SONICWALL
“ FOR ME , THE ATTRACTION OF CYBERSECURITY IS THAT IT ’ S QUICK , DYNAMIC , INTERESTING AND CONSTANTLY CHALLENGING ”
TERRY GREER-KING , VP EMEA , SONICWALL
yourself to lots of risk . For me , the attraction of cybersecurity is that it ’ s quick , dynamic , interesting and constantly challenging .” SonicWall is rapidly approaching its 30th year in operation . Despite this , Greer- King states , the temptation to become ‘ set in its ways ’ is furthest from its mind . Evolving with the times isn ’ t easy , but it is eminently necessary . “ Change is really difficult for a business , much more than you would be led to believe . It ’ s not just about technology ; it ’ s how you approach the market and customers and how you deal with business partners .” To say that COVID- 19 has been one of the most significant harbingers of change in cybersecurity is an understatement . In the first months of the
Spring 2020 lockdown , SonicWall noted an acceleration in digital awareness and a rapid increase in business . It seemed that enterprise digital transformation journeys that might have been completed over 10 years were instead driven through in weeks . Ultimately , Greer-King reasons , this is because businesses have realised that the ‘ new normal ’ is here to stay , “ Many people don ’ t think we ’ re going to ‘ snap back ’ to how things were beforehand . I believe the new challenges are going to be constant .”
Indeed , even for a cybersecurity expert like SonicWall , there is no denying that remote working poses some difficult questions requiring solutions on a previously unimagined scale . Less than a decade
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