Network Security Solutions - Ardian Technologies
Network security is evolving at record speeds to make data impermeable to threats while simplifying user and admin functions and features. With network security approaching unprecedented times with the global pandemic , system administrators are identifying what's next for network security solutions in 2022.
Identity and Access Management.
As one of the fastest-growing sectors of enterprise IT, the Identity and Access Management (IAM) market is growing steadily and is expected to reach USD 24.1 billion globally by the end of 2025. With organizations prioritizing processes and policies to accommodate WFH and remote teams, secure themselves from cyberattacks, and protect user data, organizations are continuing to invest in the IAM framework and ongoing maintenance.
IAM industry trends such as Seamless Platform Customization and Access, Passwordless Authentication and Decentralized Identity are becoming the silent foundation of organizations SMEs and Corporates alike. With IAM technology now coming center stage, end-user benefits are making their way into company marketing collateral, earnings statements, and board minutes.
Facial Recognition.
Facial recognition has been previously affiliated with governments monitoring their citizens, resulting in widespread pushback due to privacy concerns. Facial recognition is now being deemed a modern miracle in offering touch-less systems that allow people to move freely and confidently.
Recent technological advances in facial recognition have brought personal identification to a new level. Without any physical contact, large-scale event producers can provide contact tracing of their attendees and predetermined movement within the venue. Businesses can confidently open their doors to vaccinated customers while denying entry to the unvaccinated, unmasked, or feverish - all without confrontation. These security measures can be performed without human supervision while remaining touch-less and maintaining a higher level of accuracy compared to manual measures.
Facial recognition solutions are now becoming more accessible to organizations of all sizes. Once limited to government and highly specialized uses such as criminal identification, facial recognition solution providers are demonstrating successful use cases which can be implemented throughout a variety of functions, including Event Attendance, Event Safety, Digital Payments and Vaccine Certificates.
Print Bureau Credentials
As organizations return to planning events reminiscent of pre-pandemic times, print bureau credentialing has evolved from standard identification and venue access to a depository of private medical data such as COVID vaccine and health status records; thus creating an opportunity for security breaches and cybersecurity attacks. The answer to facilitating the return of normalcy in large gatherings and public events is security.
With new layers being added to the credentialing and compliance protocols, organizations are prioritizing data security to build confidence among stakeholders, customers and attendees.
Looking ahead at what 2022 has in store for credentialing within the print bureau space, organizations can expect new layers of integration within their existing systems and added requirements to meet new expectations. Expect to see more solutions around Built in Data-Security, Custom Credentialing Design and Ownership of Attendee Data.
Data Tracking for Cybersecurity Firms
With US companies losing billions of dollars each year due to malware, data breaches and ransomware attacks - not including loss of customers from lack of confidence - cybersecurity security firms are the invisible, yet the most forward facing to customers and intruders alike. As budgets for cybersecurity 3rd party vendors rise each year, so does the demand for transparency from clients and insights into the future. Where data tracking was once a mysterious set of information deciphered by IT engineers, data tracking now plays a role in setting key-performance-indicators (KPIs) of cybersecurity metrics as well as identifying key-risk-indicators (KRIs). Data tracking also provides executives with research analysis and insights that could play a role in new product development, understanding detailed nuances of customer behavior and operational efficiency. With data tracking playing a crucial role in the success of organizations ranging from SMEs to MNCs alike, cybersecurity firms are now expected to provide services beyond the traditional safety and upkeep of their client’s network system, clouds, connected devices and data.
Cybersecurity firms utilizing data tracking provides themselves (and the client) additional layers of protection against threat, added confidence and insight into the future. Over the past year, the biggest trends in data tracking for security firms include Increased Transparency, Accountability of Outsourced IT and Managed Services, and Quantitative Guarantee of Sensitive Data and Reporting.
With businesses establishing more of their day-to-day operations in cyberspace, secure network solutions are being prioritized to protect company assets, data and consumer privacy. While identifying critical areas of lapse is key, most often these aren’t on the radar until post attack and the damage is done. With the onset of new tools and technologies including Facial Recognition, Data Tracking and Identity and Access Management, organizations can have protection criteria in place to eliminate threats and security breaches before they happen.