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Guarding the gates: a look at critical infrastructure security in 2023

CIO

These attacks employ malicious software that encrypts files, rendering them inaccessible until a ransom is paid or a backup is restored. By developing the habit of promptly locking our devices, even for a brief moment, we can effectively minimize the risk of unauthorized access and potential data breaches.

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Best practices for developing an actionable cyberresilience road map

CIO

The practice brings together formerly separate disciplines of information security, business continuity, and disaster response (BC/DR) deployed to meet common goals. What cyberresilience really focuses us on is protecting critical services so we can deal with business risks in the most effective way.

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8 big IT failures of 2023

CIO

The outage was traced to a damaged database file; a contractor was working to correct a problem with the synchronization between live and backup databases and ended up corrupting both. And arise it did on January 24, when a Chicago employee failed to turn the backup server off at the appropriate time.

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6 Steps for Developing a Business Continuity Plan

Arcserve

Every minute that your business is offline is expensive. While every business is different, you’ll find some guidelines for projecting your downtime costs in this post. But there are other costs beyond dollars. Read more »

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Business Continuity Planning Checklist & Best Practices

RapidValue

This checklist has been put together based on our experience in successfully implementing a business continuity plan. We understand that the list might not appear to be very detailed, considering the fact that every business is different. Training and Development. The Right First Step.

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How CIOs reinterpret their role through AI

CIO

As businesses digitally transform, technology is increasingly integrated into every activity, and the CIO is becoming more of a catalyst for data-driven value creation through analytics, new AI model training, software development, automation, vendor engagement, and more. Standard or customized products?

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The DR essential IT leaders can’t overlook

CIO

Our battery backups, system backups, and contingencies were good, so we were confident that we would have everything back online as soon as the regional electrical and communications grids were restored — but we didn’t quite see the other side of the disaster. It made us rethink our approach to disaster recovery.