Alastair Williams TITLE : DIRECTOR OF SOLUTIONS ENGINEERING COMPANY : SKYBOX SECURITY INDUSTRY : COMPUTER & NETWORK SECURITY
CYBERSECURITY
Alastair Williams TITLE : DIRECTOR OF SOLUTIONS ENGINEERING COMPANY : SKYBOX SECURITY INDUSTRY : COMPUTER & NETWORK SECURITY
Skybox Security ’ s clients include a number of Fortune 1000 companies as well as healthcare organisations and utility providers . Williams is the Director of Solutions Engineering for the EMEA region . He joined in 2008 in the role of UK Technical Director , having spent seven years at software company Symantec .
On addressing cybersecurity issues in healthcare he says : “ In my view the right approach is to start with data visibility , then drill down to prioritisation , then on to remediation , and then verification of what you ' ve done . It ' s almost an infinite loop that goes round and round because the threat landscape is constantly changing .” process of getting that visibility , you can then analyse these to make sure that they are configured in accordance with an industry best practice , regulatory recommendations or some sort of vendor recommendation around how that device should be securely configured .”
Ray hopes that healthcare organisations can get to the point where data security is a mainstream concern . “ The barrier to most people is that they perceive data security as being very complex ” he says . “ Not a lot of security people know anything about protecting databases or file servers , they ' ll fully admit it . I would say it ' s about education , and it doesn ' t have to be complex but you
46 April 2021