IT Security and Cyber Resilience
Posted: Thu Feb 06, 2025 6:29 am
Beleaguered CISOs continue to be under severe pressure as threats continue to escalate uncontrollably.
According to international law firm RPC, 42 million Britons, or half the country’s population, had their financial data hacked in 2021. This is alarming, but not surprising, given that the total number of attacks per week on corporate networks has increased by 50% in 2021 compared to 2020 , according to research from Checkpoint.
But what needs to be managed is growing inexorably, and the decision about what to protect is constantly changing. For example, 55% of DEJ respondents said that they use Open Source technologies as elementary parts to manage innovation. They, too, need to be protected.
The CISO's mandate to achieve true cyber resilience requires proactive, holistic threat detection and action.
Data management, governance and analysis
According to IDC, organizations spent $215 billion on big data and business analytics solutions in 2021, up 10% from the year before. Is that enough to keep up with data production? Statista predicts that the amount of data created worldwide will reach 97 ZB in 2022. That’s a huge amount of data that needs to be collected, protected, stored, processed, analyzed, reported, managed, and archived.
The DEJ report found that IT data management capabilities were a “key differentiator.” The study also found that the top 20% of organizations in terms of performance were 3.7 times more likely to improve customer engagement and experience: Winning organizations win at data.
How to Bring Shadow IT into the Light
29.04.2022
Citizen developers and other business users are changing the way companies operate thanks to the rise of shadow IT projects. Experts interviewed by InformationWeek explain how to harness this innovative energy and reduce risks without locking everything down.
Shadow IT is the unauthorized use of software, hardware, and cloud services by IT. Typically, users bypass official IT channels to get their work done faster and easier. If they are secretly using these guatemala mobile database for other purposes, then this is a more serious security issue for businesses. But, by and large, there is fruit to be reaped from both branches of this forbidden tree.
“In the era of hybrid and remote work, having some tolerance for shadow IT and allowing employees or their departments to choose their own tools can be very beneficial,” says Eric Christopher, CEO of SaaS managed services provider Zylo.
But it’s not just the changing work model that’s making companies pay double attention to shadow IT. It’s also driven by the usual overwork and too few hours in the workday.
A report from the Economic Intelligence Unit highlights the fragility of current IT processes: “IT backlogs are growing and IT’s control over digital infrastructure is weakening.” Which makes sense. According to Rich Waldron, CEO and co-founder of low-code automation company Tray.io, IT teams are understaffed and overwhelmed after the surge in support demands caused by the pandemic.
“According to research, the average IT team has a project delivery backlog of three to 12 months, which is a major challenge as IT also faces new demands on strategic projects such as digital transformation and improving information security,” he says.
According to international law firm RPC, 42 million Britons, or half the country’s population, had their financial data hacked in 2021. This is alarming, but not surprising, given that the total number of attacks per week on corporate networks has increased by 50% in 2021 compared to 2020 , according to research from Checkpoint.
But what needs to be managed is growing inexorably, and the decision about what to protect is constantly changing. For example, 55% of DEJ respondents said that they use Open Source technologies as elementary parts to manage innovation. They, too, need to be protected.
The CISO's mandate to achieve true cyber resilience requires proactive, holistic threat detection and action.
Data management, governance and analysis
According to IDC, organizations spent $215 billion on big data and business analytics solutions in 2021, up 10% from the year before. Is that enough to keep up with data production? Statista predicts that the amount of data created worldwide will reach 97 ZB in 2022. That’s a huge amount of data that needs to be collected, protected, stored, processed, analyzed, reported, managed, and archived.
The DEJ report found that IT data management capabilities were a “key differentiator.” The study also found that the top 20% of organizations in terms of performance were 3.7 times more likely to improve customer engagement and experience: Winning organizations win at data.
How to Bring Shadow IT into the Light
29.04.2022
Citizen developers and other business users are changing the way companies operate thanks to the rise of shadow IT projects. Experts interviewed by InformationWeek explain how to harness this innovative energy and reduce risks without locking everything down.
Shadow IT is the unauthorized use of software, hardware, and cloud services by IT. Typically, users bypass official IT channels to get their work done faster and easier. If they are secretly using these guatemala mobile database for other purposes, then this is a more serious security issue for businesses. But, by and large, there is fruit to be reaped from both branches of this forbidden tree.
“In the era of hybrid and remote work, having some tolerance for shadow IT and allowing employees or their departments to choose their own tools can be very beneficial,” says Eric Christopher, CEO of SaaS managed services provider Zylo.
But it’s not just the changing work model that’s making companies pay double attention to shadow IT. It’s also driven by the usual overwork and too few hours in the workday.
A report from the Economic Intelligence Unit highlights the fragility of current IT processes: “IT backlogs are growing and IT’s control over digital infrastructure is weakening.” Which makes sense. According to Rich Waldron, CEO and co-founder of low-code automation company Tray.io, IT teams are understaffed and overwhelmed after the surge in support demands caused by the pandemic.
“According to research, the average IT team has a project delivery backlog of three to 12 months, which is a major challenge as IT also faces new demands on strategic projects such as digital transformation and improving information security,” he says.