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What are the main challenges CISOs are facing in the Middle East?

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Legislative changes on a global scale have been a major challenge faced daily and it’s often exacerbated by the need to instantly change course and work towards compliance to avoid the often-hefty fines and penalties, legal liabilities and reputational damage associated with non-compliance.

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Captive centers are back. Is DIY offshoring right for you?

CIO

Unlike earlier generations of what are increasingly being called “global capabilities centers,” which tended to be large operations set up by multinationals, more than half of last year’s new centers were launched by first-time adopters — and on the smaller side, with less than 250 full-time employees; in some cases, less than 50.

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Sharing Responsibility for Data Security in the Cloud

CIO

Intellectual property is key to a company’s success,” notes Simon Leech, operational security lead for HPE GreenLake Cloud Services. Specifically, the study attributed an average $4 million loss to business disruption, with another $5.9 million associated with information losses.

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Understanding the security shared responsibility model in an as-a-service world

CIO

Intellectual property is key to a company’s success,” notes Simon Leech, operational security lead for HPE GreenLake Cloud Services. Specifically, the study attributed an average $4 million loss to business disruption, with another $5.9 million associated with information losses.

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IT leaders grapple with shadow AI

CIO

That could lead to compromised intellectual property and regulatory penalties. Consequently, Parsons settled on the use of data-loss prevention (DLP) tools to prevent data exfiltration via generative AI. “The Pandora’s box has been opened, so it’s best to partner with your employees so they don’t have to hide what they’re doing.”

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3 Top Email Security Practices to Prevent a Data Breach

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The World Economic Forum has included cyber-attacks and data breaches in the list of top global risks in 2020. Poor security can lead to data loss and leaks important information about a firm’s intellectual property, financial information, customer and employee information, etc. The average data breach cost $3.86

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Regulatory uncertainty overshadows gen AI despite pace of adoption

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When we created our own gen AI policy, we stood up our own instance of ChatGPT and deployed it to all 14,000 teammates globally,” he says. Running open source software on-prem or in private clouds can help reduce risks, such as that of data loss, and can help companies comply with data sovereignty and privacy regulations.