Security for a Smarter Planet

Bit by bit, our planet is getting smarter. By this, we mean the systems that run, the way we live and work as a society. Three things have brought this about - the world is becoming instrumented, interconnected and intelligent. Given the planet is becoming instrumented and interconnected, this opens up more risks that need to be managed. Escalating security and privacy concerns along with a renewed focus on organizational oversight are driving governance, risk management and compliance (GRC) to the forefront of the business. Compliance regulations have increasingly played a larger role by attempting to establish processes and controls that mitigate the internal and external risks organizations have today. To effectively meet the requirements of GRC, companies must prove that they have strong and consistent controls over who has access to critical applications and data.

Security has to be applied within a business context and fused into the fabric of business and not as a widget to solve the next security threat. This presentation will discuss challenges planet face, what companies, societies, governments need to be doing to address these challenges, and technical approach around a solution.

Authors and Affiliations

1. Distinguished Engineer and CTO, IBM India Software Lab, New Delhi, India

   Nataraj Nagaratnam

Editors and Affiliations

1. Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Department, University of Michigan, 48109, Ann Arbor, MI, USA

   Atul Prakash

2. Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, Kharagpur, India

   Indranil Sen Gupta

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