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Fractional CTO Services Explained

Valerian Tech

The role of a Fractional Chief Technology Officer (CTO) is to provide technical expertise and leadership to a company on a part-time or temporary basis. This can be a useful option for startups or small businesses that may not have the resources to hire a full-time CTO or may not need one on a permanent basis.

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Scale and Speed with Cyber Security

CTOvision

But all of these things had time to mature and explore the design space to find optimal solutions. Dealing with the scale that the internet can deliver, has unfortunately left us with a series of other non-optimal cyber security approaches and solutions. In cybersecurity we’re have a hard time dealing with scale.

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How the ‘diversity hire’ accusation and other barriers remain for Black women in tech

CIO Business Intelligence

The UK study also revealed that women of all backgrounds and ethnicities make up around 22% (approximately 424,000), compared to 48% of the entire UK workforce, with Black women in particular facing a wide range of obstacles, including discrimination and being accused by colleagues or superiors of being merely ‘diversity hires.’

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53 Questions Developers Should Ask Innovators

TechEmpower - Information Technology

The innovator/developer relationship needs to be a conversation. Still, if you’re a business leader and your developers haven’t asked you these questions, look for a Fractional CTO to help navigate the critical early stage of development. How big is the anticipated development team?

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Fed Tech News Roundup

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Report: UL in talks with White House on IoT certification - FCW.com FCW (Today) - Report: UL in talks with White House on IoT certificationFCW.comThe White House's interest in a security certification for Internet of Things (IOT) products appears to be gaining steam with standards. The Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s Computer.

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Examining the fallout of APAC tech skills shortages

CIO Business Intelligence

Some of the hardest roles to fill include security, and development and data professionals. We’ve had challenges in recruiting security roles as they’re short in supply,” he says. This often leads to non-compliance and millions of dollars in penalties, or people getting stuck in contracts with no exit.

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TechNet Augusta 2016 “Cyber in the Combined Arms Fight”

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The prevailing theme of the presentations and discussions was how to provide secure networks in times of war. Army is seeking ways to securely combine cyber and kinetic effects to achieve military advantages. There will be no US unilateral operations, so secure and interoperable solutions are key. Secure digital fires.

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