Following the successful conclusion of our event last Friday in Bari, (AV Playground – Reinventing Hospitality Spaces), we resume the custom of using this space for reflections, trends, insights. Today we are going to talk about IT, innovation and security, a topic that is very much in the news and much debated in relation to generative AI and, of course, also extends to the field of integration and AV
According to research by HPE Aruba Networking (NYSE: HPE)*, 64 per cent of IT managers believe that cybersecurity concerns negatively impact their organisation’s willingness to invest in innovative technologies. In fact, 91% consider new and emerging technologies a danger or admit to having already experienced a breach because of them. However, this comes at a time when IT leaders should be able to adopt innovations, such as generative AI, that can accelerate transformation in business-critical areas – something 89% of respondents believe is critical.
In fact, as many as 95 per cent of respondents believe that digitisation is key to growth, and both IT and businesses in general are pushing to introduce new technologies that can increase innovation in operations and offerings, primarily 5G, AI and machine learning (ML) IoT and smart sensor solutions, Collaboration.
Despite this, only 45 per cent of IT leaders describe their organisation as innovative (many fear that the team cannot keep up, and is at the limit of its capabilities in the face of technological acceleration) – and, worryingly, even fewer describe it as secure (44 per cent). Combining this increased use of technology with a lack of resources and the new dynamics of remote working, hybrid cloud and distributed data centres, organisations face high risk exposure. Security measures that can support the rise of new technologies will therefore have to evolve hand in hand.
And while AI is precisely what makes us feel most insecure, it is also thanks to it that teams will be able to be more efficient, relieve laborious administration tasks and improve their security strategy by providing integrated protection. There is in fact a close link between corporate growth, innovation and security: although it is unrealistic to let the risk factor slow down evolution.
*The research contains responses from 2100 IT leaders from 21 countries, and analysed how organisations currently approach the interaction between innovation and risk. The report also sheds light on the role IT leaders and the network must play to ensure safer innovation.
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