The Growing Scope of IT Managers

 

The scope of IT managers’ roles is growing from a security and device management standpoint. Brian Kenyon, Founding Team Member & Chief Strategy Officer at Island, joined Tyler Kern to talk about the need for collaboration, technology, and software to handle the challenges of today’s IT manager.

Island is a cybersecurity company focused on helping organizations deliver last-mile controls to one of the most widely deployed applications: the web browser. “What Island’s done is built a browser built on the foundation of Chrome and Edge, and the other modern browsers out there,” Kenyon said. “But it’s purposely designed to integrate with the security and IT stack of the enterprise.”

Certainly, technology advancements have something to do with the expanding scope of IT managers. Still, the pandemic played a significant part in the shift, with the added importance of connecting workers in a secure, remote environment and more connected devices. “It used to be the standard that you’d show up to work; they’d hand you Think Pad, hand you a Dell, or maybe a Microsoft Surface; it would be configured for you. All you had to do was log in, and things would start to work,” Kenyon said. But over the past several years, workers wanted to access more devices even before the pandemic. “As we started contemplating how we would bring these devices into our environment, Covid happened.”

The pandemic posed not just a remote work security concern for IT managers, but a new complexity got added to the mix: collaboration devices. From video conferencing tools to other interactive collaboration solutions, IT managers had their hands full figuring out how to get everyone connected and secure. Kenyon said virtual collaboration is an exciting challenge in terms of security. Zoom conferences are one such example, where when a company isn’t hosting the Zoom conference, they lose control over the settings and the security. “Those are things we all very quickly learned,” Kenyon said. “As many organizations thought they had that locked down, and then someone says, yeah, but the other company’s hosting, and that’s how the data got out.”

Follow us on social media for the latest updates in B2B!

Image

Latest

payment processing
Maestro PMS All-In-One Solution Provider Unveils 2025 Tech Roadmap Featuring API Interface Expansion, Embedded Payment Processing Enhancements and More
February 12, 2025

Industry leading property-management system continues to innovate its solutions by overhauling its user experience, expanding access to embedded payment processing, enhancing its sales and catering module, developing integration to Booking.com and more MARKHAM, ONTARIO, February 11, 2025 — Following a banner year for hotel technology investments,  Maestro PMS, the leader in All-In-One cloud hosted, private…

Read More
Brain Trust Member Spotlight: Sterling Mineral Imports
February 11, 2025

From Passion to Business – The Story of Parker Sterling At the heart of Sterling Mineral Imports is a deep passion for the outdoors, a love for discovery, and an entrepreneurial spirit. Founded in 2021-2022 by Parker Sterling, the company was built on a lifetime of fascination with minerals, crystals, and fossils. “I have…

Read More
What Super Bowl 59 Taught Us About UGC
What Super Bowl 59 Taught Us About UGC
February 11, 2025

In this episode of UGC for B2B, host Logan King sits down with Game Changers podcast host Katie Steinberg, who attended Super Bowl 59 and witnessed firsthand how User-Generated Content (UGC) is transforming the fan experience. Katie shares her experience in New Orleans, describing the electric atmosphere, the immersive fan activations, and the way content…

Read More
Kathryn O'Day
Ironman Mindset for Success with Kathryn O’Day | Ep. 24 | Growthwell with Josh Byrd
February 11, 2025

Balancing high performance in business, family, and fitness is no small feat, but Kathryn O’Day makes it look effortless. As a seven-time Ironman finisher and a venture capitalist, her approach to goal-setting and resilience offers valuable lessons for professionals looking to push their limits. After all, Ironman is one of the most challenging single-day…

Read More