Antonio D’Argenio, Security Architect, Tech Data Corporation

Protecting Modern Assets Requires a Data-Centric Security Posture

  • Businesses can protect their modern assets by adopting a data-centric security posture.
  • To minimize risk, a business must start thinking about security by design.

“The cloud definitely offers more flexibility, but most of the time this flexibility will come with a relaxed security posture.”

Antonio D’Argenio has seen firsthand the impact the transition to the cloud has had on security, especially for B2B and B2C companies. His working company, Tech Data, is grappling with these challenges as well. “At this moment, we are moving our own core business from older technologies to the cloud” he says. “The cloud definitely offers more flexibility, but most of the time this flexibility will come with a relaxed security posture.”

This is an excerpt from Reducing Cyber Exposure From Cloud to Containers. The eBook was generously sponsored by Tenable.