With the digitization of business, security often finds itself in a familiar, yet uncomfortable space of being reactionary…again. GTRM and the security of data typically is found in bifurcated skill sets, CISO vs. CSO. With the evolution and internet of things, everything is more connected. In the restaurant space, for example, predictive and prevention techniques are being refined as apps and gift and credit cards are now the focus of the digital criminal enterprise. Camera and alarm vulnerabilities have to be (re)addressed as savvy hackers seek to become more criminally creative and less physically confrontational. “Where there’s a will, there’s a way” is being acted out in ways that five years ago couldn’t have been anticipated.
The question is, “So, why do we often insist on attempting to apply old technique and skill to new problems?” “How do we keep up with the new digital criminal?”