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AI, cybersecurity investments and identity take center stage at RSA 2024

CIO

It was truly a good use of time attending the 33rd RSA Conference in San Francisco, along with over 40,000 attendees, networking with the leading minds in the cybersecurity industry. Cybersecurity is a strategic battle, and a successful outcome depends on having the right knowledge and tools to stay ahead of attackers.

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Top 8 ways to improve cybersecurity for your organization

CIO

As you plan your security budget, know that your recommendations to improve cybersecurity will be scrutinized more than ever before. We can’t forget every CISO’s favorite: “ How much will this reduce our cybersecurity risk? ” No budget is unlimited. Awareness training is a core method to improve cybersecurity.

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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. This is the time when many CFOs trawl through every line item in the budget, looking for potential savings.

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Cybersecurity Snapshot: SANS Offers Tips for Maximizing Smaller OT Security Budgets

Tenable

A SANS Institute survey found that budgets for ICS/OT security have shrunk, and advises on how to do more with less. In addition, CISA’s Cybersecurity Awareness Month campaign challenges tech vendors to build safer products. Essentially, budgets are down in just about every category we analyzed,” the SANS Institute report reads.

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The art of selling: IT budget approval made easier

CIO

Because as a young CIO, I was struggling with obtaining budget approvals for a range of IT initiatives. A majority of CIOs I speak with dread the budget approval process and breathe a welcome sigh of relief when annual budgeting comes to an end. And because of this, IT budgeters must have open ears.

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Selling the C-suite on preemptive IT investments

CIO

But disaster recovery is just one example of projects that are of an important and preemptive nature that CIOs want to fund but find de-prioritized when it comes to budget approval. Others include preparation for zero-day attacks, almost anything having to do with data stewardship, as well as IT training and social engineering audits.

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“If organisations are hacked, they should stay calm and act quickly by instantly activating their incident response plan”

CIO

CIO Middle East discuss with Muath AlHomoud, Director of Cybersecurity about how organisations should learn from the hacking activities performed on them so they can implement more effective cyber defences and plan against similar or more sophisticated attacks. From a cybersecurity perspective, how has 2023 been?