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Spotlight on Cybersecurity Leaders: Kevin Dreyer

SecureWorld News

By the early years in high school, I discovered how easily I could beat my brother's high score on video games by hacking the leaderboard, which gave me tons more time to learn other tricks and start connecting to people on bulletin boards over dialup before we got internet (I know, I'm old and not everyone had internet back then).

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Turns out that Florida water treatment facility left the doors wide open for hackers

The Verge

By now, you’ve probably heard the theoretically scary story of how hackers managed to infiltrate the computer systems at a water treatment plant in Oldsmar, Florida and remotely control the chemical levels — but it turns out that description gives the hackers far, far too much credit. The reality?

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Full Steam Ahead: CIO Kopal Raj of WABTEC on staying ‘on-track’ with AI, IoT and sustainability goals

CIO Business Intelligence

The largest budget proposals were made by railway ministers this year, under the leadership of Ashwini Vaishnaw, the Minister for Railways and Information Technology. Artificial Intelligence, Digital Transformation, Internet of Things India’s Vande Bharat trains are powered by WABTEC’s technology.

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Why these successful software founders are planting seeds for new ag tech ventures

GeekWire

Big budgets early are bad. Technologies in search of a problem will always have a tough road to adoption on farms, but technologies that specifically reduce manual labor, reduce input cost, reduce the chemical load and increase yield will be very welcome.” ” reduce the chemical load and increase yield will be very welcome.”

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5 C-suite bridges every IT leader must build

CIO Business Intelligence

That’s especially true when functional areas outside IT routinely buy their own technology and hire their own technology professionals, says Irving Tyler, distinguished VP analyst at Gartner, and former CIO of Quaker Chemical and IMS Health. I think, in the near term, CFOs are really cranking down on budgets.

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New CIO appointments in India, 2022

CIO Business Intelligence

Rakesh Dhanda has joined chemical manufacturer Rossari Biotech as CIO. Along with Amit Goenka, the president of Zee’s digital businesses and platforms, he will also work on enhancing customer experience across ZEE5, the company’s on-demand internet streaming platform. Rossari Biotech appoints Rakesh Dhanda as CIO. January 2021.

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Strategic positioning in the flow economy: 3 action steps

Trends in the Living Networks

Walk into a youth hostel or budget hotel in any exotic country around the world, and you’re more than likely to see someone reading a guidebook from Lonely Planet, the dominant global brand in budget travel. Strategic positioning in the flow economy. The six elements of the flow economy.