3rd Party Risk Management , Access Management , Audit

Enhancing Security in 2021: Essential Steps

Two CISOs Offer a List of Priorities
From left: Alain Sanchez, EMEA CISO, Fortinet and Manish Tiwari, SVP & global CISO, Bharti Airtel Ltd.

To enhance organizations’ security postures in the year ahead, CISOs must strengthen authentication processes, increase the use of network segmentation tools and deploy effective threat intelligence capabilities, two CISOs recommend.

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"It’s critical to put in place additional authentication processes, such as renewed passwords and biometrics, and also network segmentation tools and explain to the users why it was necessary to do so in protecting the data," says Alain Sanchez, EMEA CISO at the security firm Fortinet.

Manish Tiwari, senior vice president and global CISO at Bharti Airtel Ltd., a large telecommunications organization, says organizations “need to transform cybersecurity to provide a more effective threat intelligence feed. It will require more enhanced monitoring and application of automation, using artificial intelligence and machine learning tools for early detection of anomalies, he adds.

In this video discussion with Information Security Media Group, Sanchez and Tiwari offer insights on how to:

  • Mitigate third-party risks;
  • Use AI and ML to more quickly detect threats;
  • Take other essential steps to enhance the security posture of an organization.

Sanchez, the EMEA CISO at Fortinet, has 20 years of executive engagement experience in networks and telecommunications, advising companies engaged in digital transformation programs.

Tiwari, global CISO at Bharti Airtel, has more than 30 years of experience in information security and information operations. He is responsible for IT security initiatives in the Indian Navy. Prior to joining Bharti Airtel, he was the chief information security adviser at Microsoft India. He has been a visiting faculty member at the Naval War College, Army War College, and various Naval institutions as a domain expert on cybersecurity.


About the Author

Geetha Nandikotkur

Geetha Nandikotkur

Vice President - Conferences, Asia, Middle East and Africa, ISMG

Nandikotkur is an award-winning journalist with over 20 years of experience in newspapers, audiovisual media, magazines and research. She has an understanding of technology and business journalism and has moderated several roundtables and conferences, in addition to leading mentoring programs for the IT community. Prior to joining ISMG, Nandikotkur worked for 9.9 Media as a group editor for CIO & Leader, IT Next and CSO Forum.




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