Opinion

Next Stop for Security: Business Intelligence and Business Services

CSO Editor in Chief Derek Slater looks at how security can build on today's (relatively) high appreciation of risk management

By Derek Slater

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In still other cases, security may simply hand off data it has collected. An oft-cited example would be using in-store loss prevention cameras to analyze foot traffic and customer behavior around merchandise displays.

And in really extreme cases, this data will provide the basis not just for tactical changes but actual business process transformation. Security company ADT, which calls this the pinnacle of their Levels of Integration framework, gives as an example the redesign of a retail supply chain based on data collected through RFID infrastructure.

Such services are, of course, a layer on top of more traditional day-to-day activities. Sometimes an access card is just an access card. Still have to protect assets and data.

But today's CSOs should be priming their systems for a future in which every security application is tuned to deliver as much business value as they can imagine, and even more.

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