Close
  • Latest News
  • Big Data and Analytics
  • Cloud
  • Networking
  • Cybersecurity
  • Applications
  • IT Management
  • Storage
  • Sponsored
  • Mobile
  • Small Business
  • Development
  • Database
  • Servers
  • Android
  • Apple
  • Innovation
  • Blogs
  • PC Hardware
  • Reviews
  • Search Engines
  • Virtualization
Read Down
Sign in
Close
Welcome!Log into your account
Forgot your password?
Read Down
Password recovery
Recover your password
Close
Search
Logo
Logo
  • Latest News
  • Big Data and Analytics
  • Cloud
  • Networking
  • Cybersecurity
  • Applications
  • IT Management
  • Storage
  • Sponsored
  • Mobile
  • Small Business
  • Development
  • Database
  • Servers
  • Android
  • Apple
  • Innovation
  • Blogs
  • PC Hardware
  • Reviews
  • Search Engines
  • Virtualization
More
    Home Cybersecurity
    • Cybersecurity

    Determinism Is the Key to Security, IDC Tells RSA Conference

    By
    Sean Michael Kerner
    -
    February 15, 2017
    Share
    Facebook
    Twitter
    Linkedin
      sean pike rsa conference 2017

      SAN FRANCISCO—Analyst firm IDC hosted its annual RSA Conference breakfast meeting here on Feb. 15, providing the standing-room-only audience with some direction on the future of security.

      While there is a lot of talk at the RSA Conference about machine learning and artificial intelligence (AI), Sean Pike, program vice president of security products at IDC, sees a far more important trend. In his view, the biggest and most important trend in security today is what he referred to as determinism.

      According to Pike, determinism is not about whether or not an organization was or wasn’t breached, but rather about the ability of an organization to definitively prove the integrity of IT assets.

      “Determinism means integrity,” Pike said. “I believe that it is integrity that will pull us through to the next phase of digital transformation.”

      What integrity means in a data context is that data has been unchanged and it is reliable, he said. Deterministic integrity is at the core what information security should be all about. Pike noted that providing integrity means making sure that information is accurate.

      AI and machine learning are helpful in improving decision-making accuracy. Pike said that AI can help inform integrity, with data helping to make a deterministic assessment about who someone is or what something is.

      “We want to know that someone or something is who they purport to be, and the way to do that is through deterministic data integrity,” Pike said. “I hope that over the next few years, the security industry will talk more about the integrity of data and not just about threat protection.”

      Security Statistics

      Looking at some of the numbers behind the security industry, Pike is bullish on the growth prospects for the identity and access management market. According to IDC, identity and access control technology revenue will grow by 8.3 percent in 2017, and it’s a topic that nearly every client asks about.

      “Identity will be an incredibly hot space over next few years, and that goes directly to integrity,” Pike said.

      Cloud security is also a very hot space, with 83 percent of respondents to an unpublished IDC survey cited by Pike looking to buy some form of cloud security service in the next 12 to 18 months.

      Additionally, there is strong demand for managed security services, with 90 percent of organizations telling IDC they plan on spending money on such services. There is also strong demand for analytics as a service, with 50 percent of organizations telling IDC they plan on using analytics to solve cyber-security challenges in the next year.

      While organizations are heading to the cloud, Pike noted that there is still demand for traditional network security products like firewalls. According to IDC, 63 percent of organizations plan on increasing spending this year on network security products.

      “What that says to me is that though organizations are moving to the cloud, they realize they still have to pay attention to their heritage and protect where they came from,” Pike said.

      Sean Michael Kerner is a senior editor at eWEEK and InternetNews.com. Follow him on Twitter @TechJournalist.

      Sean Michael Kerner
      Sean Michael Kerner is an Internet consultant, strategist, and contributor to several leading IT business web sites.

      MOST POPULAR ARTICLES

      Big Data and Analytics

      Alteryx’s Suresh Vittal on the Democratization of...

      James Maguire - May 31, 2022 0
      I spoke with Suresh Vittal, Chief Product Officer at Alteryx, about the industry mega-shift toward making data analytics tools accessible to a company’s complete...
      Read more
      Cybersecurity

      Visa’s Michael Jabbara on Cybersecurity and Digital...

      James Maguire - May 17, 2022 0
      I spoke with Michael Jabbara, VP and Global Head of Fraud Services at Visa, about the cybersecurity technology used to ensure the safe transfer...
      Read more
      Cloud

      IGEL CEO Jed Ayres on Edge and...

      James Maguire - June 14, 2022 0
      I spoke with Jed Ayres, CEO of IGEL, about the endpoint sector, and an open source OS for the cloud; we also spoke about...
      Read more
      Applications

      Cisco’s Thimaya Subaiya on Customer Experience in...

      James Maguire - May 10, 2022 0
      I spoke with Thimaya Subaiya, SVP and GM of Global Customer Experience at Cisco, about the factors that create good customer experience – and...
      Read more
      Cloud

      Yotascale CEO Asim Razzaq on Controlling Multicloud...

      James Maguire - May 5, 2022 0
      Asim Razzaq, CEO of Yotascale, provides guidance on understanding—and containing—the complex cost structure of multicloud computing. Among the topics we covered:  As you survey the...
      Read more
      Logo

      eWeek has the latest technology news and analysis, buying guides, and product reviews for IT professionals and technology buyers. The site’s focus is on innovative solutions and covering in-depth technical content. eWeek stays on the cutting edge of technology news and IT trends through interviews and expert analysis. Gain insight from top innovators and thought leaders in the fields of IT, business, enterprise software, startups, and more.

      Facebook
      Linkedin
      RSS
      Twitter
      Youtube

      Advertisers

      Advertise with TechnologyAdvice on eWeek and our other IT-focused platforms.

      Advertise with Us

      Menu

      • About eWeek
      • Subscribe to our Newsletter
      • Latest News

      Our Brands

      • Privacy Policy
      • Terms
      • About
      • Contact
      • Advertise
      • Sitemap
      • California – Do Not Sell My Information

      Property of TechnologyAdvice.
      © 2022 TechnologyAdvice. All Rights Reserved

      Advertiser Disclosure: Some of the products that appear on this site are from companies from which TechnologyAdvice receives compensation. This compensation may impact how and where products appear on this site including, for example, the order in which they appear. TechnologyAdvice does not include all companies or all types of products available in the marketplace.

      ×