VODAFONE BUSINESS
ANDRZEJ KAWALEC TITLE : HEAD OF CYBERSECURITY LOCATION : UNITED KINGDOM
things in our day-to-day lives , digitally ,” says Kawalec .
“ Whether that was telemedicine , whether that was online , home education , hybrid working or transacting and banking , the delivery of food and groceries – the access has shifted towards digital as the primary mechanism , and then hybrid and physical secondarily .”
As digital transformation takes place at such a rate , what Vodafone Business saw was an increased level of concern around trust and privacy . This was particularly evident among small-to-medium enterprises ( SMEs ), which
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Andrzej Kawalec is the Head of
Security Portfolio at Vodafone Business . Andrzej manages Vodafone Business ’ global portfolio of security offerings . An inspirational and creative leader in the use of advanced information technology , Andrzej is constantly working to refine the balance between securing and enabling information assets . Andrzej is widely recognised for his expertise in cyber security and digital change . A former CTO himself , he has a vast amount of experience working at the board-level across public and private sectors , helping to define and promote cyber security strategy . He believes that Security is the enabling layer for innovation . From autonomous driving to digital healthcare ,
the technologies and societies of the future will not reach their full potential without secure digital foundations .
lacked sufficient capabilities to ward off cyber attacks .
Addressing these two ‘ waves ’ of change , he completes the trio of digital trends by discussing the regulatory shift that took place during COVID-19 as a reaction from governments and industry bodies to the increased level of digital adoption and threats . Ultimately , as explained by Kawalec , “ those
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