INTERVIEW / SPIRE SOLUTIONS
Sanjeev Walia
UNDERSTANDING CYBERSECURITY SANJEEV WALIA, FOUNDER & PRESIDENT, SPIRE SOLUTIONS, ON THE CYBERSECURITY LANDSCAPE AND THE GROWTH TRAJECTORY OF THE ORGANIZATION.
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ow has the pandemic impacted the cybersecurity industry? Research and statistics show that the pandemic has accelerated digital transformation on one hand and introduced many critical cybersecurity challenges to governments and enterprises on the other. Some organizations quickly recognized cybersecurity as a pain
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point and have been addressing it proactively to ensure business or service continuity. While others are slowly accepting this reality with the help of lots of education and awareness on the types of risks their organizations may be vulnerable to. Now that the people, processes, data, and technology are distributed everywhere, more so due to trends like work from home, CISOs have a
much harder task in hand so they are proactively seeking collaboration with solution providers. Also, the board and broader C-suite are now keenly participating in cybersecurity discussions, a change that was much needed. Are there any new cyberattacks/ threat trends that organizations in the region must be aware of, especially in the last year since the pandemic?
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