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What CIOs everywhere can learn from Canada’s nationwide internet outage

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Shaun Guthrie, Peavey Mart Senior VP of Information Technology and VP of the CIO Association of Canada Peavey Mart. As a result, “only two stores were directly impacted where they had no internet connectivity,” says Shaun Guthrie, the company’s Senior VP of Information Technology and VP of the CIO Association of Canada. Sapper Labs.

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

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These global events have also underscored the crucial significance of safeguarding our critical infrastructure against domestic or foreign attacks. Thankfully, as new dangers arise, we also see the emergence of groundbreaking technologies that can help us combat them.

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When least privilege is the most important thing

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So, in a nutshell, least privilege says that every object in a system – whether a user, a process, or an application – must be able to access only the information and resources that it needs, and no more. The result was that it was straightforward, at times elementary, for malicious software to own the entire system.

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Stepping up to the challenge of a global conglomerate CIO role

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IT systems and resources must be rationalized and unified, and differing cultures must often be maneuvered toward alignment to ensure success going forward. He must integrate the IT infrastructures of the two companies by bringing Shubhalakshmi Polyesters’ technology up to speed with that of Reliance Polyester.

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What CIOs can learn from the massive Optus outage

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The network outage, which shows the vulnerabilities in interconnected systems, provides a reminder that, despite sophisticated systems, things can, and will, go wrong, and it offers some important lessons for CIOs to take prudent action now. For CIOs, handling such incidents goes beyond just managing IT systems.

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5 Reasons Why Disaster Recovery Plans Fail

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You diligently back up critical servers to your on-site appliance or to the cloud, but when an incident happens and you need it the most, the backup recovery fails. . Failing to align backup plans with specific restore expectations can have devastating consequences. . It is a scenario that every IT team fears.

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How to calculate TCO for enterprise software

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A TCO review can also help make sure a software implementation performs as expected and delivers the benefits you were looking for. Configuration and cutover: How much configuration is required to set up the software to run smoothly in my environment, and will there be any downtime associated with the cutover from the old system to the new?