What We Need Is Not Just Security But A Better Cyber Security

Dataquest spoke to Dr Debabrata Nayak, CSO, Huawei Telecommunications India to understand from him how the cyber security space is becoming more critical and complex. Dr Nayak stressed on the need to have better cyber security in place for every organization. Excerpts:

- Onkar Sharma

What is the role that CSOs or CISOs play in managing the cyber security of enterprises?

With the rapid digitalization of functions and processes of organizations, the need for adopting secure cyber practices is becoming extremely important. Establishing a cyber security program and business continuity program for drafting various security policies is a vital role of CSOs and CISOs. These policies are Information security policy, Data governance and classification policy, Access control policy, Acceptable use of assets and asset management, Risk assessment and risk treatment methodology, Statement of Applicability, Risk management framework including third parties, Applied Cryptography, Communications security, Information Security awareness programs for all personnel.

What are the key areas in cybersecurity which need focus?

Cyber security regulations improvement demand will continue to rise for security skills. Cyber security and Internet of Things (IoT) breaches will get more complicated and harder to beat. Cyber risk insurance will become more common; in fact Gartner also predicts that AI & Advanced Machine Learning, Virtual & Augmented Reality, Block chain, Adaptive Security Architecture will play major role in cyber security perspective in 2017.

Do you think we need to look at cyber security in a new paradigm in view of increasing use of IoT and cloud?