ABSTRACT

Digital transformation and immediate emerging technology adoption are inseparable partners. The findings are interesting as stand-alone insights into the technology adoption process, but they are much more important to the success—or failure—of the digital transformation process. Hopefully, the research described here will inspire more—and more aggressive—digital transformation. Digital transformation with emerging and disruptive technology can occur faster with rapid technology adoption. But it can also hemorrhage. Sometimes the risks are organic and sometimes the risks are created by outside parties. Cybersecurity risks cannot be separated from technology adoption or the digital transformation it enables. Rapid technology adoption and digital transformation can—and will—proceed, but we must understand that the success of these efforts increases personal and professional digital security risks. These concerns should provide context to rapid technology adoption and digital transformation—just like the list of side effects that pharmaceutical companies are required to disclose about their drugs.