As the age of the Internet is hitting a crescendo, cyber vulnerability is no longer a growing concern; it is a reality most businesses will face in the near future without adequate network protection.

Moreover, according to Viscount, the ongoing development of the Internet of Things (IoT) has many professionals asking how much cyber security (or lack thereof) will play a role in the continued growth of a business and how we can get it right. The elevation, interconnection and transformation of our everyday encounters into IT analytical hotspots is an astounding wealth of technological innovation, but it prompts as many questions as it answers – chiefly, how will authorisation and authentication be robust enough to manage the influx of sensitive data coming in through these devices?

From an identity management standpoint, Viscount stresses that this is a crucial moment for the security industry, as we are finally seeing the adoption of unified security and identity management policies applied to real-world applications, such as hospitals, school campuses and corporate enterprises. The company urges that a unified approach to identity management is essential to adapt to the emergence of the IoT and allow IT departments within these enterprises to fill in security gaps and provide solutions that are resilient enough to combat and prevent cyber threats of varying degrees.

Viscount finds that when comparing the success of those who operate on unified platforms against those who do not, there is still plenty of room for cooperation between CSOs, CIOs, CISOs and their colleagues on the physical side to adopt solutions that more effectively manage identities across the enterprise and scale to accommodate shifting business practices and changing threat vectors.