Integration imagination: The future of connected operations

Security teams that collaborate cross-functionally and apply imagination and creativity to envision and design their ideal integrated ecosystem will have the biggest upside to corporate security and operational benefits.

Companies will find an issue and evaluate solutions from a siloed and narrowed perspective, missing opportunities to partner and collaborate internally with other departments like IT or operations. If they have a problem with unauthorized access, they search for a new badge reader or an intricate access control upgrade.

This can cause fragmentation, making monitoring and maintenance difficult. Further, they may miss an easier win if they were to interact with peers in other areas that may have a quicker, simpler path forward. Beyond the low-hanging fruit, security solutions need to be evaluated of how they fit into a dynamic ecosystem, requiring a 64,000-foot perspective that explores their impact on the organization.

However, because this interconnected framework is where security in many industries is trending, it is important that companies have all key stakeholders in the room when deciding on a solution. Previously, it was up to either security, IT or operations to identify technology to fix the problem.