Ripu Bajwa, Director and General Manager, Data Protection Solutions, Dell Technologies, India, says, “Distributed data, hybrid work models, multi-cloud environments, and as a Service sourcing are changing virtually everything about cybersecurity.”

The Dell Technologies 2021 Global Data Protection Index highlights that 70% of respondents in India believe emerging technologies—such as cloud-native applications, Kubernetes containers, AI, and machine learning pose a risk to data protection.

In 2022, parallel to the efforts to make our industry less dependent on labour through automation, organizations must continue to invest in compliance and data sovereignty. A recent Vanson Bourne research revealed that over 49% of Indian businesses recorded a cyber threat incident in 2021 while the first half of last year saw almost 13% of organizations reporting a cyberattack, the second-highest in Asia after China. This only goes on to highlight that organizations must look forward to making their IT framework more secure and reliable.

Fortify with Modern Security:

Bolstering cyber-resilience can be correlated to fortifying a castle. It is important that not only is the castle strong, with fortified walls that can withstand an attack but that any attack is thwarted before it even reaches the gate. As we move beyond the four walls, it is essential to align to a holistic strategy that covers the wide spectrum of security concerns. The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) created a Cybersecurity Framework, with five key pillars that companies need to align to Identify, Protect, Detect, Respond and Recover.