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How much is 2.5 billion transactions� years has always been the need for more IT visibility now,
According to an IBM source, this is the equivalent of 100 for you can�t manage in real time what you can�t see in real
Cyber Mondays every day of the year. Clearly, the glut of time. To do this effectively, we need all hands on deck
mobile users compounded by the Internet of Things (IoT) working towards the same goal which brings us to the

data that will be generated over the next 5 years (Gartner top-down approach.
estimates that by 2020 there will be more than 21 billion
IoT devices) creates an overwhelming security outlook for The CEO and CISO of today must work more closely
CISOs. together. Being joined at the hip will drive more consistent
communication to front-line IT employees and will take
�The IoT module and its ability to access public and private on a top-down approach to bringing the organization in
networks is here, yet we are not prepared to address the alignment on providing services that employees need to
dangers these unmonitored devices pose to security and sell and maintain the customer base. Along the way, a more

compliance,� says Jonas Gyllensvaan, CEO of SyncDog, visible CISO (to the entire enterprise) will help drive
Inc., a mobile device and IoT security software vendor security and compliance initiatives that will keep corporate
based in Reston, Virginia. �By enterprise security IP and customer data where it should be, safe and sound.
standards, mobility is somewhat on the back burner, but
nobody is thinking about intrusion from IoT-generated CEO and CISO working together will also form a unified
sources and this is a going to be a huge problem for front that will deliver the best technology for their
government and industry down the road. IT infrastructures organization�s IT service delivery and security/compliance
are complex now, but the added complexity that mobility strategies. Corporate and Government IP and customer
and IoT infrastructures will bring over the next five years data is what cyber criminals are after. And they will go

will create an extraordinary paradigm shift to IT service through your IT to get to it regardless of the complexity
delivery and security that will be unlike anything we�ve seen you are dealing with to protect it. The lower the level of
thus far.� complexity your organization creates and the effectiveness
of the people on your team working together, will play a
Where do we go from here� major part in stemming the bleeding when a breach occurs.
Wide scale access to mainframe data and a currently But you can�t stop what you can�t see, so you�ll need a
evolving mobility and IoT infrastructure are here to stay. unified technology for this visibility and you�ll need to see
If we thought the last seven years were difficult in keeping it in real time.

up with SLAs and security and compliance, we�re in for a
rude awakening in the next five. IT won�t be simpler About the Author
anytime soon but we can make a concerted effort to be Tony Perri is the owner/operator of Elements Marketing,
closer to being on the same page with our people, the Inc., a small firm based in Naples, Florida, and catering to
processes they use and the technologies those processes independent software vendors. Tony�s areas of specialty
run on. include marketing communications, lead generation
management, analyst relations and media relations, and he
Our people need to work together for real-time visibility has been serving as technology marketer since 1993. Tony
for IT performance and availability, security and has written several thought-leading white papers and blogs

compliance, across all systems. I have been in the software for ISVs across multiple industry segments IT security,
business for more than 20 years. The disciplines and network infrastructure, supply chain and education. He
companies have changed but the one constant over the can be reached at [email protected].

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