314 March 2021
SONICWALL
yourself to lots of risk. For me, the attraction
of cybersecurity is that it’s quick, dynamic,
interesting and constantly challenging.”
SonicWall is rapidly approaching its
30th year in operation. Despite this, Greer-
King states, the temptation to become
‘set in its ways’ is furthest from its mind.
Evolving with the times isn’t easy, but it
is eminently necessary. “Change is really
difficult for a business, much more than
you would be led to believe. It’s not just
about technology; it’s how you approach the
market and customers and how you deal
with business partners.” To say that COVID-
19 has been one of the most significant
harbingers of change in cybersecurity is an
understatement. In the first months of the
Spring 2020 lockdown, SonicWall noted
an acceleration in digital awareness and a
rapid increase in business. It seemed that
enterprise digital transformation journeys
that might have been completed over 10
years were instead driven through in weeks.
Ultimately, Greer-King reasons, this is
because businesses have realised that the
‘new normal’ is here to stay, “Many people
don’t think we’re going to ‘snap back’ to how
things were beforehand. I believe the new
challenges are going to be constant.”
Indeed, even for a cybersecurity expert
like SonicWall, there is no denying that
remote working poses some difficult
questions requiring solutions on a previously
unimagined scale. Less than a decade“ FOR ME, THE ATTRACTION OF
CYBERSECURITY IS THAT IT’S QUICK,
DYNAMIC, INTERESTING AND
CONSTANTLY CHALLENGING”
TERRY GREER-KING,
VP EMEA,
SONICWALL