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Mitigating cyber risks: the essential role of collaboration for Middle East organizations

CIO

At Gitex Global 2024, a panel of top cybersecurity leaders delivered a clear message: cybersecurity is no longer just the responsibility of the cybersecurity team or the Chief Information Security Officer (CISO). Delayed patching can expose organizations to vulnerabilities that cybercriminals can easily exploit.

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Cybersecurity strategies for protecting data against ransomware and other threats

CIO

Protecting these ever-increasing volumes of data is a high priority, and while there are many different types of cybersecurity threats to enterprise data, ransomware dominates the field. At the top of the cybersecurity risk chart is ransomware attacks. Organizations will only be as safe as their identities are secured.”

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Solving the tech debt problem while staying competitive and secure

CIO

Looking ahead to the next 12-18 months, two top priorities emerge for IT leaders: developing a strong business case for AI infrastructure spending (cited by 35% of respondents to IDC’s Future Enterprise Resiliency and Spending Survey, Wave 3 , March 2024) and increasing cyber resilience and security (34%).

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Passwordless authentication startup Descope lands whopping $53M seed round

TechCrunch

Take Descope , for example, which today announced that it raised a whopping $53 million in seed funding for its “developer-first” authentication and user management platform. In tight economies, organizations feel the pressure to shift software development efforts to initiatives that’ll move the needle for business.

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Monetizing Analytics Features: Why Data Visualizations Will Never Be Enough

Think your customers will pay more for data visualizations in your application? Five years ago they may have. But today, dashboards and visualizations have become table stakes. Discover which features will differentiate your application and maximize the ROI of your embedded analytics. Brought to you by Logi Analytics.

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Managing the whole lifecycle for human and machine authentication

CIO

In my last column for CIO.com , I outlined some of the cybersecurity issues around user authentication for verification of consumer and business accounts. . Didn’t the FIDO Alliance just recently announce new UX guidelines to speed up MFA adoption with FIDO security keys?” Well, yes, but there is more that tech pros can do.

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API security: key to interoperability or key to an organization?

CIO

APIs enable organizations to bring innovative applications and functionality to customers at an increasingly fast pace and also serve as applications for provisioning cloud platforms, hardware, and software, acting as service gateways to enable indirect and direct cloud services.