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Top 10 governance, risk, and compliance certifications

CIO

GRC certifications validate the skills, knowledge, and abilities IT professionals have to manage governance, risk, and compliance (GRC) in the enterprise. With companies increasingly operating on a global scale, it can require entire teams to stay on top of all the regulations and compliance standards arising today.

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What is a project management office (PMO)? The key to standardizing project success

CIO

Project management office (PMO) definition A project management office (PMO) is a group, or functional unit, that sets, maintains, and enforces the practices, policies, and standards for structuring and executing projects within an organization.

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Your CEO has little idea who IT is or what IT does

CIO

Executives need to understand and hopefully have a respected relationship with the following IT dramatis personae : IT operations director, development director, CISO, project management office (PMO) director, enterprise architecture director, governance and compliance Director, vendor management director, and innovation director.

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What is data architecture? A framework to manage data

CIO

Ensure data governance and compliance. Robust data architectures need to ensure data governance and compliance to establish clear policies for managing data access, quality, and security throughout the data lifecycle. Choose the right tools and technologies.

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9 IT skills where expertise pays the most

CIO

SaaS skills include programming languages and coding, software development, cloud computing, database management, data analytics, project management, and problem-solving. Keeping business and customer data secure is crucial for organizations, especially those operating globally with varying privacy and compliance regulations.

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Gen AI graduates to operations in higher ed

CIO

Theyre handling student applications, financial aid, resource allocation, faculty workload balancing, and compliance reporting as well as back-office functions like procurement. Now theyre adopting ways of integrating AI into their operations, says Dhriti Banerji, a project manager and founder at Higher Edge consultancy.

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Turing books $87M at a $1.1B valuation to help source, hire and manage engineers remotely

TechCrunch

Today, a startup that believes it can stem that tide with a more inclusive, global approach to sourcing, hiring and managing talent is announcing a big fundraise to continue building out its platform. Popular requests are for full-stack engineers, those who specialize in front-end or back-end languages, and site reliability engineers.