T&I Summit EMEA 2024: Staying Resilient In A Fluid Technology And Threat Landscape
“Resilience” is an oft-quoted and reasonable ideal that technology professionals and, by extension, the businesses they serve, strive for. But as anyone who works in the tech industry knows, our digital systems are often anything but, with security threats looming like the sword of Damocles.
Business and technology leaders often manage risk by building systems to reduce the likelihood of it crystalizing, which is good. We also have an inclination to assume that our risk management systems will work as intended — this is not so good. Technology moves faster than our controls, and as numerous news-making breaches have shown, systems fail (and rarely gracefully). Organizations that want to stay relevant need to approach security as a series of incremental changes supported by frequent testing and modeling, akin to how threat actors stay innovative.
In the context of today’s technology landscape and, naturally, the risk associated with the rapid changes that we have seen in the last two years, business, security, and technology leaders are in an asymmetric playing field. Threat actors typically have a high risk appetite, do not have security concerns (such as for responsible PII use), and are not terribly bothered by breaking changes. This gives them room to innovate faster than most businesses and also gives them significant resilience, as the cost benefit is heavily skewed in their favor. Like the Hydra, you cut one head and two more rise to take its place — they are terribly resilient.
At Forrester’s Technology & Innovation Summit EMEA 2024, we will be exploring resilience from the lens of technology innovation, the valuable lessons we can learn from threat actors, and how we can improvise and adapt to overcome the challenges of a fluid threat landscape.
Attendees can expect to learn how to:
- Approach AI practically in the context of security.
- Balance business needs when modeling emerging threats.
- Leverage visibility to boost risk and opportunity.
The future is unpredictable, and we can take the ostrich approach or keep our eyes open to reality. Join us in London on October 9–11 as we forge a path towards a secure and adaptable future.