Infoblox Middle East and Africa regional director Ashraf Sheet discusses new threats facing telcos.
New IT threats require new types of responses, says Ashraf Sheet.
We are in the age of the office of the future. Every company now battles it out to attract staff and clients by having the most fun office, with the newest gadgets and apps. This has seen countless consumer toys become business critical equipment. But has our love for consumer technologies made this the easiest time for cybercriminals to hack businesses?
In a word, yes. At Infoblox, we recently conducted a Shadow IoT research report, entitled What is lurking in your network, that found fitness trackers, smart TVs, virtual assistants and games consoles are increasingly becoming part of the office furniture. These devices open up a whole new myriad of ways cyber-criminals can access company data.
One option to avoid these breaches is to block personal devices and using social media in the workplace. However, the fact is, employees want to use their new gadgets and access apps in the office, and companies want to entice new staff by allowing them.
Ashraf Sheet is Infoblox Middle East and Africa regional director.