Innovation vs. risk: IT leaders share security concerns regarding tech innovation, but can they afford to let risk hold them back?
- Emerging technology like generative AI is crucial for business innovation
- 89% of IT leaders say their organization requires high levels of innovation, including generative AI, in the next 12 months to succeed
- Organizations are turning to technologies like 5G, AI and machine learning, and IoT to drive innovation
- Organizations are investing in network-based security solutions
- 64% of IT leaders believe that cybersecurity concerns are negatively impacting their organization’s willingness to invest in innovative tech
- Only 45% describe their organization as innovative and secure
- IT leaders have concerns about their ability to keep up with technology demands and their IT teams being stretched to capacity
- There is a need to tie network security investments together to realize their benefits
Emerging technology like generative AI is ushering in an era of innovation for businesses who must evolve their networks to ensure secure trailblazing
With headlines full of the promise of the latest technologies, the research, which features responses from 2,100 IT leaders across 21 countries, examined how organizations are currently approaching the interplay between innovation and risk. The report also sheds light on the role IT leaders and the network have to play in facilitating safer innovation.
The rise of innovation
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Despite this push, only
Managing the growing risk
There is also a growing gulf between tech demands and the IT team’s capability to manage it all –
Combining this rise in technology use with the lack of resource and broader trends around remote working, hybrid cloud, and distributed centers of data, organizations are facing greater exposure than ever.
“Business needs have evolved, and teams are increasingly deploying new technologies to meet these needs. However, security measures that can support the rise of emerging tech must evolve alongside them,” said Scott Calzia, vice president marketing, HPE Aruba Networking. “For IT teams, this means realizing that AI networking –– can support their teams in being more efficient, alleviate laborious admin tasks, and further their security strategy by delivering built-in protection.”
The role of the network
According to the research, there is growing recognition of the network’s role in business transformation – and, in particular, of the link between the network and both security and innovation. In fact,
But evidence suggests that they still need help tying these investments together to realize their benefits – only
Calzia concludes: “While pressure to innovate isn’t going to ease, IT leaders need to find a secure, streamlined way to overcome the risk conundrum. This requires a unified SASE (SSE + SD-WAN) approach to bring together all disparate network technologies and truly deliver a network capable of supporting safe innovation. Given the prevalence of hybrid working, a strong network security foundation that includes using Zero Trust principles is a good starting point to then guide investments in SASE, SSE, and NAC.”
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About Hewlett Packard Enterprise
Hewlett Packard Enterprise (NYSE: HPE) is the global edge-to-cloud company that helps organizations accelerate outcomes by unlocking value from all of their data, everywhere. Built on decades of reimagining the future and innovating to advance the way people live and work, HPE delivers unique, open, and intelligent technology solutions as a service. With offerings spanning Cloud Services, Compute, High Performance Computing & AI, Intelligent Edge, Software, and Storage, HPE provides a consistent experience across all clouds and edges, helping customers develop new business models, engage in new ways, and increase operational performance. For more information, visit: www.hpe.com.
NOTE TO EDITORS: In February 2023, HPE Aruba Networking commissioned Sapio Research to conduct a survey of over 2,100 IT decision makers (ITDMs) across 21 markets [
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Ben Stricker
Ben.Stricker@hpe.com
Source: Hewlett Packard Enterprise
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