Thought Leaders in Cyber Security: Georges Lotigier, CEO of Vade Retro (Part 6)

Sramana Mitra: I have one last question which is slightly in a different direction. I was recently at a seminar. One of the events in the seminar was a kid’s panel. All these various age groups were saying that they hardly use email. They use messaging. They use Facebook Messenger, WhatsApp, and all these messaging tools. What do you make of this trend?

Georges Lotigier: I’m thinking that they probably don’t choose the email but they will probably use it in a work setting and especially in college. Email is the official  and the most effective way to communicate in organizations.

Sramana Mitra: What do you make of Slack then and those kinds of trends?

Georges Lotigier: This is another method of communication. In our opinion, the only way to have a controlled information exchange is the email. For transactions and Internet of Things, email will also be the main way to communicate. This trend can offer different ways to communicate. Everybody uses different ways to communicate, but given so, I think email will continue to grow. The only way to ensure the success of email is to classify it and help the users see what they want to see.

Sramana Mitra: I have to play devil’s advocate here. You’re saying that the kids who are not using email today are going to start getting introduced to email when they come into the corporate world. If the corporate world starts adopting systems like Slack, which bypasses email, then kids are going to get inducted into those kinds of systems and not to email. That’s the legitimate alternate universe possibility. I’m not saying which way it’s going to go. I have no idea. I think that’s an alternative scenario.

Georges Lotigier: Yes there is a real possibility that new systems like Slack could be used instead of traditional emails but I honestly don’t believe that is an absolute. I see much growth in emails and the need for email security. To be honest, this is the simplest way to communicate and let’s be honest we all like it when thing are simple and transparent, not own by private companies.

This segment is part 6 in the series : Thought Leaders in Cyber Security: Georges Lotigier, CEO of Vade Retro
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