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Principal Research Advisor, Security & Privacy

Carlos Rivera

Carlos Rivera is a Principal Research Advisor in the Security & Privacy practice. Carlos has 25 years of experience in IT and cybersecurity, primarily within the fintech industry. Prior to joining Info-Tech Research Group, Carlos spent 21 years as an information security officer for multi-billion-dollar business units dedicated to money movement in the P2P, B2C, and B2B space. Most recently, throughout his 21-year career with this Fortune 500 fintech, Carlos led global teams of security and network engineers, enterprise architects, risk managers and analysts that provided cybersecurity services to many global financial industry clients, and was responsible for information security governance, cyber risk management, vulnerability management, application security methodology and adoption focusing on shift-left fundamentals such as Static Analysis Security Testing (SAST), Dynamic Analysis Security Testing (DAST), Open Source Security Testing (OSST), and Manual Application Security Testing (MAST).

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Contributor Brief·Carlos Rivera · 2 articles
Updated Oct 9, 2023

Unified security architectures reduce risk through integrated digital-physical convergence

Rivera argues that tech convergence—the strategic integration of digital and physical infrastructure—actively mitigates IT security risk by creating organizational synergies that strengthen threat detection and response. He contends that unified security architectures spanning both domains are now essential, as siloed defenses against intertwined threats are fundamentally inadequate.

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infrastructure domains now requiring unified security architecture

“A single security breach could spell catastrophe in today's world.”

Tech Convergence is Minimizing IT Security Risk [software and technology]

Threat landscape scope across organizational infrastructure

Digital infrastructure threats1
Physical infrastructure threats1
Intertwined cross-domain threats1

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Digital infrastructure threats
Physical infrastructure threats
Intertwined cross-domain threats

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convergence strategy required to meaningfully reduce organizational risk

Unified security architectures are proving essential as organizations face threats spanning both digital and physical infrastructure.

Tech Convergence is Minimizing IT Security Risk [architecture and design]

How prepared are organizations to combat the intertwined threats looming over their digital and physical landscapes?

Tech Convergence is Minimizing IT Security Risk [software and technology]

“Proper convergence strategy mitigates IT security risk through organizational synergies.”

Themes:Unified security architectures spanning digital and physical domainsTech convergence as active risk mitigation mechanismIntertwined threat landscapes requiring integrated defense strategies

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