Business Chief USA December 2019

“I couldn’t do my
job without having
supportive partners”
—
Chris White,
Deputy Chief Information Security Officer,
Interpublic Group (IPG)
development of an effective firewall.
Then, in the 2000s, applications added
an additional dimension. “Not only do
I have to have the network protected,
but every application needs its own
individual defense in-depth stack,”
says White. “Proofpoint exposed me
to a new dimension of thinking – a
whole new axis. We need to be thinking
about identity as a third dimension
that needs its own levels of protection.”
Today, as digital identity becomes more
dispersed, both inside and outside the
enterprise – across a host of different
applications – IPG is working to protect
its employees’ identities beyond the
standard provided by normal identity
access management solutions. “That’s
something that Proofpoint brings to
the table, because digital identity is
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