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

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The Internet of Things (IoT) vulnerabilities have also been increasing. According to Statista, the number of IoT devices exceeded 15 billion in 2023. Lastly, cybercrime will also rise especially on digital platforms as people transact virtually. This typically adds to the overall costs of cyber compliance.

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How the metaverse will help financial organizations transform employee and customer experience on Microsoft Cloud

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For example, clients can hold virtual consultations with investment advisors across the globe and improve their financial knowledge by using 3D interactive tools. By engaging with the right experts, leaders can break boundaries and take advantage of the metaverse’s limitless opportunities.”

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Super early-bird savings to TC Disrupt ending soon

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Sustainability stage: Urban mobility, sustainable tech, green infrastructure and new mobilities Fintech stage: DeFi, challenger banks, blockchain, NFTs and web3 AI stage: NLG (natural language generation), speech recognition, virtual agents, biometrics, RPA (robotic process automation), deep learning platforms, reactive machines and P2P Networks SaaS (..)

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AI adoption accelerates as enterprise PoCs show productivity gains

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To be successful, an AI proof of concept (PoC) project also needs to make good business sense, says CIO Vikram Nafde, CIO at Connecticut-based Webster Bank. Webster Bank is following a similar strategy. For example, the bank’s virtual chat function includes a few dozen use cases. It’s a good accelerator in the beginning.”

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What chip shortage? MagicCube raises $15M to ‘replace all chips,’ starting with POS terminals

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Other backers in the company include A zure Capital Partners, Epic Ventures, NTT Data, Silicon Valley Bank and the Sony Innovation Fund, among others. What MagicCube has is this technology that is a virtual safe that is pure software that can hide secrets and code, serving a similar purpose to a physical safe. Image Credits: MagicCube.

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Ransomware Exponentially Increasing as IoT Provides Physical Targeting Opportunities

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Ransomware is increasingly targeting multiple industries with downtime and lost productivity as its attack surface expands beyond the virtual realm to the physical via the Internet of Things (IoT), however, organizations can posture against this threat with a comprehensive approach to risk management.

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Generative AI is pushing unstructured data to center stage

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The evolution of AI and the use of structured and unstructured data When discriminative AI rose to prominence in sectors such as banking, healthcare, retail, and manufacturing, it was primarily trained on and used to analyze, classify, or make predictions about unstructured data.