Digital transformation is a risk every CIO must be willing to take for business

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May 17, 2020 12:33 am
Thomas Buergis, Senior Director Sales Engineering EMEA, SonicWall.

According to SonicWall, digital transformation is not a choice. It is a continuous process that organisations must deploy to digitise their data and processes to increase efficiency, optimise resources, and gain better visibility into their overall operations. The rapid increase in cloud adoption and IoT in the digitisation process opens the organisation to more security risks. SonicWall solutions help drive and secure a customers’ digital transformation journey. 

Digital transformation is being driven by technology, and businesses are pursuing it with zest in a bid to drive business success. The increase in the adoption of cloud, IoT and AI are signs that technology is a major enabler of digital transformation. CIOs are driving all their technology investment initiatives to serve business growth. Technology is not just a tool for business to use; it has become more and more a main driver for business growth and transformation. 

With the rapid global change in business transformation, technology needs to catch up with these aggressive demands. If we take an example, business moving their applications on the cloud, technology heads need to be up to speed to help business digital transformation journey. 

For starters, CIO’s should ensure that their digital transformation vision is in line with that of the organisation. They should lead the digital transformation initiative with the objective of consulting, guiding and working alongside the business heads on how to leverage the transformation.

CIOs play an important role in identifying processes and departments that will benefit the most from transformation and should be able to design employee-friendly practices. CIO’s need to be clear on the security implications associated with digital transformation and ensure that the appropriate security measures, policies and technologies are in place to ensure the organisation is protected. 

CIO’s must adopt the changes and processes that are put in place by them and lead by example. Ensuring that investments in the right people and infrastructure are being made a crucial decision. Digital transformation is a risk that every CIO must be willing to take. At SonicWall, we plan, execute and maintain our customer digital transformation throughout this journey. 

With single-pane-of-glass integrated security management coupled with analytics and real-time threat intelligence protection across the ecosystem, SonicWall is providing customers and partners with a complete cybersecurity portfolio. 

SonicWall networking and security solutions including NGFW, Next Generation End point, Secure SD-WAN, RTDMI, Secure WIFI, Security as A Service, Cloud Application Security CAS, WAN Acceleration, Web Application Firewall, Security Analytics, Email Security and Secure Remote Access. 

The patent pending RTDMI technology has discovered 104,000 never-before-seen attack variants from January to August alone.

Thomas Buergis, Senior Director Sales Engineering EMEA, SonicWall.
Thomas Buergis, Senior Director Sales Engineering EMEA, SonicWall.

Highlights 

  • Technology is not just a tool for business to use and has become more and more a driver for business growth.
  • They should lead the digital transformation initiative with the objective of consulting, guiding and working alongside the business heads on how to leverage the transformation.
  • CIO’s need to be clear on security implications associated with digital transformation and ensure appropriate measures are in place.
  • The patent pending RTDMI technology has discovered 104,000 never-before-seen attack variants from January to August alone.

 

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