Should cybersecurity be part of your digital transformation strategy?

Digital transformation offers companies some tantalizing possibilities. But new technologies usher in new vulnerabilities. Cybersecurity needs to play a key role.

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• Stephen J. Bigelow, Senior Technology Editor

Today's leaders are focused on digital transformation, using new technologies to improve operations, create new products and develop new services even as they enhance their value to users, partners and customers.

Yet, harnessing these systems also brings new risks. New platforms and programs result in attack surfaces that are larger and more numerous -- revealing fresh vulnerabilities in both deployment and operation. Increasingly sophisticated infrastructures must be reliable and hardened against failures. Burgeoning volumes of important data must be classified, secured and tightly controlled to prevent data breaches, compliance and legal exposures and loss of competitive advantage. Even human factors, such as insider attacks and partner data access, pose unexpected risks to digital transformation initiatives.

Cybersecurity mitigates ...