The Secure Enterprise 2.0 Forum – set up by Enterprise 2.0 company WorkLight – aims to raise awareness, define industry standards and best practices, and facilitate interoperability for secure use of Web 2.0 technologies in the companies.
WorkLight points out that Web 2.0 is present in most organisations, whether with or without the blessing of corporate management – and as the workforce becomes younger and more tech-savvy this will only accelerate.
“Very early on we identified the issue of security as a critical decision factor for companies deploying Web 2.0 solutions in the Enterprise,” said Yuval Tarsi, CTO and co-founder of WorkLight. “In order for IT consumerization to become pervasive, Enterprise 2.0 vulnerabilities must be addressed as a joint effort by experts across many industries and sectors.”
Simon Riggs, Global Head of IT Security at Reuters, who was one of the delegates said it was important to realise there are trade offs.
“Web 2.0 solutions not only increase internal employee productivity and collaboration, but also enhance the interaction with clients using widgets and gadgets and other innovative solutions.
“This added-value cannot come blindly at the expense of security; you’ve got to consciously trade off the relative risks and benefits,” he said.