Why Should an Organization Embrace Digital Assurance?

We have been hearing the term ‘Digital’ since ages. The concept is as old as when the Atanasoff–Berry Computer (ABC), the first “automatic electronic digital computer” was invented in 1942. So when we talk ‘Digital’, some folks may tend to think that it’s just repackaging the same old concept in a new envelope.

To bring more context into what has changed, glaze through the following figures:

• Global IOT market is expected to touch $8.9 Trillion by 2020 (Source)
• Worldwide big data & analytics market is now more than $125 billion (Source)
• Google processes over 100 billion searches per month (Source)
• Worldwide Public Cloud Services market is expected to cross $100 billion (Source)
• There are more than 7 billion Mobile devices in the world (Source)
• Facebook has over 55 billion monthly active users (Source)

Top 5 factors driving an organization to embrace Digital Assurance initiatives as part of their DNA:

• Digital is Complex : The most difficult challenge comes from the complexities arising from the nexus of forces — Social-Mobile-Analytics-Cloud, to ensure that they work in synchronization with organizational goals.
• Digital makes an organization vulnerable to Security Threats : Security is of paramount importance specifically in an interconnected world. The smart interconnected ecosystems on one side enable an unimaginable world of possibilities, but it makes the entire system highly vulnerable to security threats, if not properly configured and tested, on the flip side.