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Generative AI and resilient hybrid cloud systems

IBM Big Data Hub

As enterprises invest their time and money into digitally transforming their business operations, and move more of their workloads to cloud platforms, their overall systems organically become largely hybrid by design. New ways of working The human element is mostly under rated when to comes to digital transformation.

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MY TAKE: Log4j’s big lesson – legacy tools, new tech are both needed to secure modern networks

The Last Watchdog

This is all part of corporations plunging into the near future: migration to cloud-based IT infrastructure is in high gear, complexity is mushrooming and fear of falling behind is keeping the competitive heat on. By no means has the cybersecurity community been blind to the complex security challenges spinning out of digital transformation.

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MY TAKE: Why monetizing data lakes will require applying ‘attribute-based’ access rules to encryption

The Last Watchdog

We’ve barely scratched the surface of applying artificial intelligence and advanced data analytics to the raw data collecting in these gargantuan cloud-storage structures erected by Amazon, Microsoft and Google. Here are the key takeaways: Cloud exposures. Related: The importance of basic research. megabytes of fresh data.

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MY TAKE: A path for SMBs to achieve security maturity: start small controlling privileged accounts

The Last Watchdog

The challenge of embracing digital transformation while also quelling the accompanying cyber risks has never been greater for small- and mid-sized businesses. To boost productivity, they must leverage cloud infrastructure and participate in agile software development. Related: How ‘PAM’ improves authentication.

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MY TAKE: How SMBs can improve security via ‘privileged access management’ (PAM) basics

The Last Watchdog

As digital transformation kicks into high gear, it’s certainly not getting any easier to operate IT systems securely, especially for small- and medium-sized businesses. SMBs are tapping into cloud infrastructure and rich mobile app experiences, making great leaps forward in business agility, the same as large enterprises.

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GUEST ESSAY: How stealth, persistence allowed Wipro attacker to plunder supply chain

The Last Watchdog

The recent network breach of Wipro , a prominent outsourcing company based in India, serves as a stunning reminder that digital transformation cuts two ways. Our rising dependence on business systems that leverage cloud services and the gig economy to accomplish high-velocity innovation has led to a rise in productivity.

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Protecting America’s Critical Infrastructure

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

Cyber defense should be part of every power grid’s digital transformation strategy–not only to ensure the power generation and reliability of the grid, but also to protect sensitive or private data. Best Practices to Secure Critical Infrastructure. All these measures are considered best practices for data protection.