Lurking in the background to all this is the security of technologies that are still unproven under real-world conditions. “These are new, emerging technologies, and this brings some potential cyber security issues that we may not know about. This is a new surface for attacks that might emerge in this ecosystem,” cautioned Demidova.
It’s a debate that will interest IT management, an analyst noted. “The challenge for CIOs is integration. Legacy ERPs weren’t built for immutable, token-based workflows,” commented Dan Silverman, co-CEO at data intelligence company, Balcony.
“Tokenization isn’t just financial, it’s foundational for secure, verifiable data exchange across public and private systems,” he added. The risk is that the effect of uncertainty on businesses is ignored in favor of institutional interests, not least because countries are adopting these technologies at different rates.
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