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How to create an effective business continuity plan

CIO

And with the number of extreme weather events, cyberattacks, and geopolitical conflicts continuing to rise, business leaders are bracing for the possibility of increasingly more frequent impactful incidents their organizations will need to respond to. A solid business continuity plan is one of those foundational elements.

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Selling the C-suite on preemptive IT investments

CIO

Others include preparation for zero-day attacks, almost anything having to do with data stewardship, as well as IT training and social engineering audits. Yet without training, both IT and end-users are ill-equipped to move forward with new technologies that the company needs.

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Business Continuity Planning Checklist & Best Practices

RapidValue

This checklist has been put together based on our experience in successfully implementing a business continuity plan. We understand that the list might not appear to be very detailed, considering the fact that every business is different. Conduct an employee survey for evaluating Work From Home readiness of employees.

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SirionLabs lands $85M to inject contract management with automation

TechCrunch

The opportunity is often worth the investment, but without close contract governance, businesses stand to lose up to 40% of a contract’s value, a KPMG survey found. Broadly speaking, legaltech as a category continues to resonate with investors, who poured $9.1 billion valuation to build out its contracting tools.

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What business executives don’t understand about IT

CIO

To often CEOs have positioned IT to report to some other executive, oftentimes the CFO, and according to CIO.com’s State of the CIO survey , 18% still do. They must support the idea that you never buy your last computer and that we must continually stay up-to-date with new hardware and software trends in the industry. One final thing.

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5 Reasons Why NIS2 Directive Preparation Should Start Now, Part Two: Implementation Takes Time

Ivanti

So, in this post, I’ll walk you through how to resolve your weakest security issues before the NIS2 Directive deadline hits by addressing these three key areas: Inform management about your cybersecurity gaps Correctly implementing new organisation and technical security measures Find time to train all of your employees 1.

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Cybersecurity Snapshot: CISOs Are Happier, but Dev Teams Still Lack Secure Coding Skills

Tenable

A survey of 520 CISOs found that job satisfaction grew in 2022, with 74% of respondents feeling “somewhat” or “very” satisfied, up from 69% in 2021 and from 45% in 2020. Here are key findings from the report: Over half of surveyed organizations haven’t fully integrated security into their software development lifecycle (SDLC).