Intelligent CIO Europe Issue 20 | Page 55

/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// FEATURE: CLOUD MANAGEMENT Investing in the cloud for peak performance Today’s consumer expects connectivity at their fingertips, as well as infinite amount of cloud storage available to them for smooth operation and security. Intelligent CIO Europe caught up with Lior Kohavi, Chief Strategy Officer and EVP Advanced Solutions, Cyren, who talked all things cloud including data management, as well as some of the security challenges the technology presents. www.intelligentcio.com C yren, a leader in cloud security, provides 100% cloud Internet security solutions to enterprises to help them protect against cyberattacks and data loss. It offers Security- as-a-Service for email, sandboxing, DNS, and embedded threat intelligence solutions for security vendors and service providers. Lior Kohavi is responsible for following the trends taking place in the security industry to ensure Cyren is leveraging its assets effectively. With a company presence in Israel, he discusses cloud usage and its ongoing development in the country, as well as talking about the technology from a more general perspective. What kinds of challenges do you see with cloud security as the amount of data continues to grow? We as a company strongly believe in the cloud – we are 100% in the cloud. Our philosophy is that the killer applications – Office365, Salesforce, Zoom – are moving into the cloud. The data is generated in the cloud, so the security needs to be there too. INTELLIGENTCIO 55