Inspira Enterprise- Transforming the digital world with cyber security
1. Enlighten us the 5 Quality Principles for Successful Cloud Migration & Adoption?
In the modern era of technological advancements, cloud computing remains at the forefront as businesses embrace digital transformation. Cloud services continue to benefit brands in streamlining diverse business operations including business expansion, service offerings, security infrastructure, and product management.
Today, regardless of the industry, organizations, across the globe, are leveraging cloud computing to achieve desired business outcomes.
Gartner suggests that public cloud spending for all enterprises will increase from just 17% in 2021 to 45% of their IT spending by 2026 - a valid indicator of its meteoric rise.
Tackling the cloud complexities during integration
When organizations plan to migrate their existing applications to the cloud, they face multiple challenges during the cloud integration phase.
Most of these barriers are related to access, performance and security. In such situations, an automated parallel testing framework comes to the rescue.
Automate first and automate everything approach
Today, organizations seek to take complete advantage of the cloud and need to embrace a culture of automating first, automate everything for their cloud assurance process. This contemporary automation approach not only focuses on in-sprint automation, but also tries to automate the entire automation pipeline, from test data to infrastructure to quality gates.
Such zero touch automation approaches serve as a potential enabler for fostering cloud adoption effectively.
Validate resilience of cloud native applications
Resiliency is the ability of your system to react to failure and still remain functional. It's not about avoiding failure but accepting failure and constructing your cloud-native services to respond to it. You want to return to a fully functioning state as quickly as possible.
Scope of improving the scalability of cloud infrastructure
Over the past few years, the future of cloud computing has changed drastically. Today, the world is strongly connected with one another, with the help of digital technologies. So, cloud computing is here to stay. Businesses need to leverage this technology and grow with it. The technology is both powerful and inspiring.
In the long run, it proves to be a cost-effective way of executing services for many businesses, both big and small. Since cloud computing enjoys a bigger scope, mainly in terms of reachability, it is bound to have a grand future. Both customers and the host service providers will reap benefits. Yet, it all depends on the technological decisions made by the product owners of businesses.
2. What are the 5 Cloud Security Threats to Look Out For in 2023
The Internet is arguably the most valuable contribution to technology for mankind. It has completely changed the way people communicate to the point where it is now the favoured method for casual contact. While the internet's increased connection offers widespread advancement, it also exposes our digital society to new threats.
Some of them are mentioned below:
API shortcomings: Cloud software and application programming interfaces interact with one another to form a vital component of the cloud environment. Though organizations make it a point to secure their data on the cloud but do not consider safeguarding their API, which as a result, acts as a gateway for data thefts. Moreover, by creating APIs with insufficient authentication, developers wind up creating security gaps that allow unwanted access to corporate data. Thus, it is imperative for businesses to secure their API to ensure the safety of their data.
In fact, a survey by ‘Markets and Markets’ estimates that the API management market will increase from 4.5 billion dollars in 2022 to 13.7 billion dollars by 2027, with a CAGR of 25.1% over the course of the projected period.
Data theft/ Duplication of Data: Cloud access allows organizations to access their data around the clock, which enables instant sharing and improves collaboration. But on the other side, this also poses a threat to data, considering it can be easily shared with internal as well as external parties. Additionally, because backing up such a large amount of data is expensive and time-consuming, corporations prevent it when transferring their data to the cloud. This, as a result, exposes data to certain risks and leads to data breaches or loss of critical business information.
Open access: There is no denying the fact the cloud makes it easy to access data. But because data is so readily accessible, issues about identity and access management are raised, which might provide a challenge for organizations. Thus, in order to avoid such a situation, it becomes crucial for companies to employ advanced identity and access management solutions in order to make sure that only necessary people have access to your data.
Cloud malware: Security teams often assume that implementing endpoint security solutions on their cloud malware attack is no longer a matter of concern. However, malware is a real-time threat in the cloud and it can appear in several forms of attacks, such as DoS, hyperjacking, and hypervisor infections. In fact, there were 2.8 billion malware attacks worldwide in the first half of 2022, as per Statista analysis. Pls share a url in the end to authenticate
The moment it penetrates an organization's IT entrance points, it acquires the ability to spread quickly and opens the leeway for more serious threats. Therefore, installing numerous layers of security is essential for security professionals to identify malware threats and respond promptly.
Configuration errors: Misconfigurations have increased as more businesses store their data in the cloud. They take place when a company does not correctly configure its cloud-based system, leaving it open to hackers. These configuration errors make it simple for attackers to conduct various cyber-attacks, including DDoS, ransomware, malware, or digital skimming.
In order to avoid such attacks, the best way is to adopt certain cyber security practices such as encrypting cloud-based data, securing entry points, performing security audits and backups, amongst others.
3.What are the steps to take for digital transformation?
Digital transformation equates to the adoption of digital technologies that help introduce newer business models or change how existing businesses operate. Earlier the pace of the end-to-end process from building a technology-driven strategy to its implementation would take years.
The process of using technology to create new and enhanced business processes, products, and services is known as digital transformation. For every business to succeed, a digital transformation is essential, but defining what that transformation looks like can be challenging. It can assist companies in being more flexible and change resistant.
For a successful digital transformation, it is very important to identify what you want to achieve, what are your goals and objectives. Once you have a clear idea of this, you can start putting together a plan of action. The second important step is to create a cross-functional team. This needs a team of people with different skills and knowledge to help you with your digital transformation. Implementing new technologies is one of the most important aspects of a successful digital transformation.
This can help you improve your processes and make your business more efficient. Change in organizational culture, your organization’s culture will need to change in order for your digital transformation to be successful. You need to create a culture that is open to change and willing to embrace new technologies.
In order to measure success, one should measure success, you need to measure your progress in order to know if your digital transformation is successful. Track your KPIs and compare them against your objectives. If you are not seeing the results you want, make changes to your strategy.
4. What is the most important, according to you, being technologically fluent or excellent at working with people?
From the clattering keystrokes of a typewriter to getting real-time updates with a press on the keyboard, the work culture has come a long way. And the adoption of technology in the workplace has massively impacted the way we used to work.
However, the value of technology is measured in dollars and cents — improving productivity, eliminating redundancies, all resulting in hyper fixation on return on investment.
The human cost of technology is often overlooked. But now, with the ongoing shift to remote, distributed, and asynchronous work, academics and mental health professionals around the world are acknowledging this fact and are calling for a digital mental health revolution. Therefore, it is extremely important to strike the right balance between workforce and technology.
5. Digital transformation and the performance of Micro and small enterprises
Digital transformation has a significant beneficial impact on enterprises. It also has a growing impact on Small to Medium-sized Enterprises (SME) business and IT ecosystems and offers new and prolific opportunities to participate in the global economy.
Enterprise Applications Providers, Technology and Infrastructure vendors have realized and capitalized on the power of innovative technologies like Cloud, Big Data, Mobile, Social, Sensors, etc., considering next-gen solutions are being developed with the nexus of these forces and how these can play a significant role in building the brand by providing solution driven response.
This influence on performance and quality adds value to services, as evidenced by the following statistics
More than 40% of small firms report customer growth because of digital tools.
More than 70% report revenue growth as a result of digital transformation; this growth is also responsible for those organizations creating twice as many employments.
90% of small firms that utilize digital tools claim that it has aided in the promotion of innovation; businesses that employ digital transformation are also twice as profitable as those who do not.
In the modern era of technological advancements, cloud computing remains at the forefront as businesses embrace digital transformation. Cloud services continue to benefit brands in streamlining diverse business operations including business expansion, service offerings, security infrastructure, and product management.
Today, regardless of the industry, organizations, across the globe, are leveraging cloud computing to achieve desired business outcomes.
Gartner suggests that public cloud spending for all enterprises will increase from just 17% in 2021 to 45% of their IT spending by 2026 - a valid indicator of its meteoric rise.
Tackling the cloud complexities during integration
When organizations plan to migrate their existing applications to the cloud, they face multiple challenges during the cloud integration phase.
Most of these barriers are related to access, performance and security. In such situations, an automated parallel testing framework comes to the rescue.
Automate first and automate everything approach
Today, organizations seek to take complete advantage of the cloud and need to embrace a culture of automating first, automate everything for their cloud assurance process. This contemporary automation approach not only focuses on in-sprint automation, but also tries to automate the entire automation pipeline, from test data to infrastructure to quality gates.
Such zero touch automation approaches serve as a potential enabler for fostering cloud adoption effectively.
Validate resilience of cloud native applications
Resiliency is the ability of your system to react to failure and still remain functional. It's not about avoiding failure but accepting failure and constructing your cloud-native services to respond to it. You want to return to a fully functioning state as quickly as possible.
Scope of improving the scalability of cloud infrastructure
Over the past few years, the future of cloud computing has changed drastically. Today, the world is strongly connected with one another, with the help of digital technologies. So, cloud computing is here to stay. Businesses need to leverage this technology and grow with it. The technology is both powerful and inspiring.
In the long run, it proves to be a cost-effective way of executing services for many businesses, both big and small. Since cloud computing enjoys a bigger scope, mainly in terms of reachability, it is bound to have a grand future. Both customers and the host service providers will reap benefits. Yet, it all depends on the technological decisions made by the product owners of businesses.
2. What are the 5 Cloud Security Threats to Look Out For in 2023
The Internet is arguably the most valuable contribution to technology for mankind. It has completely changed the way people communicate to the point where it is now the favoured method for casual contact. While the internet's increased connection offers widespread advancement, it also exposes our digital society to new threats.
Some of them are mentioned below:
API shortcomings: Cloud software and application programming interfaces interact with one another to form a vital component of the cloud environment. Though organizations make it a point to secure their data on the cloud but do not consider safeguarding their API, which as a result, acts as a gateway for data thefts. Moreover, by creating APIs with insufficient authentication, developers wind up creating security gaps that allow unwanted access to corporate data. Thus, it is imperative for businesses to secure their API to ensure the safety of their data.
In fact, a survey by ‘Markets and Markets’ estimates that the API management market will increase from 4.5 billion dollars in 2022 to 13.7 billion dollars by 2027, with a CAGR of 25.1% over the course of the projected period.
Data theft/ Duplication of Data: Cloud access allows organizations to access their data around the clock, which enables instant sharing and improves collaboration. But on the other side, this also poses a threat to data, considering it can be easily shared with internal as well as external parties. Additionally, because backing up such a large amount of data is expensive and time-consuming, corporations prevent it when transferring their data to the cloud. This, as a result, exposes data to certain risks and leads to data breaches or loss of critical business information.
Open access: There is no denying the fact the cloud makes it easy to access data. But because data is so readily accessible, issues about identity and access management are raised, which might provide a challenge for organizations. Thus, in order to avoid such a situation, it becomes crucial for companies to employ advanced identity and access management solutions in order to make sure that only necessary people have access to your data.
Cloud malware: Security teams often assume that implementing endpoint security solutions on their cloud malware attack is no longer a matter of concern. However, malware is a real-time threat in the cloud and it can appear in several forms of attacks, such as DoS, hyperjacking, and hypervisor infections. In fact, there were 2.8 billion malware attacks worldwide in the first half of 2022, as per Statista analysis. Pls share a url in the end to authenticate
The moment it penetrates an organization's IT entrance points, it acquires the ability to spread quickly and opens the leeway for more serious threats. Therefore, installing numerous layers of security is essential for security professionals to identify malware threats and respond promptly.
Configuration errors: Misconfigurations have increased as more businesses store their data in the cloud. They take place when a company does not correctly configure its cloud-based system, leaving it open to hackers. These configuration errors make it simple for attackers to conduct various cyber-attacks, including DDoS, ransomware, malware, or digital skimming.
In order to avoid such attacks, the best way is to adopt certain cyber security practices such as encrypting cloud-based data, securing entry points, performing security audits and backups, amongst others.
3.What are the steps to take for digital transformation?
Digital transformation equates to the adoption of digital technologies that help introduce newer business models or change how existing businesses operate. Earlier the pace of the end-to-end process from building a technology-driven strategy to its implementation would take years.
The process of using technology to create new and enhanced business processes, products, and services is known as digital transformation. For every business to succeed, a digital transformation is essential, but defining what that transformation looks like can be challenging. It can assist companies in being more flexible and change resistant.
For a successful digital transformation, it is very important to identify what you want to achieve, what are your goals and objectives. Once you have a clear idea of this, you can start putting together a plan of action. The second important step is to create a cross-functional team. This needs a team of people with different skills and knowledge to help you with your digital transformation. Implementing new technologies is one of the most important aspects of a successful digital transformation.
This can help you improve your processes and make your business more efficient. Change in organizational culture, your organization’s culture will need to change in order for your digital transformation to be successful. You need to create a culture that is open to change and willing to embrace new technologies.
In order to measure success, one should measure success, you need to measure your progress in order to know if your digital transformation is successful. Track your KPIs and compare them against your objectives. If you are not seeing the results you want, make changes to your strategy.
4. What is the most important, according to you, being technologically fluent or excellent at working with people?
From the clattering keystrokes of a typewriter to getting real-time updates with a press on the keyboard, the work culture has come a long way. And the adoption of technology in the workplace has massively impacted the way we used to work.
However, the value of technology is measured in dollars and cents — improving productivity, eliminating redundancies, all resulting in hyper fixation on return on investment.
The human cost of technology is often overlooked. But now, with the ongoing shift to remote, distributed, and asynchronous work, academics and mental health professionals around the world are acknowledging this fact and are calling for a digital mental health revolution. Therefore, it is extremely important to strike the right balance between workforce and technology.
5. Digital transformation and the performance of Micro and small enterprises
Digital transformation has a significant beneficial impact on enterprises. It also has a growing impact on Small to Medium-sized Enterprises (SME) business and IT ecosystems and offers new and prolific opportunities to participate in the global economy.
Enterprise Applications Providers, Technology and Infrastructure vendors have realized and capitalized on the power of innovative technologies like Cloud, Big Data, Mobile, Social, Sensors, etc., considering next-gen solutions are being developed with the nexus of these forces and how these can play a significant role in building the brand by providing solution driven response.
This influence on performance and quality adds value to services, as evidenced by the following statistics
More than 40% of small firms report customer growth because of digital tools.
More than 70% report revenue growth as a result of digital transformation; this growth is also responsible for those organizations creating twice as many employments.
90% of small firms that utilize digital tools claim that it has aided in the promotion of innovation; businesses that employ digital transformation are also twice as profitable as those who do not.
