“Cyber security measures matter more than ever”
By MYBRANDBOOK
Ambuj Bhalla
Director IT Security and CISO
InterGlobe Aviation
Key Priorities of 2020
IDue to the sudden change in the business landscape caused by COVID-19, the key focus remains on three critical traits of digital businesses – Agility, Elasticity and Mobility. After the pandemic declaration, the main focus remained on remote working solutions to enable task force and support mobility. Some of the key factors behind the security architecture principles to this initiative were:
· Device Integrity checks to ensure cyber hygiene of the end points connecting our enterprise
ecosystem before allowing access.
· 24*7 monitoring of the remote access gateway to detect any unusual behaviour
· Evolving the Incidence Response capabilities by create run books to handle incidents
effectively..
Combining Breakthrough & Fusion approach
There are several new concepts proposed by the innovation research scholars – independent and in chronological sequence: technology fusion, digital convergence, disruptive technology; open innovation and IoT (Internet of Things). Various initiatives are being taken in Aviation sector are as follows:
1. Frictionless/touchless digital experience such as –
· DigiYatra is an initiative by DGCA and all aviation company’s are participating
· Automating the Boarding pass and Baggage management at the check-in counters
2. Making security agile to the evolving needs of digital businesses:
· Data centric security through automated document classification.
· Reducing the attack surface by adoption of devsecops and container security to live up to the event driven (serverless) application architectures.
Cyber Security
With adoption of technology and automation in almost every aspect of the business and its operations, the fact remains that “Digital Business”, will evolve and at an ever fasting pace. This means that ever-more sophisticated cyberattacks involving malware, phishing, machine learning and artificial intelligence, cryptocurrency and more have placed the data and assets at constant risk. Also, that damage related to cybercrime projected to hit $6 trillion annually by 2021 according to Cybersecurity Ventures, and additionally, as the pandemic continues, there is another unseen threat rising in the digital space. And so, cyber security measures matter more than ever.
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