Rethink the risk

The new security reality check

Are the risks to your business now moving so fast that no form of reactive security system can keep up? As the perimeter disappears, are your employees pushing to use personal devices and their various corresponding platforms, leaving the wall obsolete?

Business information has become virtually impossible to contain, and controlling its flow has become a series of instant solutions to surface problems that mask the risks rather than understanding the reasons for their existence. It’s time to shift the perspective and look at the security question from a new angle.

It’s almost impossible for businesses to maintain the traditional outer perimeter they’ve so carefully built up. That perimeter has moved from static to completely elastic in the shortest possible time, because we are now more connected than ever. Controlling and protecting the entire information supply chain has become a series of instant solutions to sudden problems. The threats have moved on – and so must the solutions.

Rethink the risk. Redraw the lines

By helping you rethink the risk, BT Assure will also help you redraw the lines of traditional business information security. Its proactive systems allow businesses to identify, implement and deliver security where it matters most, building it in to the heart of your organisation rather than just bolting it on.

BT Assure. Security that matters.

Finding the sunshine in the cloud

"You think about technology waves, and every once in a while you get one that you know is meaningful, that actually changes the way companies spend their money and invest in solutions; it actually changes the way the tech industry itself is shaped — and cloud computing is one of those things."

Ted Schadler, vice president and principal analyst, Forrester Research

Making the bring your own device (BYOD) trend work for you

Your data is everywhere. It's on devices you own and devices you don't; it's accessed from within your buildings and without; it's on your network and it's in the cloud. Now there are no boundaries, how do you keep your data secure? Do you fight the infiltration of personal equipment into the workplace or leave your people to their own devices and work with the trend of bringing your own? What's clear is that organisations need to reassess their approach to security and how they manage devices.

Better protection through a clearer understanding of the changing tides in security

You have no choice but to connect your business networks to the rest of the world: customers, suppliers, partners, remote workers and the general public. And the moment you connect your security is threatened by the spectre of online security breaches and cybercrime. Fifty-five per cent of organisations worry their infrastructure can't withstand cyber attacks and nearly all (94 per cent) believed the number of online security attacks is on the rise.

But you're not facing an uncontrollably rising tide of security threat; you're facing opportunities to proactively lead with security, placing security firmly in the heart of the boardroom. Global market intelligence provider IDC believes understanding the changing tides of the security landscape is vital, and that insight and visibility are key to success.

Best foot forward - Corporate security in a world of consumer devices

Take two footwear manufacturers: one in Milan, Italy and one in Sao Paulo, Brazil. They're both sales-based operations with a mobile workforce. They both divide their data storage between office-based networks and Cloud resources. And they're both headed up by executive teams who're keen to stay ahead of the technological curve. So when members of the executive team decide they want to start using their iPads at work, the other employees soon follow suit. And faster than you can say data loss, everyone from the CEO to the frontline sales force is using their smartphones or tablets to access the corporate network. But this is where the two businesses part company.

To asses and rethink your network's security – register for our BT Assure eValuator. One of our experts will sit down with you to examine how your security readiness compares to typical enterprises, and help steer you towards the areas of most pressing concern.