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Strong Business Continuity Management Brings Resilience

CIO Business Intelligence

When astute executives, including CIOs, cheat disruption by focusing on business continuity management (BCM) programs that build resilience, the enterprise transformation can prosper. CIOs should apply a business lens that informs how the business could be impacted (operationally, financially, legally, etc.)

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FORRward: A Weekly Read For Tech And Marketing Execs

Forrester IT

Better Late Than Never: There’s Still Time To Improve Your Pandemic Plans Companies are showing renewed interest in business continuity and revising their pandemic plans in response to the coronavirus outbreak. And, a review of the risk sections of the annual reports for the Fortune 50 showed that about half […].

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How to handle business continuity in a crisis

Network World

If these systems go down due to a natural disaster, temporary power outage, loss of data center, ransomware or hacker attack, lost or corrupted files, or an application failure due to a software virus, the results can inflict significant financial harm. In the worst case, the business will be unable to continue functioning.

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14 in-demand cloud roles companies are hiring for

CIO Business Intelligence

Skills: Skills for this role include knowledge of application architecture, automation, ITSM, governance, security, and leadership. It’s a role that focuses on the deployment of automated applications, maintenance of IT and cloud infrastructure, and identifying the potential risks and benefits of new software and systems.

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Cyber Resilience: Building Immunity in the Face of Evolving Threats

SecureWorld News

This article studies resilience concerning cybersecurity and provides applicable insights that organizations can use as guidelines in building immunity against evolving threats. Cyber resilience is essential: it is the capacity to anticipate and plan recovery from Adverse Cyber Events or even adapt seamlessly after the occurrence.

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Report: SMEs Are Prime Targets and Must Plan for Disaster Recovery

SecureWorld News

Here's an alarming stat from Accenture: more than one-third of cyberattacks are aimed at small businesses, but only 14% of them are prepared to defend themselves. The pandemic, geopolitical factors, and the new hybrid/work-from-home landscape put midsize companies at 500% more risk of being targeted in 2021. The key is to minimize any damage.

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The 10 most in-demand IT jobs in finance

CIO Business Intelligence

The US financial services industry has fully embraced a move to the cloud, driving a demand for tech skills such as AWS and automation, as well as Python for data analytics, Java for developing consumer-facing apps, and SQL for database work.

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