Amid growing security concerns, companies are increasing their spending on new security systems, an opportunity Dell aims to take advantage of with its comprehensive portfolio of solutions.
“[Dell] sees security with fresh eyes to provide solutions which solve organizations’ many security challenges. We try to close gaps and reduce complexity while mitigating risk,” said Han Chon, director for security and endpoint systems management at Dell.
To address top security issues, Dell has defined a number of scenarios that relate to the potential loss of data and what solutions customers would need for these.
The following is an excerpt of NWA’s interview with Chon:
How much of a typical enterprise security infrastructure today can be considered "legacy"? How well are these legacy systems able to cope with modern threats? Shouldn't they be well updated by vendors to meet new threats? How are current trends affecting organizations’ bottom line with the costs, risks and inefficiencies involved with legacy security systems?
Most organizations have legacy systems to some extent. This can result in numerous problems, primary of which is the lack of security, with the system being exposed to numerous threats. At present, threats have become ubiquitous, potent and advanced. Viruses have been reported to remain a problem for most organizations, with 72% of companies worldwide receiving infected emails or files. These viruses can also leave after effects that other viruses can exploit in the future. At the same time, hacks have become even more sophisticated. Unfortunately, the current approaches to security were developed before the existence of the cloud, BYOD, and other innovations.
It doesn’t help that enterprises use complex security systems that work in silos which become even more complicated as organizations grow larger, leading to the introduction of even more security threats. Systems then, have to look past the state of packets and become more aware of the context and the application.
There is a need for vendors and IT managers to meet these threats. Due to the increase in threats, we’ve witnessed the tremendous growth of the enterprise software market. Based on a report by Gartner, the enterprise software market grew by 4.9% or $299 billion in 2013. It is also the fastest growing segment for IT spend in 2014, with global spending for the year projected to hit $320 billion, up 6.9% from 2013.