Kara Hayes, Americas Market Development, Nokia Talks Security

Kara Hayes of Americas Market Development, Security Product Group, delves into the importance of secure IT. Network security has long been accepted as a critical part of the IT infrastructure required by small, medium and large enterprises today.

Previously, a firewall and desktop anti-virus might have been enough to quell the fears of IT professionals, but as the reliance on webified applications and the Internet in general increases, threats to these enterprises have become more complex and designed specifically to circumvent the traditional security measures in place.

Security breaches vary greatly depending on the customer, business model and network.

Companies that connect to a large number of external partners would be more than likely to see threats coming from the ?unknown? partner entity than companies that do not allow such entities to connect to their work.

Security is driven by the new kids of applications that businesses deploy and the new ways of working in a mobile environment. As such security threats will target new applications through the web, instant messaging or video.

They would also target new kinds of devices or operating systems that are becoming more popular in the corporate space.