In collaboration withRapidScale
At a local hospital, a patient with heart issues has their lab results secured behind several layers of encryption, accessible only to the surgeon while being protected from individuals without authorized access. Just across the street, a small business owner is nervously waiting for approval on a wire transfer, oblivious to the fact that fraud detection systems have identified it for additional examination.
These scenarios demonstrate how organizations in regulated sectors navigate conflicting requirements: expedite data movement and process transactions swiftly enough to preserve lives and assist livelihoods, while also ensuring stringent security and compliance with regulations.
Organizations under such oversight maintain a delicate balance daily. Recently, several unexpected challenges have disrupted that careful balance. Regulatory bodies are increasing their scrutiny in light of growing data privacy issues; insurers are tightening their underwriting policies and mandating measures like MFA and privileged-access governance to qualify for coverage. Simultaneously, the changing VMware landscape has added complexity for IT teams responsible for formulating long-term infrastructure plans.
This material was generated by Insights, the custom content division of MIT Technology Review. It was not authored by the editorial team of MIT Technology Review.
This material was developed, designed, and crafted by human writers, editors, analysts, and illustrators. This includes creating surveys and gathering data for those surveys. Any AI tools utilized were restricted to supplementary production processes that underwent thorough human evaluation.
