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Unlocking value: Top digital transformation trends

IBM Big Data Hub

While digital transformation has been a trend for some years, emerging technologies have made this movement even more important. Companies are rethinking their business models to become more digital and competitive. Digital transformation is an important component of a modern organization’s business operations.

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How to create a robust digital transformation strategy

IBM Big Data Hub

Organizations are increasingly investing in digital transformation as a way to maintain or grow a competitive advantage. A tried-and-true way to approach digital transformation is to understand the relationship customers have with the product and the brand, where that relationship currently falls short, and how it can be improved.

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Companies need CASBs now more than ever — to help secure ‘digital transformation’

The Last Watchdog

When I first wrote about Cloud Access Security Brokers in 2015, so-called CASBs were attracting venture capital by the truckloads — and winning stunning customer testimonials. CASBs (pronounced caz-bees) originally sought to resolve a fast rising security nightmare: Shadow IT. A synopsis of key takeaways: Misconfigurations.

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MY TAKE: How ‘CASBs’ are evolving to close the security gaps arising from digital transformation

The Last Watchdog

The Cloud Access Security Broker (CASB) space is maturing to keep pace with digital transformation. One company still actively innovating as an independent CASB is San Jose, CA-based security vendor CipherCloud. CASBs began by closing glaring security gaps created by the rapid adoption of mobile devices and cloud tools.

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MY TAKE: How the lack of API security translates into ‘digital transformation’ security holes

The Last Watchdog

And today APIs are empowering companies to speed up complex software development projects – as part of digital transformation. However, just like every other tech breakthrough that rose rapidly to ubiquitous use, APIs have a gaping downside: intrinsic lack of security. Here are a few big picture takeaways: Easy connections.

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What companies need to know about ‘SecOps’ — the path to making ‘digital transformation’ secure

The Last Watchdog

It should come as no surprise that security is being formally added to DevOps, resulting in an emphasis on a process being referred to as SecOps or DevSecOps. With the digital transformation really just beginning, in cloud computing and IoT, it makes sense to bring security into the DevOps conversation. Oil and water.

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

The Last Watchdog

Log4j is the latest, greatest vulnerability to demonstrate just how tenuous the security of modern networks has become. By no means has the cybersecurity community been blind to the complex security challenges spinning out of digital transformation. Related: The exposures created by API profileration.

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