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Can you have too many security tools?

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A member of your organization’s security team reads about a new kind of security tool and brings it to the CISO’s attention, who decides that it’s a good investment. The CISO sees a new kind of security threat that requires a different security tool. A colleague recommends a security tool she says is indispensable.

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Why IT leaders are putting more business spin on security spend

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Gartner projects that spending on information security and risk management products and services will grow 11.3% To better focus security spend, some chief information security officers (CISOs) are shifting their risk assessments from IT systems to the data, applications, and processes that keep the business going.

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Need a security road map? Ditch the ad hoc measurement

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CISOs can only know the performance and maturity of their security program by actively measuring it themselves; after all, to measure is to know. With proactive measurement, CISOs will confirm how well their security program performs, better understand its preparedness against relevant threats, and highlight gaps that require improvement.

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The evolving role of security and IT in DR and incident response

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However, as ecommerce has proliferated, security threats have increased, elevating cybersecurity to a board-level concern. This has resulted in some overlaps between security standards and frameworks and IT, which, if not managed effectively, can ruin the company’s ability to respond.

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Gaining an AI advantage: Not all AIs are created equal

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By analyzing large volumes of clean data from various sources, such as network traffic logs and user behavior patterns, AI can correctly identify anomalies and potential security breaches that may go unnoticed by traditional security measures. Real-time processing is key to keeping systems secure and ensuring swift incident handling.

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Customer centricity: How Mashreq Bank is placing its customers at the forefront of its operations.

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The company aims to provide customers with a banking journey that is not just efficient and secure, but also innovative, engaging, and memorable. This choice was bolstered by third-party benchmark reports, which highlighted significant advantages such as approximately 35% lower total cost of ownership (TCO) compared to traditional solutions.

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Enterprise Storage Trends That CIOs Need to Grasp for the Remainder of 2022

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Out of the respondents from companies with at least $10 billion in revenue, 85% say they experienced fraud losses in the last year, driven by cyber breaches. . The shift to DevOps and cloud native development have made security more complex. Indeed, 82% of CIOs believe their software supply chains are vulnerable.