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How to minimize remote access cyber security threats in 2024

CIO

Organizations have shifted to remote desktop work environments at an increasing speed since then – simultaneously expanding their attack surface and exposing themselves to greater cybersecurity threats. Interestingly enough, high-tech companies were also among the top organizations targeted by threat actors.

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Thoma Bravo buys cybersecurity vendor Proofpoint for $12.3B in cash

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More M&A activity is underway in the red-hot field of cybersecurity. In the latest development, private equity giant Thoma Bravo is buying Proofpoint , the SaaS security vendor, for $12.3 Thoma Bravo has tapped into that trend, as a significant acquirer of security businesses over the years. billion in cash.

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Sharing Responsibility for Data Security in the Cloud

CIO

As organizations shape the contours of a secure edge-to-cloud strategy, it’s important to align with partners that prioritize both cybersecurity and risk management, with clear boundaries of shared responsibility. Having a well-articulated and seamlessly integrated security-shared-responsibility model is table stakes.

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How to Build Security and Resilience into Your Digital Transformation

CIO

3] Gartner, Predicts 2021: Cybersecurity Program Management and IT Risk Management Published 8 January 2021 – ID G00735901 | Analyst(s): Sam Olyaei, Katell Thielemann, Richard Addiscott, Khushbu Pratap. Find more about it here. [1] Cloud Management

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The Top Cloud Security Threat Comes from Within

CIO

One of the biggest cloud security threats your company faces isn’t malicious. In fact, it originates from inside your IT organization. Accidental misconfigurations pose one of the leading security vulnerabilities IT organizations contend with in the cloud.

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Want AI? Here’s how to get your data and infrastructure AI-ready

CIO

AI and its unprecedented potential to transform business is skyrocketing a CIO’s impact and responsibility within an organization. For CIOs, building an AI-enabled organization at scale can be challenging. However, organizations are more prepared than they might think, thanks to data they already have. And it’s getting bigger.

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Connecting the dots of smart manufacturing and networking

CIO

Most Asia Pacific (APAC) organizations are either getting involved or already invested in smart manufacturing; 48% are just beginning their digital journey, while 45% have already adopted it. In 2025, Mordor Intelligence values the region’s connected manufacturing industry at US$54 billion, rising to more than $80 billion by 2029.

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