JUNE - 2023BUSINESSMANAGEMENTREVIEW.COM8ENHANCING SECURITY TO MITIGATE CYBERSECURITY RISKSBy Matt Foster, Head of Information & Cyber Security, Lookers PLC (LOOK: LON)WHAT ARE SOME OF THE MAJOR CHALLENGES AND TRENDS THAT HAVE BEEN IMPACTING THE ENTERPRISE SECURITY SPACE LATELY?We're definitely not talking about `the new normal' anymore ­ because it's already here. The current global crises in health, social justice, climate change, war and conflict now demand a rapid rate of change that show no signs of abating any time soon.Our business and social evolutionary needs are existential in nature but that mustn't mean we descend into anarchy and throw risk management away. In today's challenging and dynamic business and economic environment, enterprise security has never been so important and getting the right architecture in place is paramount. Now, more than ever, we must be able to take pragmatic risk-based decisions quickly.Firstly, with so many sectors forced into digital transformation by the impacts caused by the pandemic, CISOs have a brand-new set of stakeholders to educate and feed the right information into key decision making.Secondly, we're also seeing increasing awareness of the criticality of our supply chains in both physical and digital Matt Foster is highly experienced in global operating structures with expertise spanning a wide range of security areas, including risk management, regulatory compliance, policy development, security architecture, cloud security, identity & access management, incident response, outsource relationship management, business continuity, and information technology auditing.ENTERPRISE SECURITY HAS NEVER BEEN SO IMPORTANT AND GETTING THE RIGHT ARCHITECTURE IN PLACE IS PARAMOUNT
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