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Aligning security and business strategies

CIO

By Sean Duca, vice president and regional chief security officer for Asia Pacific and Japan at Palo Alto Networks Some economists predict that we could soon face a global recession. During the 2008–2009 Global Financial Crisis (GFC) and subsequent recession, researchers noted that cybercrime rates increased dramatically.

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Read the room

TechCrunch

This week, I look into cybersecurity sales, developer content marketing, and fundraising pitches through a common lens: The importance of understanding your audience and putting it first. Want it in your inbox every Saturday? Sign up here. ” Simplicity, however, doesn’t mean pitching one tool to replace them all. .

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5 tips for securing your remote workspace

CIO

Security professionals must adapt controls to a world where the perimeter is distributed, and users can log into corporate resources from any network and any device. In fact, support for hybrid and remote workers was named as a key reason for increasing IT budgets this year according to Foundry’s 2023 State of the CIO research.

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Top 8 challenges IT leaders will face in 2024

CIO

We are giving our budget and proposed projects more scrutiny to invest in areas that have clear attribution toward generated increased revenue, more efficiencies, lower costs, and improved workplace experiences,” Srivastava says. The role of the CIO has recently seen a massive convergence with cybersecurity,” says McCormick. “The

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IT budget shock: Global IT services firms continue to struggle

CIO

This includes a significant reevaluation of large ticket items, influenced by developments in 2023 around generative AI, according to Sanchit Vir Gogia, chief analyst and CEO at Greyhound Research. Nonetheless, there will be continued investment in enterprise security and cloud computing.

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2023 Application Security Budgets on the Rise

DevOps.com

found nearly three-quarters (73%) of organizations plan to increase investment in application security in 2023. The survey, conducted by Wakefield Research on behalf of Invicti, a provider of dynamic application security testing (DAST) tools, also found 97% of DevSecOps teams said they ignored a real vulnerability […].

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Navigating Cloud Cost Complexity and Security

CIO

In the ever-evolving landscape of cloud computing, today’s leading enterprises are seeking ways to optimize their operations and enhance their security measures. Cloud costs and security are two critical aspects that every organization must carefully manage, and they are more closely intertwined than you might think.

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