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Mitigating the impact of climate change in insurance and other financial services  

IBM Big Data Hub

For other financial services firms outside of the insurance sector, property accepted as loan security might face climate-related risks as well. Longer-term local climate change risks might still devalue property that hasn’t suffered damage. Financial services firms can use the tool for “what if?”

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Turning climate risks into business opportunities 

IBM Big Data Hub

As businesses make plans to mitigate climate risks such as extreme weather events, they have an opportunity to innovate with new business models and demonstrate leadership by implementing more sustainable practices. What is climate risk? These risks can make it difficult or impossible for organizations to operate in affected locations.

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How AI is helping companies meet sustainability goals

IBM Big Data Hub

AI solutions work by collecting asset performance data and feeding it into machine learning models, which can predict asset health and risk of failure. These models will be valuable for predicting flood zones, forest fires , and other climate risks.

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The Importance of “Legacy” in Colleges and Universities

Rocket Software

North Carolina Central University, NC Agricultural and Technical State University, Alcorn State University, Tennessee State University and East Carolina University. And while moving the 220 billion lines of COBOL code that exist to a modern language is technically doable, it makes no sense from a financial or risk perspective.

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The most valuable AI use cases for business

IBM Big Data Hub

Agricultural machines can engage in autonomous pruning, moving, thinning, seeding and spraying. They can streamline workflows to increase efficiency and reduce time-consuming tasks and the risk of error in production, support, procurement and other areas. ML can also conduct algorithmic trading without human intervention.

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Observations on the Cybersecurity Executive Order and Presidential Policy Directive

Hunton Privacy

to mitigate cyber risk.”. to mitigate cyber risk.”. This is a dramatic change from President Obama’s first pronouncement on cybersecurity just five months after taking office.

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6 Best Threat Intelligence Feeds to Use in 2023

eSecurity Planet

Threat intelligence feeds are continually updated streams of data that inform users of different cybersecurity threats, their sources, and any infrastructure impacted or at risk of being impacted by those threats.