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8 data strategy mistakes to avoid

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Organizations can’t afford to mess up their data strategies, because too much is at stake in the digital economy. Unfortunately, the road to data strategy success is fraught with challenges, so CIOs and other technology leaders need to plan and execute carefully. Here are some data strategy mistakes IT leaders would be wise to avoid.

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The CIO’s primary job: Developing future IT leaders

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But it is equally vital to identify those people who can develop into managers and create a path forward for them as well. In my most recent CIO.com article on nurturing high-performing teams , I made a comment that stirred some questions. And if people have bad managers, the results can be less than optimum.

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What you need to know about Okta’s security breach

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On October 20, 2023, Okta Security identified adversarial activity that used a stolen credential to gain access to the company’s support case management system. Once inside the system, the hacker gained access to files uploaded by Okta customers using valid session tokens from recent support cases.

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When your AI chatbots mess up

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Hallucinations occur when the data being used to train LLMs is of poor quality or incomplete. Chatbots may assign service tickets incorrectly, describe a problem inaccurately, or disrupt workflows and lead to significant systemic issues—causing data breaches or misallocation of vital resources—that then require human intervention.

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The extent Automic’s group CIO goes to reconcile data

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On the IT front, group CIO Marcelo Dantas and his team look after technology across the entire business, which includes product engineering, service, security and infrastructure. I’ve been almost 23 years in the IT industry across many domains,” Dantas says. “In Also, the data can come in with poor integrity or negative balances.

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Don’t gamble with your identity verification practices

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Earlier this year, I wrote about the importance of organizations reviewing their password management strategies. The firm had seen continuous patterns of activity that showed that bad actors tried to get passwords to privileged user accounts. Ransomware heists can also damage a company’s reputation and erode customer trust.

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NCWIT digitally transforms the DEI journey to help uplift women in IT

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We like to make the distinction that it’s about fixing systems, not fixing women,” says Ashcraft. NCWIT’s Workforce Alliance is for professionals and organizations who want to learn more about retaining employees, inclusive leadership, and creating systemic organizational change.