Adecco Group’s Alex Gomez on Balancing Cybersecurity, AI & Innovation
Adecco Group’s Alex Gomez on Balancing Cybersecurity, AI & Innovation
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Publish Date: 2026-03-04 04:30:00
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As one of the largest human resources and recruitment firms in the world, The Adecco Group depends on highly secure and efficient systems to support its global operations.
With more than 35,000 employees, over 100,000 client organizations, and two million people placed into temporary and permanent roles every year, Adecco operates on a global scale.
At the helm of the group’s global IT security, risk and compliance operation is Alex Gomez who has responsibility for ensuring that employees, contractors and clients stay secure in an environment where emails and file sharing are key to business.
As a human resources and recruitment firm, the Zurich headquartered organization must be at the cutting edge of technology to deliver customer requirements.
In conversation with Infosecurity, Gomez shared how the company is combining AI analysis with human intelligence to keep employees and clients secure against cyber threats, the importance of cybersecurity leaders having a voice at board level and why cybersecurity should be a business priority.
Infosecurity Magazine: How do you tackle the recruitment industry’s need for efficiency with ensuring employees, partners and clients remain secure against cyber threats?
Alex Gomez: The best analogy I like to draw is to picture a sports car: information security is basically the brakes. We’re not there to act as a hindrance to the business, but rather, when you have a powerful engine, you need to be able to rely on the brakes.
There’s a lot of innovation we need to do, and we need to be agile about it, but it shouldn’t come at the expense of taking on unnecessary risks. You need to develop security models that enable you to be fast but also secure.
IM: How does the Adecco Group approach addressing the combination of focusing on both innovation and security at the same time?
AG: It’s a balancing act; I’ll give you an example which I think illustrates it well. Within the entire ecosystem, the element…
