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Kathleen Martin
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The virtual world is merging with our physical world in thousands of new ways every year. This reality plays out in far more ways than popular fantasy games or the billions of social media users that are growing in number all the time. From more shopping online to an explosion of virtual meetings during the global pandemic to the dependence on online apps for driving directions, most Americans rely on their smartphones for everyday life much more than a decade ago. Indeed, back in 2016 the case was made that leaders in digital merge the physical and the virtual. Here are six business reasons why (with details in the referenced article):
THE DECADES OLD CASE FOR CONVERGENCE
The concept of bringing together physical and cybersecurity is far from new — and goes back decades. Back in 2005, Derek Slater introduced me to the concept in this excellent CSO Magazine article: “Sanders defines convergence as the integration of logical security, information security, physical and personnel security; business continuity; disaster recovery; and safety risk management. (Logical security focuses on the tools in a network computing environment; information security focuses on the flow of information across both the logical and physical environment.) Cost savings is one of the important payoffs in this holistic security strategy. Because there's always some duplication in a stove-piped security organization-in overhead and programs, for example-it's more cost-effective to manage an integrated one.
Continue reading:https://www.govtech.com/blogs/lohrmann-on-cybersecurity/why-should-you-merge-physical-security-and-cybersecurity
- Expanding product range
- Selling an experience
- Broadening their footprint
- Enriching customer service
- Developing the ability to tell their story
- Accessing rare capabilities
THE DECADES OLD CASE FOR CONVERGENCE
The concept of bringing together physical and cybersecurity is far from new — and goes back decades. Back in 2005, Derek Slater introduced me to the concept in this excellent CSO Magazine article: “Sanders defines convergence as the integration of logical security, information security, physical and personnel security; business continuity; disaster recovery; and safety risk management. (Logical security focuses on the tools in a network computing environment; information security focuses on the flow of information across both the logical and physical environment.) Cost savings is one of the important payoffs in this holistic security strategy. Because there's always some duplication in a stove-piped security organization-in overhead and programs, for example-it's more cost-effective to manage an integrated one.
Continue reading:https://www.govtech.com/blogs/lohrmann-on-cybersecurity/why-should-you-merge-physical-security-and-cybersecurity
