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WIRED TOGETHER:

Why Enterprise Resilience Now Depends on Cross-Functional Technical Fluency

INE’s annual research report, Wired Together, reveals a critical workforce challenge: organizations are not only facing a cybersecurity skills gap. They are facing a convergence gap.

INE developed the Wired Together report to better understand how enterprise technology teams are preparing for the convergence of cybersecurity, networking, cloud, identity, automation, and AI-driven operations.

The Wired Together report is based on research conducted among technology, cybersecurity, networking, and IT operations professionals responsible for managing or supporting enterprise digital infrastructure. Respondents represented a range of organizational roles, industries, and company sizes to provide a practical view of how teams are experiencing convergence across security, network, cloud, identity, and automation environments.

This free to download research examined workforce readiness, tool complexity, operational silos, AI-driven change, alert fatigue, and the skills required to support modern digital resilience.

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What are other leaders doing to prepare for technical team convergence?

AI is accelerating a shift already underway: cybersecurity, networking, cloud, identity, and automation can no longer operate as separate disciplines. Modern incidents move across systems. Enterprise teams must be prepared to do the same.

To build resilience in the AI era, enterprise teams need practical, hands-on capability across the full digital environment. Wired Together provides insights on the top trends for leaders and decision makers on topics including:

AI is exposing operational silos. Security, network, cloud, and identity teams are being forced to collaborate faster as threats and systems become more interconnected.
Tooling alone is not enough: Smarter platforms still require trained professionals who can interpret signals, validate recommendations, and act under pressure.
Cross functional fluency reduces risk: Teams that understand adjacent domains can investigate faster, reduce escalation delays, and improve response quality.
Workforce readiness is now strategic infrastructure: Practical training, measurable skills development, and hands-on learning are essential to maintaining operational resilience.
The future belongs to teams trained for convergence: Organizations that prepare their people to operate across cybersecurity, networking, cloud, identity, and automation will be better equipped to manage risk, adapt to AI, and strengthen enterprise resilience.
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