N2Growth Blog

MARCH 8, 2017

Defining the position of the lead security person in an enterprise can be a challenging and sometimes confusing task. There are various job titles such as; Chief Security Officer (CSO), Chief Risk Officer, Chief Information Security Officer (CISO), V.P., IT Security, V.P., or Director of Information Security.

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Tenable

AUGUST 18, 2023

The Center for Internet Security unpacks how to establish foundational cyber hygiene at a reasonable cost. Plus, the Cyber Safety Review Board issues urgent security recommendations on its Lapsus$ report – and announces it’ll next delve into cloud security. Moreover, are humans or AI better at crafting phishing emails?

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CIO

MARCH 26, 2024

In addition to AI and machine learning, data science, cybersecurity, and other hard-to-find skills , IT leaders are also looking for outside help to accelerate the adoption of DevOps or product-/program-based operating models. Double down on vendor management.

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Coveros

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

2023 was a year of relentless evolution in the cybersecurity landscape. Let’s take a look at a few critical security happenings from last year, including notable data breaches, valuable report findings, and key themes. Read on for the insights and takeaways I curated to stay informed of emerging threats and opportunities.

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Tenable

JANUARY 31, 2024

And, managing who has access to these systems poses a significant challenge. These are the findings from a commissioned survey including 262 IT and security professionals who have the final decision-making authority for their organization’s cloud infrastructure.

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CIO

APRIL 19, 2024

As such, he and his team had to negotiate with these third parties to ensure they could access the data in a specific and secure format, either in real time or near real time. CIO, Data Management, Data Quality, ICT Partners, IT Leadership, Travel and Hospitality Industry, Vendor Management

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Blue Sentry

AUGUST 17, 2021

Whether you are already one of the millions of active customers of Amazon Web Services (AWS), or are considering if you should migrate your organization’s workloads to the cloud, you’ve more than likely questioned the general security surrounding the platform. Managed Security Services. Vendor management.

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Palo Alto Networks

MAY 22, 2020

Even the most security-conscious business remains at risk of an attack. With a cybersecurity landscape dominated by fragmented security vendors and tools, businesses struggle to protect themselves. Another example of cooperation in cybersecurity is Unit 42 , the Palo Alto Networks threat intelligence team.

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CIO

APRIL 18, 2023

Other responsibilities may include addressing digital transformation initiatives, guiding application development, and identifying security issues. The role can be particularly appealing for semi-retired and financially secure CIOs who wish to remain active in IT without the angst and drama that often surrounds C-level politics.

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Palo Alto Networks

JANUARY 7, 2020

In our extensive work with security teams around the world, we’ve seen the best and the worst security operations (SecOps) practices. The first measure to make meaningful improvement is to take a step back and do an honest evaluation of how your security operations are structured and how they’re serving your business goals.

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Saviynt

APRIL 2, 2019

To remain compliant, organizations need vendors who match their cybersecurity risk tolerance levels. The rigorous FedRAMP authorization process provides assurance that the vendor offers a solution that supports systems, incorporates innovative technology, and secures their customers’ information.

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TechCrunch

JULY 7, 2022

.” In this context, the role of sales changes from pushing products to enabling customers to make informed decisions. Enablement includes everything from access to additional resources, volume discounts and navigating security, to vendor management, procurement and understanding product roadmaps.

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CIO

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

AI vendor management Only the biggest companies are going to build or manage their own AI models, and even those will rely on vendors to provide most of the AI they use. He’s already seeing this in the cybersecurity space. “At One thing buyers have to be careful about is the security measures vendors put in place.

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CIO

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

The global standard at lightning speed Based in Dublin, Ireland, Accenture specializes in digital, cloud, and security technology strategies, consulting, and operations, serving more than 40 industries in more than 120 countries.

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CIO

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

“They’re having to balance security and data privacy with speed of delivering on the generative AI value promise.” If you get your governance, security, and your data ingestion right, generative AI can help scale a small company into a big company — and a lean one,” says Thompson.

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CIO

APRIL 1, 2024

Create a framework to guide decisions Michael Bradshaw, who has held the CIO position at Kyndryl since the IT service management company spun off from IBM in 2021, developed a framework around five core guiding principles to facilitate key IT decisions. That’s the black swan for gen AI,” Gupta says.

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CTOvision

FEBRUARY 17, 2015

The following is an excerpt: When it comes to cybersecurity, what you don’t know about the nature and sophistication of threats can hurt your organization badly. RH: Part of our Cyber 360 is we look at the CISO, the security officer function. It is difficult to understand the return on security investments.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 23, 2022

Startups that don’t use a vendor management framework to oversee their tech stack are flying in a dense fog: There’s no easy way to know how much they’re spending each month or on what. Surviving the SaaS tsunami: Optimize your tech stack to reduce risk and free up cash flow.

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Palo Alto Networks

DECEMBER 12, 2019

The writing is on the wall: Traditional security tools and methodologies are ill-suited to protect cloud native’s developer-driven and infrastructure-agnostic multicloud patterns. It’s now time to enter the Age of the Cloud Native Security Platform (CNSP). The Demand for a New Security Paradigm.

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Kaseya

JUNE 29, 2021

Depending on the customer’s requirements, managed service providers can either oversee a single IT function, like network monitoring or cybersecurity, or oversee the entire IT environment. What Are the Benefits of Managed Services? What Are the Benefits of Managed Services? Types of Managed Services.

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Newgen Software

OCTOBER 20, 2023

A self-service vendor portal can greatly enhance the level of service provided by AP departments to vendors. Here’s how it achieves this: Efficient Vendor Management You can enable your vendors to access relevant information, monitor and respond to orders, and generate timely invoices with the help of a self-service portal.

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CIO

JANUARY 10, 2024

You also sacrifice the opportunity to standardize on optimization, operations, security management and so on,” he adds. So they created an XaaS team, called the Anything as a Service team that owns cloud operations best practices, overall account management, and the financials. “But

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CIO

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

What’s interesting is I had no formal education or training on threat intelligence, and I was learning security operations in the cyber role on the fly at the time. C-Suite, CIO, IT Leadership, Relationship Building, Vendor Management

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Kaseya

JANUARY 31, 2022

In other words, an attack surface consists of all endpoints and vulnerabilities an attacker could exploit to carry out a security breach. As such, it is a security best practice to keep the attack surface as small as possible to reduce the risk of unauthorized access or data theft. Attack surface management.

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The Accidental Successful CIO

JUNE 16, 2021

You can use the synergy targets as an opportunity to develop a vendor management capability in IT. Use this as an opportunity to teach your team about SLAs, vendor scorecards, and cost optimization. Cybersecurity and Compliance. As we all know, securing the company’s IT assets is one of the CIOs most important jobs.

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Ivanti

APRIL 15, 2021

Our applications and software frequently need patches as well, to fix bugs, security flaws and add feature enhancements. Patch management is more than just repairing and updating IT software. Successfully reducing security risk requires extensive research and data analyses. Challenges with managing risk priority by vendor.

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Kaseya

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

According to Kaseya’s annual 2021 MSP Benchmark Survey , the top five IT services provided by MSPs are antivirus/antimalware, endpoint management , server backup, OS patching and updates, and email security, in that order. However, small and midsize businesses usually outsource services like: Endpoint management.

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Ivanti

AUGUST 4, 2021

In an average month, an organization may spend 40 hours or more per SaaS vendor managing usage, overall spend, and contract renewals. Quick and easy access to asset data also ensures a more secure environment, enabling IT managers to isolate and exclude out-of-date software versions lacking the most recent security protections.

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Apiumhub

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

Cost Optimization: By providing insights into software usage and license compliance, software asset management tools enable organizations to optimize their software spending. This may involve reallocating licenses, negotiating better licensing agreements, or identifying opportunities to consolidate software vendors.

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Jeremiah Grossman

MAY 17, 2016

Security budgets are always extremely tight, so it’s smart to get the absolute best price possible from your security vendors. Never ever pay full price, or even take the first quote vendors give you. Customers, even small ones, can exercise a ton of leverage over their security vendors if they only knew how.

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KitelyTech

MARCH 11, 2022

Furthermore, IT managers within companies also struggle to keep up with the influx of new SaaS applications. On top of tracking which applications are deployed, it’s becoming nearly impossible to ensure their security, along with whether or not they meet compliance regulations. The Benefit of SaaS Management Tools.

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CircleCI

JULY 18, 2022

One emerging challenge that developers and IT leaders face is the need to stay compliant with regulations and control frameworks that stipulate comprehensive data security, incident response, and monitoring and reporting requirements. Another standard is the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standards (PCI-DSS).

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O'Reilly Media - Ideas

JANUARY 22, 2019

As both security threats and compliance pressures grow, automating security and baking security controls into the software development process is now critical. A service mesh can best be described as a dedicated layer of infrastructure that enables rapid, secure, and dependable communication between and among service instances.

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Capgemini

MAY 24, 2023

ADM services refer to the outsourcing of different IT areas, for example, infra services, security management, application services, etc. Prior to SAP RISE, these services were normally provided by specialized vendors that held expertise in these areas.

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CIO

JANUARY 3, 2024

There’s bias in both the training data sets and in the results, and there are ethical concerns, runaway costs, integration challenges, model drift, lack of transparency, data security risks, plagiarism risks, and regulatory risks. Established vendors are racing to add generative AI to their products and services as well.

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ParkMyCloud

MAY 29, 2019

A Cloud Architect has a strong background in networking, programming, multiple operating systems, and security. In addition, they also have a strong knowledge of cloud services such as AWS, Google or Azure, with experience on ITSM, I&O, governance, automation, and vendor management.

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CIO

DECEMBER 19, 2022

What to ask The question CIOs need to ask themselves is not who will buy Nutanix, but what to do if a key vendor is acquired or otherwise changes direction — a fundamental facet of any vendor management plan. “If If your software vendor is independent then the immediate question is: Is the company buying this one that I’m using?

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