5 New Truths To Teach Your CIO About Identity

By Patrick Harding  Posted on 10/1/2014
 
When CIOs talk security they often use words like "firewall" and "antivirus." Here's why today's technology landscape needs a different vocabulary.
 Modern businesses are more open than ever before, but that doesn’t mean they are more secure. On the business side, companies are taking advantage of cloud computing by focusing on their internal competencies and outsourcing what they can to third-party vendors. On the consumer side, employees armed with devices are increasingly demanding flexible and frictionless access to data from anywhere.
When a CIO thinks about security he or she likely thinks "firewall" and "antivirus." While these security technologies are still relevant, the changing technology landscape to cloud and mobile require today's CIOs to embrace a new set of security technologies. Security professionals will need to make sure that "identity" enters the lexicon of every CIO’s vocabulary.
Here are five new truths every CISO should teach the CIO about identity:
 
 
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