Challenges of digitalization process in different industries. Before and after

Abstract

Abstract Since the appearance of the internet and new technologies, the business and socioeconomic sphere has taken a 360º turn. This gives us the opportunity to generate new business models, improve the analytical and predictive capacity both internally or externally and improve the company’s processes in terms of efficiency and effectiveness. The digitalization of processes implies adapting to the new technological environment and represents an added advantage for all companies regardless of the sector they are engaged in or the projects they carry out. In this way, we investigate the challenges and needs of companies from different industries before and after the implementation of the digitalization process, which is defined as being a part of the Industry 4.0, also referred to as the Internet of Things (IoT). Also, this paper describes the benefits of a digitalized company and the impact of cybersecurity in the results along with the definitions of threats which can occur and the type of strategy which shall be adopted in order to avoid security risks.