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The world is waking up to the systemic vulnerabilities of our massive dependence on interdependent large logical (IT) landscapes. These not only lead to inertia — change becomes harder and harder —, but also to a brittleness of our organisations — and …
Guest submission by: Nazy Fouladirad, President and COO of Tevora, a global leading cybersecurity consultancy.
Many modern companies grow their operations by working with remote teams and cloud-based systems. However, as cybersecurity threats are growing and data protection laws are becoming more strict, data security, in particular with third-party entities, is of utmost importance.
Third-party audits verify vendor practices align with security and regulatory requirements to protect sensitive information. As businesses navigate their digital transformations, these audits strengthen vendor relationships while ensuring data integrity for everyone.
By Simone Curzi, Principal Consultant, Microsoft; John Linford, Security Portfolio Forum Director, The Open Group; Dan Riley, Vice President & Distinguished Engineer Data Science, Kyndryl; Ken St. Cyr, Sr. Cybersecurity Architect, Microsoft
Understanding the risks present in the system you are developing is important, but it is even more important to determine mitigation actions. Activities like threat modeling can help with identifying your options, but they are usually too numerous and too expensive. What should you really do? And would the residual risk be acceptable afterwards?
By John Linford, Forum Director, The Open Group, Security & Open Trusted Technology (OTTF)
The Open Group Open Trusted Technology Forum (OTTF) is pleased to announce the publication of Version 1.2 of the Open Trusted Technology Provider™ Standard (O-TTPS). The movement from Version 1.1.1 to Version 1.2 represents a deliberate review of the O-TTPS to ensure the requirements in it remain up to date and reflect learnings from industry and government.
In the digital age, whether an organization will experience a cyber disruption is not a question of “if” but “when?” Although disruptive events may be inevitable, they can be prepared for with some strategizing and planning.
Migrating more data and applications to the cloud is top of CIO’s to-do list right now. 52% of the 489 business and technology executives who responded to our 2012 Digital IQ study plan to boost their spending in the private cloud this year. Those same firms are simultaneously setting their sights on the public cloud. 57% of the leadership surveyed claim they are ramping up their investments in public clouds. Understandably, security is weighing heavy […]
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