It's more and more important that things that drive improved efficiencies are the things that always make it across the CFO's desk. The things that get approval are things that buy capability back, and it's a double win if you're getting more efficient while reducing risk to bad actors, stealing your data, compromising your systems. No one wants that to happen.

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If you work in the cybersecurity field, or if you’ve ever worked from home, you’re probably pretty familiar with a virtual private network, or as we all know them, a VPN. VPNs offer a method of secure remote access connection between users and a private corporate network.

In other words, it gives you the access you need to files (or anything else) that are found locally on a server, but from the comfort of your home (or airport, coffee shop, or anywhere in between).

Supply chain digitalization has become essential to many companies’ bottom lines. Organizations must have visibility into and control of the entire supply chain process, from production to procurement to delivery. In recent years, the expansion of remote work accelerated connectivity and led to greater collaboration beyond the four walls of an establishment…but at what cost?

As Imprivata’s VP of Worldwide Engineering, Cyber, Joel Burleson-Davis is responsible for overseeing teams in the organization that build and deliver cybersecurity solutions. Prior to joining Imprivata, he was an engineering manager in Sydney, Australia for 6 years. He holds a master’s degree in liberal arts from St. Edward’s University where his focus was on philosophy and behavioral sciences applied to technology.

Think back to maybe ten years ago: you’re at the doctor’s for your annual appointment. A clerk checks you in, you fill in the obligatory forms (again), a nurse asks you a series of possibly redundant questions, completes your chart, and eventually, the doctor arrives…who spends a few precious minutes with you, until they rush off to the next patient. Throughout the appointment, it feels like everyone spent more time on the computer than they did with you, assessing your health.