The evolving technology environment
As digital threats grow more frequent and sophisticated, organizations are now embedding protection into every layer of their technology stack. Business leaders recognize that security is no longer a specialized function. It has become a fundamental business enabler.
This explains why 78% of CIOs rank cybersecurity among their top three investment priorities. Managed service providers reflect this shift, with security-related offerings comprising five of their top 10 core services. Security integration into core business systems, once limited to perimeter defenses, now spans endpoints, networks, applications, data layers, and core operating systems. This comprehensive approach delivers tangible operational advantages beyond risk reduction.[1]
Two diverse organizations demonstrate how innovative security solutions address specific business challenges and achieve measurable results. Their experiences illustrate the strategic value of embedding security throughout business operations to drive growth and resilience.
From passive surveillance to proactive safety: Fogsphere's AI-driven monitoring achievement
Fogsphere, a London-based startup founded in 2021, revolutionizes workplace safety with AI-driven monitoring. The company developed the Health & Safety Monitoring Manager that uses edge computing and computer vision to transform passive cameras into proactive hazard detectors. By partnering with HPE for hardware integration, Fogsphere offers scalable, customizable solutions for tasks like safeguarding electrical towers and fire prevention systems.
The challenge Fogsphere addresses is significant. Traditional surveillance cameras only provide passive recording capabilities, requiring human monitoring to identify potential safety issues. This reactive approach often fails to prevent accidents before they occur. Fogsphere's solution processes video data at the source rather than sending everything to centralized servers, enabling real-time analysis and immediate alerts when safety protocols are breached.
The implementation has produced significant benefits for Fogsphere's clients:
- Enhanced workplace safety: Reduced accidents and injuries through early detection and prevention of safety hazards
- Improved operational efficiency: Real-time monitoring and workflow analysis reduce downtime and optimize resource allocation
- Strengthened regulatory compliance: Fewer safety violations and associated fines through continuous monitoring
We're developing a solution to turn millions of passive cameras into a proactive, intelligent infrastructure able to monitor and notify you when events occur that may affect the health of your workers or pose a risk to your operations. Together with HPE, we're not just selling a product. We're providing a comprehensive solution that can be tailored, deployed, and supported anywhere in the world. That's the power of this partnership.
—Jimmy Garcia-Meza, Chief Operating Officer, Fogsphere
This approach aligns with industry research showing security technologies becoming embedded throughout the operational stack rather than functioning as isolated systems.
From vulnerable encryption to quantum-safe security: TAURIA's post-quantum protection
Founded in 2019 by Professor Jesse Van Griensven and his research team at the University of Waterloo in Ontario, Canada, TAURIA develops security solutions using post-quantum cryptography (PQC) algorithms that protect data against quantum computing attacks.
TAURIA PQC software and hardware solutions safeguard against adversaries who capture encrypted data today for future decryption, defend critical infrastructure systems relying on soon-to-be-vulnerable encryption algorithms, and secure organizational data that must remain protected for decades beyond current encryption methods.
Through its strategic collaboration with HPE OEM Solutions, TAURIA transforms these breakthrough algorithms into practical enterprise solutions by integrating specialized quantum-resistant encryption accelerator hardware into HPE ProLiant servers, enabling organizations to achieve quantum-safe security while maintaining mission-critical performance requirements.
Most organizations do not realize they face an immediate threat, not a future one. When quantum computers can break current encryption in seconds, every piece of encrypted data captured today becomes vulnerable. Adversaries do not need quantum computers now. They simply need to store the encrypted data until quantum capabilities catch up.
—Professor Van Griensven
The solution yielded impressive outcomes:
- Financial systems protection: Processing over 10 million daily transactions with sub-millisecond performance
- Healthcare record security: Securing records for more than 75 years without compromising access speed
- Defense communications: 100-year-rated encryption processing over 100,000 daily communications undetected
The business impact: Capturing security's growth potential
Security investments now deliver measurable business advantages. Better operational efficiency through real-time monitoring reduces downtime and optimizes resource allocation. Meeting regulatory requirements builds customer trust and strengthens market position. Organizations that view security as a strategic asset rather than merely a compliance necessity see a direct impact on their bottom line.
The market reflects this shift, with security expertise becoming central to solution providers' business models. This integration of security into core business functions marks a fundamental change in how successful enterprises operate. When security moves from the IT department to the boardroom, it transforms from cost center to business driver. This shift requires executives to understand security implications across their entire operation and to evaluate security investments based on business outcomes.
Successful organizations apply this understanding not just to their digital infrastructure, but to their products, workforce practices, and customer relationships.
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[1] Hewlett Packard Enterprise, IPED Consulting, and The Channel Company (2024). "Channelytics Year in Review: Trends & Directions."
MattQuirk
With a passion for innovation and technology, I am lucky enough to work within high-growth opportunities across multiple industries including manufacturing, healthcare, energy, media and entertainment and security - with technology innovations that are advancing the way people live and work such as AI, autonomous everything and 5G.