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Technology Trends | Manage Engine
Manage Engine's Technology
Trends for 2020
by Rajesh Ganesan
Privacy laws will result in increased
focus on employee accountability
More countries are following the
European Union's lead by implementing
data protection laws similar to GDPR,
such as the Thailand Personal Data
Protection Act (PDPA) which goes
into effect in May 2020. Under such
scenarios, the role of Data Protection
Officers (DPOs) assumes significance
as they must work closely with the
CIOs and tech teams to ensure that
organisations comply with the law. With
increased awareness of and emphasis
on data protection, there will be an
even greater focus on the handling of
users' personal data and its security.
Employees at all levels will be held
accountable as organisations strive to
meet compliance. Therefore, there will
be a need for up skilling and education
programs to handle this aspect.
AI Security will be an important
investment
Even as AI adoption across
enterprises is set for continued
growth, organisations will realise the
importance of securing the systems. At
least three aspects needs attention to
make AI work optimally. The first is to
ensure the attackers do not mislead the
AI system to make it perform the way
they want in real-time. For example:
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