cyber trends
“WE NEED TO BE RIGHT ALL
THE TIME, WHEREAS A HACKER
ONLY NEEDS TO BE RIGHT ONCE,”
SAYS NEETI RODRIGUES, REGIONAL
DIRECTOR OF ENTERPRISE SECURITY,
MICRO FOCUS, MIDDLE EAST AND AFRICA.
INTELLIGENT CISO SAT DOWN WITH
RODRIGUES TO DISCUSS MICRO FOCUS’
FUNDAMENTAL PHILOSOPHIES THAT
KEEP THEIR CUSTOMERS SAFE IN
THE EVER-CHANGING WORLD OF
INTERNET SECURITY.
Staying one
step ahead in
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When it comes to Digital
Transformation, is the MENA
region unique in terms of the
adoption of new technology?
I have been in the industry for 20 years.
Traditionally if I were to be asked this
question, I would have said that MENA
is at least three years behind the UK,
but recently this has changed. Now, the
region is perhaps a little bit behind, but
we are almost in line with what the rest of
the world is doing. One thing that is a bit
different is that regulations such as GDPR
are not as stringent here, which impacts
the adoption of security solutions.
I think what makes Digital Transformation
complex is that we used to view it as a
change from the old to the new. Now
customers are beginning to understand
that there is no quick switch over. You
have to work with the systems that have
been working for so many years and
create modern systems that build on
top of and complement the old systems.
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Rather than going around legacy
systems, we leverage the old systems in
our transition to the new systems. You
have to find a balance that can allow you
to transition smoothly.
How does the implementation
of emerging technology like AI/
Machine Learning affect the
threat landscape?
AI and Machine Learning can actually
give a company a clearer vision of what
is happening on the threat surface.
It would be misleading of me to tell
anyone that you can ever be 100%
secure, or even that you can look to
achieve 100% security in the future –
that is just not possible.
However, AI-powered security solutions
can help you get visibility into what might
be threatening your system that you didn’t
know was happening until now. With that
kind of visibility, you can assess your risk
and make decisions based on a clearer
view of what is happening.
However, the fact of the matter is that as
a security vendor, we have to be right all
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