BT has announced innovations to its BT Assure security portfolio. These innovations focus on the risks posed by the growing presence of personal devices on corporate networks, the large- scale deployment of cloud solutions and the challenges of "big data", the large amounts of unstructured data inherent in contemporary commerce.
A survey of more than 2,000 users and decision-makers across 11 countries shows that risks to business are moving too fast for a purely reactive security approach to be successful. The BT "Rethink the Risk" research results also demonstrate that the traditional secure outer perimeter of enterprise networks no longer exists and confirms that specific tools are required to measure, understand and address this new security reality.
According to the research, cyber security threats, accidental or intentional employee data loss and increasing use of personal devices on employers networks are the three biggest security risks perceived by IT decision-makers. In particular, BYOD1 is making progress within the corporate environment, with 60 per cent of employees using personal devices for work, with especially high usage in countries such as China and India (92 per cent and 80 per cent).
Jeff Kelly, CEO, BT Global Services, said, "By promoting intelligence and innovation through our BT Assure portfolio, we help our customers to identify, implement and deliver security where it matters most, building it into the heart of the organization rather than just bolting it on. Trust needs to be backed by a continuous investment program in skilled people, as well as state-of-the-art global infrastructure and security management systems. This is definitely the time to rethink the risk."
