Hanson leads the strategy and development of physical and cybersecurity ecosystem partnerships, go-to-market and sales acceleration strategies across Intel’s security portfolio (IoT/edge, endpoint, zero trust and confidential computing). She is a passionate and dynamic security leader with over 23 years of experience driving digital transformation across IoT/edge, AI, physical and cybersecurity, datacenter, and storage.Â
Hanson is also well-versed in security software and hardware that drives business outcomes from data protection to physical infrastructure. She thrives on developing long-term, trust-based industry relationships. Kasia is the Chair of the Security Industry Association (SIA) Women in Security Forum, the 2022 SIA Progress Award Recipient, a Women in Security Power 100 honoree, ISJ Top Security Influencer, a Distinguished Fellow for the Innovation Institute for Fan Experience in Sports (IIFX) and was named the #3 IFSEC Security Influencer in 2021.
Leadership values
I learned many years ago the importance of defining my core business values and regularly assessing how aligned I am with those values. I have five core business values I strive for in everything I do and that drive my leadership, whether at home or work:
My values have led me to get more deeply involved in organizations such as the SIA Women in Security Forum – which exists to help women in the industry transform, grow and advance their security careers. I am very passionate about helping women advance their careers and creating an inclusive industry.
Industry transformation
The industry has seen rapid growth in AI and computer vision capabilities that expand beyond security use cases. Cameras are a critical function and capture valuable data and the processing of that data is where the AI magic happens.
The shift from analog devices to digital creates another set of cybersecurity challenges with the rapidly expanding IoT and edge. More now than ever I am seeing more conversations happening around cyber-physical security planning and integration, which is a big shift to create one security view.
The focus for security
One of the biggest and most critical areas for the security industry will be to embrace and employ a holistic view of security – both cyber and physical. The threat landscape continues to expand due to the growth of IoT/operational technology and endpoint devices at the edge. Today, the cyber and physical worlds are somewhat separate swim lanes, but the reality is they need to become one.
While AI has been transforming many industries including security, AI is being used to analyze massive amounts of data to help speed incident response along with cameras, biometrics, etc. The AI industry will need to drive a mix of software and hardware innovation, helping developers with tools to harden data acquisition, classification, training, inferencing, storing, ownership enforcement and model protection.
Integrators will play a critical role in the infrastructure protection of these operational technologies – helping their customers balance security, compliance and risk. Integrators can gain an advantage with increased cyber capabilities including processes, technology and ecosystems as customers look to their integrators for help in securing their edge devices. Every component from silicon to software will play a role in securing data and infrastructure while maintaining device integrity. Who they choose as ecosystem partners and solution partners will matter now more than ever.
This article was originally published in the March edition of Security Journal Americas. To read your FREE digital edition, click here.