“Everyone is rushing toward digital transformation,” GDEX Chief Information Officer Melving Foong tells me. “While they are doing so, there seems to be lack of support in terms of cybersecurity investment and technology to help cybersecurity catch up to the pace of the transformation.” Based in Malaysia, with a workforce of over 10,000, and a fleet size of over 6,000 vehicles operating in Singapore, Indonesia, and Vietnam, regional logistics giant GD Express, or GDEX, has a rapidly growing footprint in Southeast Asia. Beneath the surface, the enterprise is supported by a vast and complex array of software, systems, and devices. And it’s up to Foong’s team to keep it all operational and secure. As with many businesses pursuing an aggressive digital transformation roadmap, the potential attack surface expands at a corresponding pace — outgrowing the capabilities of legacy cybersecurity systems. As Foong says, “The traditional systems and architecture don’t work anymore. Adversaries are becoming more unique, more advanced, using new techniques — they have become very creative.” He should know: Before becoming a CIO, he worked “in the trenches” of cybersecurity as a forensic investigator, unraveling the secrets of stealthy cyber adversaries attacking businesses and government institutions. In this […]
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