RISE OF THE PERSONAL DEVICE
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RISE OF THE PERSONAL DEVICE
Personal devices , Liber thinks , have been maligned in security circles . Yes , they offer an increased attack surface and personal details are more likely to be compromised , but at the same time Joe Public ’ s attitude to privacy has changed . “ Privacy doesn ’ t make most of end users worry . People today give away information relatively easily . You can see it on social media . When you lost your credit cards , that used to be a big issue . Now you just cancel it and everything is okay .”
Transparency is top of Liber ’ s list when it comes to management . “ It ’ s important . Everybody should feel as if they have an understanding of what ’ s going on from the top level down to the person doing the hands-on engineering . When there ’ s a shared strategy and objective to the company , everybody should feel as if they ’ re part of it .”
The second thing on his list is saying yes ( even conditionally ) and the third is sticking to facts and numbers . “ There are a lot of hunches and gut feelings in security ,” admits Liber , “ which is okay and sometimes important . But eventually , when you need to make a decision , it should be balanced between having
“ Having a good relationship with your vendor means being able to look forward to the upcoming years in terms of security transformation ”
— Daniel Liber , Head of information security , Playtech
FEBRUARY 2021