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Differentiating people, process, and technology problems: A guide for CISOs

CIO

Is it inefficient processes that hamper communication within security teams? It becomes easier, however, when security leaders have a consistent framework in place for assessing the effectiveness of their people, processes, and technology – which is why I recently developed such a framework for IDC.

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What is ERP? Enterprise resource planning systems explained

CIO

Enterprise resource planning (ERP) is a system of integrated software applications that manages day-to-day business processes and operations across finance, human resources, procurement, distribution, supply chain, and other functions. ERP systems improve enterprise operations in a number of ways. Key features of ERP systems.

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Simple sabotage for software

Erik Bernhardsson

Refer back to matters decided upon at the last meeting and attempt to re-open the question of the advisability of that decision. You can of course make a series of obviously bad decisions, but you'd get fired quickly. Technology When joining, require a 6-18 months rewrite of core systems. Encourage communal ownership of systems.

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6 signs an IT manager is struggling — and how to help

CIO

Low team morale Alan Clark, senior vice president of strategy at staffing agency Randstad USA, says a low-energy team that’s missing deadlines is a sign that an IT manager isn’t clearly communicating to their team or to management. This will allow the middle manager to start to regain momentum and reengage with their team.

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10 things CIOs wish they knew from the start

CIO

Speak up A tendency to bottle up thoughts is a regret for some who felt cowed or overwhelmed by bosses, fellow execs, or their own teams when they were new to the IT leader role. “I What we need to do is…’ I remember being ambushed by two of the owners, who knew that they had underinvested in tech and the tech team for many years.

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Cybersecurity Snapshot: New Guides Offer Best Practices for Preventing Shadow AI and for Deploying Secure Software Updates

Tenable

Although the guide is aimed primarily at commercial software vendors, its recommendations can be useful for any organization with software development teams that deploy updates internally. It also addresses errors and emergency protocols.

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Architecture Ownership Patterns for Team Topologies. Part 2: Single Team Patterns

Strategic Tech

The systems we build are composed of many pieces. How should we slice up the system and divide responsibilities among teams in our organisation? We can now start to slice and group those architectural pieces into team-sized chunks and analyse the trade-offs of each pattern, and explore contexts in which they might be applicable.