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Video: 10 Minute IT Jams - The growing complexity of cybersecurity in 2020

02 Oct 2020
Nick Forrester
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Techday's 10 Minute IT Jams provide sharp, to-the-point insights into emerging and established technology companies that operate in the Asia-Pacific region.

This is our second IT Jam with SonicWall, the cybersecurity company specialising in firewall, network security, cloud security and more.

Today, we speak to SonicWall director of product management Suroop Chandran, who gives a cybersecurity analyst's broad view on the changes in attacker behaviour and the changes needed in security solutions.

Watch the video below.

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