Economy Compels Greater Need for
Collaboration, More Intelligent Systems and
Better Fraud Prevention; Biometric Use and
Acceptance Also to Increase
Feb-17-09
The “consumerization” of technology and its blurring boundaries between personal and
professional use of computers, sophisticated mobile phones and other devices, is forcing
enterprises to rethink how they assess risk and protect data, according to security experts at
Unisys Corporation (NYSE: UIS).
At same time, an increasingly mobile society and more mainstream uses for social networking
sites create new potential security risks as the consumerization of technology continues to
change the way people work and live. These converging trends will cause organizations to take
a more integrated view of their security posture across all channels within and outside of their
extended enterprises, as well as consider new uses for advanced solutions such as biometrics.
In this background, Unisys sees the following issues as security technology priorities:
Consumer mobility, social networking, and cloud computing will become more significant factors
in how organizations determine security investments.
Faster, and more intelligent security systems that correlate and interpret information from
multiple sources (including converging physical and data security), will become more prevalent,
with economic pressures underscoring the need to break down silos among information
systems.
Lingering troubles for financial institutions will likely constrain resources and create the potential
for greater risk of financial fraud schemes.
Organizations worldwide will increase deployment of biometric identification technologies as
consumer acceptance grows.
Consumer mobility and social networking force new thinking in risk assessment
The increasing consumerization of technology creates more access points for data protection,
requiring a more end-to-end view of risk, and encouraging greater collaboration by security
professionals across various