The “I&O Perspectives” blog series features interviews with industry visionaries and experts with roles in product management, consulting, engineering and more. Our goal is to present different viewpoints and predictions on how organizations’ networking, infrastructure and operations (I&O) are impacted by the current threat landscape, existing networking and cybersecurity tools, as well as implications for the future of SASE.

If you think data privacy law is a minefield, you’re not alone. At our last count, there were 120 jurisdictions around the globe, each with their own data privacy legislation. Each set of legislation is as complex and intricate as the next. How are you supposed to tame this multi-headed monster? How on earth did we end up here? Let’s look at the current state of global data protection legislation, where it’s headed and what you can do about it.

Cybersecurity is more important than ever. With a skyrocketing number of cyber threats and data breaches, organizations are always on the lookout for ways to strengthen their online defenses. However, one major obstacle the cybersecurity sector faces is a lack of diversity and representation of women. According to Cybersecurity Ventures research, only a quarter (25%) of global cybersecurity jobs were held by women in 2022.

Inspect your credit card, and you’ll likely find interesting—and crucial—elements of the plastic rectangle. The front might display the provider’s name, a chip, some digits, or an entire card number; the back might hold much the same, along with a signature, when necessary, and a “valid thru ” date. All the information on a credit card is necessary to conceal, but when data breaches happen more often than ever, it’s a matter of time before every card is online.

Credit and debit cards have become the most prominent form of wealth access in the last decade. Once consumers pulled out thick wallets of cash—they now pull out thin clips of cards—if they bother using a card, not a watch or cellphone. Credit cards are necessary in modern life because they allow individuals to access their money instantly and because they can be better protected than physical money.

More organizations than ever are moving to online processes, offering convenience and efficiency to their consumers and clients. However, the move to digital isn’t without its risks; security audits assess the current state of an organization’s IT and data environments and then offer recommendations to improve them. Security audits are an essential aspect of an organization’s approach to data defense, especially when threats are moving and growing daily.

When someone is born on US soil, they are a national citizen; with this distinction, they obtain a list of entitlements and benefits, as well as societal obligations and predetermined consequences for bad behavior. Digital citizenship works like this, with unique freedoms, consequences, and obligations.

In 2020, the world moved online, and the pandemic kicked industry demand into overdrive. Seemingly overnight, entire organizations yielded to the mandates pushed by health professionals, encouraging anyone not already online to make an account or two. That year, transaction card fraud totaled around $149 million in losses in the US and has only increased since then, up to $48 billion globally.

In a startling revelation, a hacker known as "kiberphant0m" has claimed responsibility for breaching a major Asian telecom company with annual revenues exceeding $5 billion. This breach, described as one of the largest and most damaging in recent history, has exposed a wealth of sensitive data and granted unprecedented access to the company's internal network.