Companies with women in executive leadership roles have significantly more balanced boards. Deloitte Global in collaboration with The 30% Club released the seventh edition of Women in the boardroom: A global perspective. The latest edition of the report finds that women hold 19.7% of board seats globally, a 2.8% increase from the report’s last…
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Five components to help drive digital capabilities in their businesses. The Gartner Research Board has identified a new model for digital leadership that binds together data, analytics, digital technology and transformation capabilities onto business. The Gartner Research Board said that data and analytics (D&A) leaders are uniquely positioned to drive this change…
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There are many infrastructural issues across people and processes. 69 per cent of CEOs are now engaged in cybersecurity interactions either weekly (37.2) or bi-weekly (31.5 per cent), supporting the ongoing importance of cybersecurity to the business. However, complexity, legacy, and ill-defined roles and responsibilities still hamper more effective approaches…
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There is a noticeable spike in cyberattacks on businesses and government agencies. Despite the impressive growth of the global security industry, there is a noticeable spike in cyberattacks on businesses and government agencies in the recent past. Now the prevailing geopolitical tensions are further threatening to disrupt and undermine industries…
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The hackers had struck in two waves. Ukraine said on Tuesday it had thwarted an attempt by Russian hackers last week to damage its electricity grid with a cyberattack. “This is a military hacking team,” said government spokesman Victor Zhora. “Their aim was to disable a number of facilities, including…
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Product leaders should not bypass central IT representatives. Seventy-four percent of technology purchases are funded, at least partially, by business units (BUs) outside of IT, according to a recent Gartner, Inc. survey. Only 26 per cent of technology investments are funded entirely by the IT organization. In November and December…
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The talent crunch is impacting organisation’s ability to digitally transform their businesses. A new study by SAP SE (NYSE: SAP) has found nine in ten (91 per cent) small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in Asia Pacific & Japan (APJ) say workforce volatility, including the Great Resignation, has directly impacted their digital transformation…
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All organizations should take action to enable, enforce, and properly configure MFA . The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) issued a joint cybersecurity advisory today with technical details, mitigations, and resources regarding previously demonstrated ability of Russian state-sponsored cyber actors to gain…
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Hays conducted the survey in recognition of International Women’s Day. Recruiting experts Hays conducted a survey of nearly 1000 people in Asia to find out if diversity policies have an impact on career progression. 43 per cent said it was a barrier at their organisation while 57 per cent said…
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Trust in the reliability and self-protection of a manufacturer. The Federal Office for Information Security (BSI)warns according to 7 BSI law before using virus protection software from the Russian manufacturer Kaspersky. The BSI recommends replacing applications from Kaspersky’s virus protection software portfolio with alternative products. Antivirus software, including the associated real-time…
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