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4 hidden risks of your enterprise cloud strategy

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And those massive platforms sharply limit how far they will allow one enterprise’s IT due diligence to go. When performing whatever minimal due diligence the cloud platform permits — SOC reports, GDPR compliance, PCI ROC, etc. it’s critical to remember that it is only a snapshot at that moment of evaluation.

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What the Digital Operational Resilience Act means for you

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Cyber attacks and data breaches can wreak havoc on a business’ IT systems, resulting in massive costs to fix the damage and a long-lasting impact on customers that could hamper a company’s growth for years to come. While it’s an EU policy with ramifications for EU businesses, the impact will undoubtedly affect businesses worldwide.

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With fresh capital, Symend aims to build a better debt collection system

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A more recent report from the Federal Reserve Bank of New York estimates that total household debt in Q3 2022 reached $16.51 ” Joshaghani hails from the financial industry, having worked as a corporate finance manager and investment banking association. According to a September 2021 survey from Bankrate.com, 42% of U.S.

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What are the main challenges CISOs are facing in the Middle East?

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The year has been marked by a general increase in state-sponsored attacks due to geopolitical conflicts. Ransomware attacks have also increased in 2023 probably due to their perceived profitability. The last question has to do with resources; Are security budgets adequate to cater for the various security solutions required?

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Alphabet’s CapitalG leads $40 million round in fintech Mantl

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Community banks and credit unions aim to be the heart of the, well, communities, they serve. But without the big budgets of larger institutions, keeping up technology-wise can be a challenge. And not only are they competing with legacy players, there is also a slew of digital banks that have emerged in recent years, as well.

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CIOs take aim at SaaS sprawl

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Years into strategies centered on adopting cloud point solutions, CIOs increasingly find themselves facing a bill past due: rationalizing, managing, and integrating an ever-expanding lineup of SaaS offerings — many of which they themselves didn’t bring into the organization’s cloud estate. And he doesn’t see the issue going away anytime soon.

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Scaling Financial Operations in Multi-Academy Trusts

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Core to this challenge for MAT’s is the management of financial operations, budgets and funding across large numbers of schools Their ability to grow has been impeded by legacy accounting solutions, making it an expensive and lengthy process to setup, onboard and report on new schools as they are brought into the trust.

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