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Case in point: taking stock of the CrowdStrike outages

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Last summer, a faulty CrowdStrike software update took down millions of computers, caused billions in damages, and underscored that companies are still not able to manage third-party risks, or respond quickly and efficiently to disruptions. It was an interesting case study of global cyber impact, says Charles Clancy, CTO at Mitre.

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Vendor management: The key to productive partnerships

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What is vendor management? Vendor management helps organizations take third-party vendor relationships from a passive business transaction to a proactive collaborative partnership. While working with IT vendors can help ease the burden on IT, it also raises concerns, especially around data, risk, and security.

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How today’s enterprise architect juggles strategy, tech and innovation

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Trusted advisor: While enterprise architects can often be seen as the catalysts for technology they must provide credible guidance to business leadership, offering insights into technology trends, risks and opportunities and avoid repeating mistakes of the past. Observer-optimiser: Continuous monitoring, review and refinement is essential.

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Cost, security, and flexibility: the business case for open source gen AI

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Weve developed our software such that the LLM open source or proprietary can be swapped in or out via configuration. An abundance of choice In the most general definition, open source here refers to the code thats available, and that the model can be modified and used for free in a variety of contexts.

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Navigating the cloud maze: A 5-phase approach to optimizing cloud strategies

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Key considerations for cloud strategy and modernization The what: The executive leadership team of business and IT together need to evaluate business needs and their current business challenges, global footprint and current technology landscape and define the companys Northstar, (aka, the what, the vision). First, the mean part.

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Key considerations to cancer institute’s gen AI deployment

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But we’re not sanctioning it or encouraging it yet across the board as a way to code faster. 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. Dana-Farber was no exception.

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

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The panelists identified three high-risk functions that organizations in the Middle East must prioritize—credential management, vendor management, and patch management. These areas, often neglected or poorly managed, can expose businesses to serious vulnerabilities.

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