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A s companies accelerate their efforts to further their digital transformation , the infrastructure that is needed to support this has dramatically transformed and increased .
The convergence of IT , cloud , operational technology ( OT ), and increasingly AI has unlocked unprecedented levels of efficiency and innovation for organisations .
Yet , for all the good it brings in terms of data management , collection , and processing , this added infrastructure has also created additional security risks .
Convergence has expanded the attack surface that security teams must defend , making organisations increasingly vulnerable targets for cyber threats .
But to not press on with such efforts would prove risky too , as such digital transformation is continuously cited across sectors as key to growth .
Therefore , organisations may be in-between a rock and a hard place on balancing security with growth . Grow , but create gaps in your cybersecurity , or stay small and safe ( r ) but miss out on the benefits incorporating these new technologies bring .
“ Protecting everything is soul destroying given it ’ s practically an impossible task ,” Bernard Montel , EMEA Technical Director and Security Strategist at Tenable sums up . cybermagazine . com 83