developers strongly agree that they understand which security policies they are expected to comply with. Alarmingly, more than a quarter (27%) of the developers surveyed are not involved at all in security policy decisions, despite many of these greatly impacting their roles. Organizations where security and development teams have a positive relationship can accelerate the software development lifecycle five business days faster than those without – demonstrating how speed to market and competitive advantage are at stake here.

Seventy-three percent of respondents agreed that their senior leadership focuses more on strengthening the relationship between development and security than they did two years ago, but relationships are still strained. In fact, one in three (34%) decision makers reported their organizations’ teams are not effectively collaborating or taking strides to strengthen relationships between security and development teams. Lack of role definition for development teams, lack of communication between teams and competing priorities have major impacts on collaboration.

“Our research shows that security needs a perception shift,” said Rick McElroy, principal cybersecurity strategist, VMware. “Rather than be seen as the team that only swoops in to fix breaches and leaks, or who ‘gets in the way’ of innovation, security should be embedded across people, processes, and technologies. Security needs to be a team sport that works alongside IT and developers to ensure protection across clouds, apps and all digital infrastructure. We have to develop a culture where all teams have shared interests and common goals or metrics, and where they speak one language. There’s overwhelming value to the business when IT, security, and developers are all part of the decision making, design, and execution.”

Shared team priorities and engagement will pave the way forward and there’s already progress being made on this front. More than half (53%) of respondents expect security and development teams to be unified within three years. And 42% expect security to become more embedded in the development process in that same period. There’s a broader acknowledgment that cross-team alignment empowers businesses to reduce team silos (71%), create more secure applications (70%) and increase agility to adopt new workflows & technologies (66%).

The full study, complete with recommendations to bridge the divide between developer and security teams, can be downloaded <a href="https://www.vmware.com/resources/security/bridging-the-developer-and-security-divide.html">here</a>.

VMware commissioned a survey, undertaken by an independent research organization, Forrester Consulting, in April 2021. 1,475 IT and security managers and above (including CIOs and CISOs) with responsibility for security strategy and decision-making were surveyed with an additional 5 qualitative interviews with IT and security and development VP and above (including CIOs and CISOs) with responsibility for development or security strategy decision-making. Respondents were from a range of industries including technology services, manufacturing, financial services, retail and healthcare. The research was carried out across 26 countries around the world, including: Australia, Belgium, Canada, China, France, Finland, Germany, India, Italy, Israel, Japan, Norway, New Zealand, Netherlands, Poland, Russia, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, Spain, Singapore, South Korea, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States, UAE.

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As organizations adopt a Zero Trust security model, bridging the developer and security divide is more important than ever. Learn why in this new study conducted by Forrester Consulting on behalf of VMware.

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Getting 100% transparency into physical assets around the globe is becoming a gamechanger for modern factory operations.

Digital twin technology is going mainstream at global manufacturers.

<a href="https://www.accenture.com/us-en/insights/technology/_acnmedia/Thought-Leadership-Assets/PDF-4/Accenture-Tech-Vision-2021-Full-Report.pdf">Accenture</a> envisions digital twins among the top five strategic technology trends to watch in 2021 and 2022.

The definition of a digital twin, according to the <a href="https://www.digitaltwinconsortium.org/initiatives/the-definition-of-a-digital-twin.htm" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Digital Twin Consortium</a>, is "a virtual representation of real-world entities and processes, synchronized at a specified frequency and fidelity."

In plain language, this means a digital twin is an exactvirtual copy (or twin) of a physical thing.

The “thing” can be anything that has connected sensors that are capable of sending information to and from the virtual model.

For example, an automotive manufacturer could have a critical component in its assembly line sending continuous data about how quickly it’s processing materials back to a digital twin. The goal: without examining the physical component, workers can tell how it is performing—or will perform—by looking at the digital twin.

With digital twins, manufacturers hope to do any number of things better, such as:

Because it is wide-reaching technology, digital twins can be used throughout the entire manufacturing lifecycle—from engineering, to design, production and operations.

In manufacturing, organizations can create digital twins <a href="https://slcontrols.com/en/what-is-digital-twin-technology-and-how-can-it-benefit-manufacturing/">at various levels</a>:

Digital twin technology is being used in many ways. These are five of the most common applications and their benefits.

By monitoring and automatically responding to continuous data from sensors on the factory floor, teams can improve quality and dramatically reduce, if not eliminate, costly rework. Digital twins:

Continuous monitoring is much more effective than random inspection. Digital twins also allow teams to visualize products in use by real users in real time. Ultimately, this helps brands spot defects or anticipate issues before customers do.

Engineers that use digital twins as virtual prototypes during product design have low-cost, low-risk ways to perform simulations or proof-of-concept (PoC) templates before investing in solid material prototypes. This can dramatically reduce the number of physical iterations required to get the product into production, saving both time and money.

3.      Perform Predictive Maintenance

Sensors in a manufacturing component, device or process generate a plethora of data in real time. Teams then can use AI and advanced analytics to pinpoint potential issues and proactively address. This allows time to schedule preventive maintenance that is most convenient for operations, which in turn helps:

4.      Enhance the Customer Experience

Digital twins extend beyond factory walls, helping teams understand in real time how customers are using and enjoying products. Virtual prototypes collect a rich store of data that tells workers precisely how products are performing in the real world. With that data, design and engineering teams know what’s needed to improve customer experience, especially related to the user interface.

Manufacturers using digital twins can reduce risk in two ways. First, by iterating more often in testing and product validation. Secondly, by pinpointing potential process issues on the factory line before embarking on production. Teams can simulate different scenarios and disruptions, helping them mitigate any issues in advance. This greatly reduces production risk.

Digital Twin Insights Improve Business Outcomes

Digital twins are becoming critical “factory of the future” technologies. They provide insights into production lines, manufacturing processes and end-user experience. With a digital twin, workers can troubleshoot problems, identify future challenges and, ultimately, enhance customer satisfaction.

Getting 100% transparency into physical assets with digital twins innovation is a gamechanger for modern factory operations.

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The threat landscape changed in a number of ways as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, and organizations are scrambling to defend against opportunistic cyberattacks.

That was the key takeaway from <a href="https://www.carbonblack.com/resources/global-security-insights-report-2021-intelligence-from-the-global-cybersecurity-landscape/">VMware's 2021 Global Security Insights Report</a>, compiled from a survey of 3,542 CIOs, CTOs and CISOs from across the globe in December 2020.

Nearly 80% reported increased cyberattacks due to employees working from home. A similar percentage said that attacks had become more sophisticated, while 4-out-of-5 breaches were considered to be material. Sixty-one percent of respondents acknowledged the need to view security differently due to the expanded threat surface.<a href="https://www.carbonblack.com/resources/global-security-insights-report-2021-intelligence-from-the-global-cybersecurity-landscape/"><br></a>

Cyberattacks increased for a number of reasons during the pandemic. First, the threat surface expanded as organizations everywhere sent employees home to work remotely. Workers were suddenly sharing computers with their children for remote learning as well as a home network with any number of smart devices.

Additionally, traditional crime moved online. "Cybercrime cartels were empowered by the pandemic because traditional organized crime couldn't operate due to the lockdown," said VMware Head of Cybersecurity Strategy Tom Kellermann during the <a href="https://youtu.be/E8LVgaDsJ4A">Global Security Insights Report livestream</a> interview. Many cyber cartels created a sophisticated quasi-startup structure featuring developers and QA teams. Some even have the support of international governments.<br>

Kellermann reported that some countries consider cybercriminals to be national assets. "There is a protection going on there, because many times governments view these groups as a way to offset economic sanctions and a way to create proxies to create almost an insurgency against their geopolitical enemies," Kellermann said.

<p>And finally, organizations have been slow to change their security mindset, while simultaneously moving a lot of their infrastructure to the cloud. &#8220;Attackers are opportunists, so we have to be opportunists as well,” VMware Senior Security Strategist James Alliband said. “We have to change the status quo [and] make sure that the traditional security processes we have in place aren&#8217;t necessarily going to affect us for the future.”</p>
<p>So how can organizations protect themselves?</p>
<h2>Not All Clouds Are Created Equal</h2>
<p>While nearly all of those surveyed were employing a cloud-first strategy, there seems to be a degree of misplaced faith in public cloud security. Kellermann advised to think of a public cloud environment as &#8220;a very nice apartment building in a very tough neighborhood.” Security should be built from a zero trust perspective and needs to be incorporated from the ground up.</p>
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<p>VMware Principal Cybersecurity Strategist Rick McElroy compared IT teams building infrastructure to the construction of an apartment building: &#8220;You have your architects that come in and they&#8217;re planning for things like plumbing, power, enough square footage. They&#8217;re not planning for somebody to run into that apartment building and kick your door in. That&#8217;s our job.&#8221;</p>
<p>Alliband agreed, saying, &#8220;You&#8217;ve got to secure these environments from the get-go and build that into your strategy.&#8221;</p>
<h2>Build in Early Detection Systems</h2>
<p>Organizations must find bad actors before they attack. Rather than putting all your faith in security processes that keep threats out of your environment, it&#8217;s crucial to find them if and when they get inside. And attacks don&#8217;t tend to happen immediately. Typically, attackers spend a couple of weeks exploring your infrastructure before the attack, so it&#8217;s possible to discover them before they take action.</p>
<p>Kellermann said, &#8220;You need to assume that prevention will fail at some point. When it does, how quickly can you detect and respond?&#8221;</p>
<p>CISOs are looking for a way to discover those threats. &#8220;What CISOs are really looking for are solutions out there that can give them visibility into these cloud environments,” McElroy said. They&#8217;re looking for controls that are uniform and auditable, and that can follow their data across various cloud environments.</p>
<h2>Secure the Anywhere Workspace</h2>
<p>Remote work exploded during the pandemic. And it appears that the anywhere workplace is here to stay. But with so many workers off-prem, the attack surface expands exponentially. With a number of devices operating on a home network, multiple vulnerabilities exist.</p>
<p>&#8220;There&#8217;s a lack of digital distancing in homes and really we need to pay attention to that. … Your work device should not be on the same network as your smart devices, period,&#8221; Kellermann said. Securing the remote environment is a must.</p>
<h2>Simplify Security</h2>
<p>Security has become complex, with a variety of controls and widgets that can be exploited by adversaries. &#8220;We have to start simplifying security, that&#8217;s number one. There are just too many tools that have too many gaps,&#8221; McElroy said.</p>
<p>As companies use a number of tools to secure various parts of their business, more risk develops if they don&#8217;t communicate with each other. One security app might not know that another security app has experienced a breach. &#8220;You should really standardize on one platform. And whatever platform that is, you should standardize on it soon,&#8221; Kellermann said.</p>
<h2>Hit Attackers Where It Hurts</h2>
<p>Ultimately, cybercriminals get into the business because it&#8217;s profitable. A strong driver of their business is that much of the work is automated. McElroy suggests that companies make it more expensive for cybercriminals to do business by forcing them to slow down and do more work manually.</p>
<p>&#8220;If every single piece of ransomware was custom written, now we&#8217;re starting to bust up that economy. Now they actually can&#8217;t get a massive [return on investment] because their time investment is too high,” McElroy said. “Simply put, we have to make them spend more time. &#8230; We have to deploy tech to start making it harder.&#8221;</p>
<h2>The New Normal</h2>
<p>Ultimately, the threat landscape has changed greatly and it&#8217;s not going back to the way it was.</p>
<p>&#8220;We have to realize that is the norm and it&#8217;s not going to change anytime soon. If I can start to shift my mindset, realize I do live in a bad neighborhood and I&#8217;m responsible for my own self-defense, then I&#8217;m going to change my own behavior,” McElroy said. “I&#8217;m going to change the culture of the organization that I&#8217;m with, and to do that I need something like a neighborhood watch.&#8221;</p>


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<p>The pandemic has brought security front and center for business leaders. McElroy encouraged security leaders to seize that opportunity: &#8220;We helped organizations stay up and running during a global pandemic. The organizations are happy with a lot of the security leaders and the way we were able to do that. Let&#8217;s take advantage of that just like the attackers are taking advantage of this disaster, and let&#8217;s put a flag out a little further than we ever thought was achievable.&#8221;</p>


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When it comes to data, the center of gravity is moving from the network core to the edge. This shift is due to new, interactive applications that must run at the edge to perform as intended. On the consumer side, augmented reality and virtual reality (AR/VR), connected vehicles, and immersive gaming are emerging onto the scene. On the industry side, 5G has made the use of collaborative robots, drone fleets and digital twins a reality.

<p>These apps produce an enormous amount of data. How enormous? Consider a set of sensors monitoring a complex piece of machinery can generate terabytes of data each day. It&#8217;s easy to imagine an entire factory generating petabytes (or, a million gigabytes) of data per month. The Internet as it’s built today, from the <em>core out</em>, cannot handle this volume of data. If we want to see these new applications flourish, we need a new Internet. One that is built from the <em>edge in</em>.</p>
<h2>What Is the Edge?</h2>
<p>Edge computing brings compute, network and storage closer to where data is created and consumed (versus sending it back to a cloud or centralized data center for processing). This is important when speed and latency are non-negotiable. Like when sensors on an autonomous car collect and analyze data to predict the vehicle’s next move.</p>


<p>Running an application at the edge may also appease certain privacy and security concerns. Retailers, for example, use smart surveillance apps to learn about customers’ shopping behaviors and provide them with a more personalized shopping experience. A facial recognition app can identify you (and your purchase history) when you walk into a store. It can then signal for in-store digital signage to change as you move through the store, so the ads are more relevant to you. In this scenario, keeping customer purchase and biometric data close to the store location limits some privacy and security risk.</p>
<p>What exactly makes up “the edge”? It’s hard to say.</p>
