N2Growth Blog

MARCH 8, 2017

Defining the position of the lead security person in an enterprise can be a challenging and sometimes confusing task. There are various job titles such as; Chief Security Officer (CSO), Chief Risk Officer, Chief Information Security Officer (CISO), V.P., IT Security, V.P., Vendor management.

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CIO

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

AI is being used in other ways in the enterprise as well, to do things like improve the efficiency of the supply chain, facilitate customer interactions, and help employees perform office tasks. The first challenge is the lack of skills both in-house and among vendors that sell traditional applications.

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CIO

JULY 25, 2024

IT managers are often responsible for not just overseeing an organization’s IT infrastructure but its IT teams as well. To succeed, you need to understand the fundamentals of security, data storage, hardware, software, networking, and IT management frameworks — and how they all work together to deliver business value.

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CIO

MARCH 3, 2025

With the growing importance of security compliance for startups, more companies are seeking to achieve and maintain compliance with frameworks like SOC 2, ISO 27001 & GDPR. The company is positioning itself to address the compliance needs of organizations ranging from early-stage startups to established enterprises. Bubba AI, Inc.

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CIO

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

Companies may have had highly detailed migration or execution plans, but many failed to develop a point of view on the role of cloud in the enterprise. If you ask someone, they’ll often recite a list of a dozen potential benefits of cloud — lower costs, better security, greater agility, and so on,” says Smith.

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TechCrunch

JULY 7, 2022

Arwa Kaddoura has worked for nearly 20 years in cloud GTM strategies and scaling startups and large enterprises. ” In this context, the role of sales changes from pushing products to enabling customers to make informed decisions. Arwa Kaddoura. Contributor. Share on Twitter.

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CIO

JUNE 6, 2024

The governance group developed a training program for employees who wanted to use gen AI, and created privacy and security policies. While GPT4DFCI isn’t allowed to be used for clinical purposes, as the governance committee has stipulated, it’s been reviewed by the privacy and information security teams for safety and efficacy.

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CIO

APRIL 18, 2023

A fractional CIO is a technology leader hired on a temporary or part-time basis, explains Peter Kirkwood, corporate strategy leader at management consulting and strategy advisory firm Zinnov. Other responsibilities may include addressing digital transformation initiatives, guiding application development, and identifying security issues.

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CIO

MARCH 26, 2024

Enterprise CIOs have always been at a disadvantage competing with tech firms for skilled IT pros, but accelerated transformation efforts and an AI gold rush have significantly intensified the talent war, prompting CIOs to increasingly turn to outside firms for help. Last June, for example, Dun & Bradstreet launched D&B.AI

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Palo Alto Networks

JANUARY 7, 2020

In our extensive work with security teams around the world, we’ve seen the best and the worst security operations (SecOps) practices. The first measure to make meaningful improvement is to take a step back and do an honest evaluation of how your security operations are structured and how they’re serving your business goals.

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CTOvision

FEBRUARY 17, 2015

The following is an excerpt: When it comes to cybersecurity, what you don’t know about the nature and sophistication of threats can hurt your organization badly. RH: Part of our Cyber 360 is we look at the CISO, the security officer function. A lot of companies come in and they do very point specific types of assessments.

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Palo Alto Networks

MAY 22, 2020

Even the most security-conscious business remains at risk of an attack. With a cybersecurity landscape dominated by fragmented security vendors and tools, businesses struggle to protect themselves. Another example of cooperation in cybersecurity is Unit 42 , the Palo Alto Networks threat intelligence team.

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CIO

JANUARY 3, 2024

An enterprise that bet its future on ChatGPT would be in serious trouble if the tool disappeared and all of OpenAI’s APIs suddenly stopped working. So enterprises looking for generative AI vendors have a lot of options to choose from. And it’s not just start-ups that can expose an enterprise to AI-related third-party risk.

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Tenable

DECEMBER 9, 2022

It was at around this time last year that the discovery of the zero-day Log4Shell vulnerability in the ubiquitous Log4j open source component sent shockwaves through the worlds of IT and cybersecurity. . 2 - OWASP’s top 10 CI/CD security risks. For more information: “ Implementing Phishing-resistent MFA ” (U.S.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 23, 2022

Startups that don’t use a vendor management framework to oversee their tech stack are flying in a dense fog: There’s no easy way to know how much they’re spending each month or on what. Surviving the SaaS tsunami: Optimize your tech stack to reduce risk and free up cash flow.

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CIO

JANUARY 23, 2023

With technology now a pervasive enabler of all aspects of the business, CIOs have the end-to-end visibility and cross-functional insights that other executives lack, not to mention oversight of key enterprise assets such as data and analytics. “We How we’re running digital is different and should be different,” he explains.

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Saviynt

APRIL 2, 2019

“Cloud migration,” “digitalization,” and “IT transformation” all refer to creating new cloud-based and hybrid information technology environments that ease business operation burdens and help drive customer engagement. To remain compliant, organizations need vendors who match their cybersecurity risk tolerance levels.

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Tenable

AUGUST 18, 2023

The Center for Internet Security unpacks how to establish foundational cyber hygiene at a reasonable cost. Plus, the Cyber Safety Review Board issues urgent security recommendations on its Lapsus$ report – and announces it’ll next delve into cloud security. Moreover, are humans or AI better at crafting phishing emails?

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CIO

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

The global standard at lightning speed Based in Dublin, Ireland, Accenture specializes in digital, cloud, and security technology strategies, consulting, and operations, serving more than 40 industries in more than 120 countries. The lengthy process slowed feedback on solution design, as well as delivery times on changes.

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Palo Alto Networks

DECEMBER 12, 2019

The writing is on the wall: Traditional security tools and methodologies are ill-suited to protect cloud native’s developer-driven and infrastructure-agnostic multicloud patterns. It’s now time to enter the Age of the Cloud Native Security Platform (CNSP). The Demand for a New Security Paradigm.

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CIO

APRIL 1, 2024

Create a framework to guide decisions Michael Bradshaw, who has held the CIO position at Kyndryl since the IT service management company spun off from IBM in 2021, developed a framework around five core guiding principles to facilitate key IT decisions. Digital Transformation, Enterprise Applications, IT Strategy, Software Development

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CIO

JANUARY 10, 2024

In this quarter, 74% of large enterprises report having FinOps teams and processes in place, up from 61% in 2022,” he says. Those enterprises reported a 30 to 35% cost savings in the first year after implementing FinOps teams and tools. Jensen says many large organizations already have built these organizations. “In

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CIO

DECEMBER 19, 2022

What’s going to happen, then, if that point solution is acquired by another vendor — perhaps not your preferred supplier — and integrated into its stack? We’ve already seen what happened when HPE bought hyperconverged infrastructure vendor SimpliVity back in January 2017. Mergers and Acquisitions, Risk Management, Vendor Management.

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Tenable

JANUARY 31, 2024

And, managing who has access to these systems poses a significant challenge. These are the findings from a commissioned survey including 262 IT and security professionals who have the final decision-making authority for their organization’s cloud infrastructure.

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O'Reilly Media - Ideas

JANUARY 22, 2019

The serverless craze is in full swing, and shows no signs of stopping—since December 2017 alone, the technology has grown 22% , and Gartner reports that by 2020, more than 20% of global enterprises will be deploying serverless. Among the vendors to watch are Istio, HashiCorps, and Linkerd. Service mesh.

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Ivanti

AUGUST 4, 2021

In an average month, an organization may spend 40 hours or more per SaaS vendor managing usage, overall spend, and contract renewals. Preparing a Microsoft Enterprise Agreement true-up can take two months and consume up to 120 hours of productive time. And ponying up for unused software is only part of the equation.

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Apiumhub

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

Cost Optimization: By providing insights into software usage and license compliance, software asset management tools enable organizations to optimize their software spending. This may involve reallocating licenses, negotiating better licensing agreements, or identifying opportunities to consolidate software vendors.

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Prisma Clud

OCTOBER 9, 2024

Figure 1: SageMaker attack vectors diagram As organizations increasingly rely on Amazon SageMaker for their machine learning (ML) needs, understanding and mitigating security risks becomes paramount. Palo Alto Networks and Amazon SageMaker’s team collaborate to share knowledge and improve cloud and AI service security practices.

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Kaseya

JUNE 29, 2021

Depending on the customer’s requirements, managed service providers can either oversee a single IT function, like network monitoring or cybersecurity, or oversee the entire IT environment. What Are the Benefits of Managed Services? What Are the Benefits of Managed Services? Managed Service Providers (MSP).

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ParkMyCloud

MAY 29, 2019

As more and more enterprises drive value from container platforms, infrastructure-as-code solutions, software-defined networking, storage, continuous integration/delivery, and AI, they need people and skills on board with ever more niche expertise and deep technological understanding. Cloud Consultants.

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CircleCI

OCTOBER 31, 2019

At CircleCI, we care about security - last year, we became the first CI/CD tool to meet the rigorous security and privacy standards required by government agencies to get FedRAMP authorized. Now, CircleCI is SOC 2 compliant, adding another industry-recognized security accreditation. What is SOC 2?

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Newgen Software

OCTOBER 20, 2023

But, before we dive into the details, let’s understand what a self-service vendor portal is and the transformative possibilities it offers. Understanding with a Use Case Think of your enterprise as a busy restaurant. A self-service vendor portal can greatly enhance the level of service provided by AP departments to vendors.

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The Accidental Successful CIO

JUNE 16, 2021

You can use the synergy targets as an opportunity to develop a vendor management capability in IT. Use this as an opportunity to teach your team about SLAs, vendor scorecards, and cost optimization. Cybersecurity and Compliance. As we all know, securing the company’s IT assets is one of the CIOs most important jobs.

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KitelyTech

MARCH 11, 2022

Unfortunately, the proliferation of SaaS applications across many enterprises has led to some issues. Furthermore, IT managers within companies also struggle to keep up with the influx of new SaaS applications. The Benefit of SaaS Management Tools. Most of them were developed out of a need to manage spending.

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Capgemini

MAY 24, 2023

This is a subscription-based service, comprising multiple SAP components that join to form an Intelligent Enterprise with the primary purpose of enabling companies to take full advantage of the power of the Cloud within their core systems.

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The Agile Manager

JULY 31, 2018

The majority of people working in enterprise IT today, that's who. Enterprise tech labor is highly codified (bounded responsibilities) and stratified (seniority). Over-exposure to enterprise change programs - or more likely, over-exposure to failed enterprise change programs - won't inspire enthusiasm for yet another one.

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Strategy Driven

AUGUST 24, 2017

Making sure that your vendors are regularly monitored is essential. Today’s modern vendor management software provides all this information on an easy-to-understand dashboard, allowing you to see their performance in real time. Copyright 2007-2017 by StrategyDriven Enterprises, LLC. Automate Everything.

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