Intelligent CIO Africa Issue 13 | Page 39

////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// FEATURE: CYBERSECURITY From perimeter to performance: transforming security for today’s business landscape from IoT to machine learning to full-blown artificial intelligence. This presents a more complex and extended environment than ever before, with more potential vulnerabilities, which many businesses are struggling to secure. But what approach should be taken in response to these new and emerging needs? How can organisations ensure the security and compliance of data www.intelligentcio.com while also enabling innovation? I’d like to make three key observations: There is no definable perimeter any more Security, since time began, has focused on securing the ‘perimeter’; everything from moats in castles to locks on the front Ian Jansen van Rensburg, VMware EMEA INTELLIGENTCIO 39