Since 2005, integrators have become aware that convergence “is all about the integration of applications and devices,” said John McClurg, vice president of global security & chief security officer at Honeywell International. Moving forward, the watchword will be information assurance, as in “it’s all about the digital information in our integrated environment being trusted and secure,” McClurg said. The reason is that the small, medium business owners, security executives, and/or the boards of directors of your customers will expect these protections in their security policy. The new normal for the security executive in the 21st century is protecting “all the business assets all the time,” McClurg added.
Enter the 21st century security executive, who is evolving their skill sets to include a clear understanding of how information assurance impacts business operational success and brand reputation. When the FBI mandates that cyber crime is now its third priority — following weapons of mass destruction and domestic terrorism — the problem has evolved well beyond the financial resources and the operational scale of the IT department alone to address it.