Mission Critical Global Technology Group (MCGlobalTech) provides information security and IT infrastructure management consulting services. They help organizations comply with industry standards and federal regulations to strengthen their security posture. MCGlobalTech assesses clients' security gaps and develops customized solutions involving governance, processes, and technology controls. Their full lifecycle of services includes assessment, planning, implementation, and continuous monitoring.
Information Security assessment of companies in Germany, Austria and Switzerland, February 2015.
Every day critical security incidents show the drastic extent of "successful" cyber attacks for organizations in terms of monetary and material loss. With increasing use of digital technologies and the growing spread of mobile and IoT cyber security is becoming a key factor for companies’ successful digital transformation. To analyze current challenges, trends and maturity of companies state of information security, Capgemini Consulting DACH conducted a survey in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. The 2014 Information Security Benchmarking Study shows that information security is insufficiently embedded in most companies‘ business strategy and operations to effectively safeguard organizations against current cyber threats.
https://www.de.capgemini-consulting.com/resources/information-security-benchmarking
Secrets to managing your Duty of Care in an ever- changing world.
How well do you know your risks?
Are you keeping up with your responsibilities to provide Duty of Care?
How well are you prioritising Cybersecurity initiatives?
Liability for Cybersecurity attacks sits with Executives and Board members who may not have the right level of technical security knowledge. This session will outline what practical steps executives can take to implement a Cybersecurity Roadmap that is aligned with its strategic objectives.
Led by Krist Davood, who has spent over 28 years implementing secure mission critical systems for executives. Krist is an expert in protecting the interconnectedness of technology, intellectual property and information systems, as evidenced through his roles at The Good Guys, Court Services Victoria and Schiavello.
The seminar will cover:
• Fiduciary responsibility
• How to efficiently deal with personal liability and the threat of court action
• The role of a Cybersecurity Executive Dashboard and its ability to simplify risk and amplify informed decision making
• How to identify and bridge the gap between your Cybersecurity Compliance Rating and the threat of court action
Implementing Business Aligned Security Strategy Dane Warren LiDaneWarren
This was presented at the AISA national seminar day. It is a helicopter view on how to implement a security strategy that is aligned with the business.
Building an effective Information Security RoadmapElliott Franklin
As company information security functions continue to grow each year with increasing attacks and regulations, how are you handling the
pressure? Are you constantly battling to run the business projects and reacting to customer requests? Have you blocked off a few hours each week
on your calendar to close your email, turn off your phone and try to build, assess and maintain an effective vision for your security team? This
presentation will discuss a cascading approach to creating such a roadmap that is easily understood by executives and has helped gain quick buy
in for multiple enterprise wide security projects.
Information Security assessment of companies in Germany, Austria and Switzerland, February 2015.
Every day critical security incidents show the drastic extent of "successful" cyber attacks for organizations in terms of monetary and material loss. With increasing use of digital technologies and the growing spread of mobile and IoT cyber security is becoming a key factor for companies’ successful digital transformation. To analyze current challenges, trends and maturity of companies state of information security, Capgemini Consulting DACH conducted a survey in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. The 2014 Information Security Benchmarking Study shows that information security is insufficiently embedded in most companies‘ business strategy and operations to effectively safeguard organizations against current cyber threats.
https://www.de.capgemini-consulting.com/resources/information-security-benchmarking
Secrets to managing your Duty of Care in an ever- changing world.
How well do you know your risks?
Are you keeping up with your responsibilities to provide Duty of Care?
How well are you prioritising Cybersecurity initiatives?
Liability for Cybersecurity attacks sits with Executives and Board members who may not have the right level of technical security knowledge. This session will outline what practical steps executives can take to implement a Cybersecurity Roadmap that is aligned with its strategic objectives.
Led by Krist Davood, who has spent over 28 years implementing secure mission critical systems for executives. Krist is an expert in protecting the interconnectedness of technology, intellectual property and information systems, as evidenced through his roles at The Good Guys, Court Services Victoria and Schiavello.
The seminar will cover:
• Fiduciary responsibility
• How to efficiently deal with personal liability and the threat of court action
• The role of a Cybersecurity Executive Dashboard and its ability to simplify risk and amplify informed decision making
• How to identify and bridge the gap between your Cybersecurity Compliance Rating and the threat of court action
Implementing Business Aligned Security Strategy Dane Warren LiDaneWarren
This was presented at the AISA national seminar day. It is a helicopter view on how to implement a security strategy that is aligned with the business.
Building an effective Information Security RoadmapElliott Franklin
As company information security functions continue to grow each year with increasing attacks and regulations, how are you handling the
pressure? Are you constantly battling to run the business projects and reacting to customer requests? Have you blocked off a few hours each week
on your calendar to close your email, turn off your phone and try to build, assess and maintain an effective vision for your security team? This
presentation will discuss a cascading approach to creating such a roadmap that is easily understood by executives and has helped gain quick buy
in for multiple enterprise wide security projects.
Security Framework for Digital Risk ManagmentSecurestorm
A cyber security governance framework and digital risk management process for OFFICIAL environments in UK Government. A pragmatic and proportional information risk management process which can be used at speed, and is compatible with Agile projects. This is released under a Creative Commons; Attribution-Non Commercial-Share Alike 4.0 International License.
Introduction to Risk Management via the NIST Cyber Security FrameworkPECB
The cyber security profession has successfully established explicit guidance for practitioners to implement effective cyber security programs via the NIST Cyber Security Framework (CSF). The CSF provides both a roadmap and a measuring stick for effective cyber security. Application of the CSF within cyber is nothing new, but the resurgence of Enterprise Security Risk Management and Security Convergence highlight opportunities for expanded application for cyber, physical, and personnel security risks. This NIST CSF can help practitioners build a cross-pollenated understanding of holistic risk.
Main points covered:
• Understand the purpose, value, and application of the NIST CSF in familiar non-technical terms.
• Understand how the Functions and Categories of the NIST CSF (the CSF “Core”) and an organization's “current” and “target” profiles are relevant and valuable in a variety of sectors and environments.
• Understand how an organization’s physical and cyber security resources and stakeholders can align with the NIST CSF as a tool to achieve holistic security risk management.
Presenters:
David Feeney, CPP, PMP has 17 years of security industry experience assisting organizations with risk management matters specific to physical, personnel, and cyber security. He has 9 years of experience with service providers and 8 years of experience within enterprise security organizations. David has worked with industry leaders in the energy, technology, healthcare, and real estate sectors. Areas of specialization include Security Operations Center design and management, Security Systems design and implementation, and Enterprise Risk Management. David holds leadership positions in ASIS International and is also a member of the InfraGard FBI program. David holds Certification Protection Professional (CPP) and Project Management Professional (PMP) certifications.
Andrea LeStarge, MS has over ten years of experience in program management, risk analysis and curriculum development. Being specialized in Homeland Security, Andrea leverages her experience in formerly managing projects to support various Federal Government entities in identifying, detecting and responding to man-made, natural and cyber incidents. She has an established track record in recognizing security gaps and corrective risk mitigation options, while effectively communicating findings to stakeholders, private sector owners and operators, and first-responder personnel within tactical, operational and strategic levels. Overall, Andrea encompasses analytical tradecraft and demonstrates consistent, repeatable and defensible methodologies pertaining to risk and the elements of threat, vulnerability and consequence.
Recorded webinar: https://youtu.be/hxpuYtMQgf0
How to minimize threats in your information system using network segregation? PECB
We will discuss the importance of network infrastructure and how we can minimize risks of attacks in our IT by segregating and segmenting our network infrastructure.
Main points that have been covered are:
• Why it’s always a primary target for attacks?
• What are the segmented networks?
• How can it be used?
Presenter:
Our presenter for this webinar is Mohamed Tawfik, who is a qualified Technocrat, and a seasoned IT/Telecom Professional having over 20 years of solid experience with multi-national corporate organizations planning, deployment, governance, audit and enforcing policy on Information Security Practice, while having in-depth knowledge of IT/Telecom Infrastructure and with a proven record of customer satisfaction.
Link of the recorded session published on YouTube:https://youtu.be/sKhihzgElH8
CompTIA’s Trends in Information Security study provides insights into the behaviors, techniques and opportunities with IT security as businesses use new technology.
Protecting Vital Data With NIST Framework - Patrick Kerpan's Secure260 presen...Cohesive Networks
Protecting Vital Data With NIST Framework - Patrick Kerpan's Secure260 presentation 2016
LocusView Solutions, a Chicago-based subsidiary of the Gas Technology Institute (GTI), applied the NIST Cybersecurity Framework to pass penetration tests and compliance auditing in 2015.
LocusView provides a SaaS solutions to the natural gas industry, and wanted to go beyond standard regulatory compliance to save money and streamline the audit process.
As organizations spend more time and efforts to fight data breaches and fears of fallout from a data loss, IT teams like LocusView can begin comparing existing cybersecurity practices to the NIST Framework to quickly identify any gaps in pinpointing, assessing, and managing risks in their networks.
The NIST Framework was created for critical infrastructure — banking, aviation, defense — all organizations can easily apply the principles to their operations. While traditional audit-focused standards value policies and checklists, NIST’s risk-based approach focuses on business and customers.
As part of an in-depth audit, LocusView used the NIST Framework to ensure everything from customer data to cloud-based networks are truly secure.
There are three main factors that influence how information security is dealt with these days – (1) the presumed risk if we don’t do it (or do it badly), (2) the pace at which technologies and business styles change and (3) the lack of a structure behind any infosec activities.
It’s clear to me that these are just some of the challenges infosec teams must deal with nowadays. This talk will open the floor to a discussion of blockers, challenges and drivers discussing the evolution of the roles associated with infosec and later merging best practice recommendations with an infosec strategy to dealing with risks. Finally, once a strategy is adopted, the presentation will present some ideas on how to gauge progress– such that efforts to improve are both meaningful and measurable.
the Defense Department and General Services Administration report on improving cyber security and resilience through acquisition. This report, developed as part of the President’s Executive Order on Cyber Security, forms the baseline for a fundamental shift in federal procurement policy. In short, going forward cyber security is going to be a core consideration in federal procurements. Contractors will likely find cyber security obligations embedded in their contracts, and may even find themselves excluded from the procurement process if certain cyber security benchmarks are not met.
The report spells out six key recommendations:
1) Institute Baseline Cybersecurity Requirements as a Condition of Contract Award for Appropriate Acquisitions
2) Address Cybersecurity in Relevant Training
3) Develop Common Cybersecurity Definitions for Federal Acquisitions
4) Institute a Federal Acquisition Cyber Risk Management Strategy
5) Include a Requirement to Purchase from Original Equipment Manufacturers, Their Authorized Resellers, or Other “Trusted” Sources, Whenever Available, in Appropriate Acquisitions
6) Increase Government Accountability for Cyber Risk Management
This Slideshare presentation is a partial preview of the full business document. To view and download the full document, please go here:
http://flevy.com/browse/business-document/it-security-and-governance-template-312
This Word Document provides a template for an IT Security & Governance Policy and is easily customisable. Areas cover are: Security, Data Back-Up, Virus Protection, Internet & Email usage, Remote & 3rd Party Network Access, User-Account Management, Procurement, Asset Management and IS Service Continuity Planning
Security Framework for Digital Risk ManagmentSecurestorm
A cyber security governance framework and digital risk management process for OFFICIAL environments in UK Government. A pragmatic and proportional information risk management process which can be used at speed, and is compatible with Agile projects. This is released under a Creative Commons; Attribution-Non Commercial-Share Alike 4.0 International License.
Introduction to Risk Management via the NIST Cyber Security FrameworkPECB
The cyber security profession has successfully established explicit guidance for practitioners to implement effective cyber security programs via the NIST Cyber Security Framework (CSF). The CSF provides both a roadmap and a measuring stick for effective cyber security. Application of the CSF within cyber is nothing new, but the resurgence of Enterprise Security Risk Management and Security Convergence highlight opportunities for expanded application for cyber, physical, and personnel security risks. This NIST CSF can help practitioners build a cross-pollenated understanding of holistic risk.
Main points covered:
• Understand the purpose, value, and application of the NIST CSF in familiar non-technical terms.
• Understand how the Functions and Categories of the NIST CSF (the CSF “Core”) and an organization's “current” and “target” profiles are relevant and valuable in a variety of sectors and environments.
• Understand how an organization’s physical and cyber security resources and stakeholders can align with the NIST CSF as a tool to achieve holistic security risk management.
Presenters:
David Feeney, CPP, PMP has 17 years of security industry experience assisting organizations with risk management matters specific to physical, personnel, and cyber security. He has 9 years of experience with service providers and 8 years of experience within enterprise security organizations. David has worked with industry leaders in the energy, technology, healthcare, and real estate sectors. Areas of specialization include Security Operations Center design and management, Security Systems design and implementation, and Enterprise Risk Management. David holds leadership positions in ASIS International and is also a member of the InfraGard FBI program. David holds Certification Protection Professional (CPP) and Project Management Professional (PMP) certifications.
Andrea LeStarge, MS has over ten years of experience in program management, risk analysis and curriculum development. Being specialized in Homeland Security, Andrea leverages her experience in formerly managing projects to support various Federal Government entities in identifying, detecting and responding to man-made, natural and cyber incidents. She has an established track record in recognizing security gaps and corrective risk mitigation options, while effectively communicating findings to stakeholders, private sector owners and operators, and first-responder personnel within tactical, operational and strategic levels. Overall, Andrea encompasses analytical tradecraft and demonstrates consistent, repeatable and defensible methodologies pertaining to risk and the elements of threat, vulnerability and consequence.
Recorded webinar: https://youtu.be/hxpuYtMQgf0
How to minimize threats in your information system using network segregation? PECB
We will discuss the importance of network infrastructure and how we can minimize risks of attacks in our IT by segregating and segmenting our network infrastructure.
Main points that have been covered are:
• Why it’s always a primary target for attacks?
• What are the segmented networks?
• How can it be used?
Presenter:
Our presenter for this webinar is Mohamed Tawfik, who is a qualified Technocrat, and a seasoned IT/Telecom Professional having over 20 years of solid experience with multi-national corporate organizations planning, deployment, governance, audit and enforcing policy on Information Security Practice, while having in-depth knowledge of IT/Telecom Infrastructure and with a proven record of customer satisfaction.
Link of the recorded session published on YouTube:https://youtu.be/sKhihzgElH8
CompTIA’s Trends in Information Security study provides insights into the behaviors, techniques and opportunities with IT security as businesses use new technology.
Protecting Vital Data With NIST Framework - Patrick Kerpan's Secure260 presen...Cohesive Networks
Protecting Vital Data With NIST Framework - Patrick Kerpan's Secure260 presentation 2016
LocusView Solutions, a Chicago-based subsidiary of the Gas Technology Institute (GTI), applied the NIST Cybersecurity Framework to pass penetration tests and compliance auditing in 2015.
LocusView provides a SaaS solutions to the natural gas industry, and wanted to go beyond standard regulatory compliance to save money and streamline the audit process.
As organizations spend more time and efforts to fight data breaches and fears of fallout from a data loss, IT teams like LocusView can begin comparing existing cybersecurity practices to the NIST Framework to quickly identify any gaps in pinpointing, assessing, and managing risks in their networks.
The NIST Framework was created for critical infrastructure — banking, aviation, defense — all organizations can easily apply the principles to their operations. While traditional audit-focused standards value policies and checklists, NIST’s risk-based approach focuses on business and customers.
As part of an in-depth audit, LocusView used the NIST Framework to ensure everything from customer data to cloud-based networks are truly secure.
There are three main factors that influence how information security is dealt with these days – (1) the presumed risk if we don’t do it (or do it badly), (2) the pace at which technologies and business styles change and (3) the lack of a structure behind any infosec activities.
It’s clear to me that these are just some of the challenges infosec teams must deal with nowadays. This talk will open the floor to a discussion of blockers, challenges and drivers discussing the evolution of the roles associated with infosec and later merging best practice recommendations with an infosec strategy to dealing with risks. Finally, once a strategy is adopted, the presentation will present some ideas on how to gauge progress– such that efforts to improve are both meaningful and measurable.
the Defense Department and General Services Administration report on improving cyber security and resilience through acquisition. This report, developed as part of the President’s Executive Order on Cyber Security, forms the baseline for a fundamental shift in federal procurement policy. In short, going forward cyber security is going to be a core consideration in federal procurements. Contractors will likely find cyber security obligations embedded in their contracts, and may even find themselves excluded from the procurement process if certain cyber security benchmarks are not met.
The report spells out six key recommendations:
1) Institute Baseline Cybersecurity Requirements as a Condition of Contract Award for Appropriate Acquisitions
2) Address Cybersecurity in Relevant Training
3) Develop Common Cybersecurity Definitions for Federal Acquisitions
4) Institute a Federal Acquisition Cyber Risk Management Strategy
5) Include a Requirement to Purchase from Original Equipment Manufacturers, Their Authorized Resellers, or Other “Trusted” Sources, Whenever Available, in Appropriate Acquisitions
6) Increase Government Accountability for Cyber Risk Management
This Slideshare presentation is a partial preview of the full business document. To view and download the full document, please go here:
http://flevy.com/browse/business-document/it-security-and-governance-template-312
This Word Document provides a template for an IT Security & Governance Policy and is easily customisable. Areas cover are: Security, Data Back-Up, Virus Protection, Internet & Email usage, Remote & 3rd Party Network Access, User-Account Management, Procurement, Asset Management and IS Service Continuity Planning
Expert Compliance Solutions by Ispectra Technologies.pptxkathyzink87
In every sector, observing precise compliance solutions is crucial for the protection of business data, conformity to industry standards, and adherence to legal, security, and regulatory requirements. If a company doesn’t stick to these rules, it could face serious fines and legal issues. That’s why it’s critical for organizations to put compliance management solutions in place. This helps them effectively meet their regulatory obligations, avoiding penalties and safeguarding their operations.
Read detailed blog : https://ispectratechnologies.com/blogs/expert-compliance-solutions-by-ispectra-technologies/
These built-in features enable the generation of detailed reports, empowering robust analytics to analyze data, compare case numbers, and identify patterns of misconduct on a quarterly or annual basis. Additionally, with Ispectra Technologies, you have the option to allocate tasks and effortlessly share information with the entire compliance team.
4 Key Benefits of Managed IT Security Services – Devlabs GlobalDevLabs Global
Managed IT security services provide a proactive and comprehensive approach to protecting your organization’s digital assets. With a team of skilled professionals continuously monitoring your systems, potential vulnerabilities can be identified and addressed before they are exploited. These services employ advanced threat detection tools, real-time monitoring, and regular security updates to stay ahead of evolving cyber threats.
In today's fast-paced and technology-driven business landscape, having a reliable and efficient IT infrastructure is vital. Managed IT Services offer businesses the opportunity to optimize their IT operations, enhance cybersecurity, streamline processes, and stay ahead of the competition. Our blog covers a wide range of topics related to Managed IT Services, providing valuable information and expert guidance.
Cyber-attacks are an alarming threat to all types of businesses & organizations.The risk of a cyber-attack is not just a risk to your company but also to your privacy.Hence, cybersecurity is crucial for every business. Cybersecurity protects critical data from cyber attackers. This includes sensitive data, governmental and industry information, personal information, personally identifiable information (PII), intellectual property, and protected health information (PHI). If you are looking for tools to fight against cyber threats, then Techwave’s tools & technologies with adequate controls will help your organization stay protected.
Cyber-attacks are an alarming threat to all types of businesses & organizations.The risk of a cyber-attack is not just a risk to your company but also to your privacy.Hence, cybersecurity is crucial for every business. Cybersecurity protects critical data from cyber attackers. This includes sensitive data, governmental and industry information, personal information, personally identifiable information (PII), intellectual property, and protected health information (PHI). If you are looking for tools to fight against cyber threats, then Techwave’s tools & technologies with adequate controls will help your organization stay protected.
Our mission is to be a trusted provider of information technology services and solutions with core competencies in cybersecurity, information assurance, security engineering, risk management and security program and project management. Our proven methodologies and scalable solutions help our clients achieve maximum return on their investment.
Improve Information Security Practices in the Small EnterpriseGeorge Goodall
Over 80% of small-medium sized business consider themselves non-targets for cyber-attacks. However, 60% of all targeted attacks are towards small-medium sized organizations. The capabilities of hackers have risen dramatically in the last two years. Organizations of all sizes need a security plan. Security by obscurity is no longer a viable option. Adopt a proven strategy to protect vital corporate assets.
The MCGlobalTech Managed Security Compliance Program helps small business government contractors meet the DFARS/NIST 800-171 compliance requirements by managing their security and compliance. Save Money. Run your business. Leave it to the experts.
The cybersecurity field is broad, diverse and require a wide array of knowledge, skills and experience. Knowing what you want to achieve is the first step in getting there.
Improving Cyber Readiness with the NIST Cybersecurity FrameworkWilliam McBorrough
Still need a prime on the CSF? Check out my article for the Access Business Team January 2017 Newsletter on how business can improve their cyber readiness with the NIST Cybersecurity Framework.
Learn the five steps all businesses must follow to protect themselves from costly data breaches. This will be the first of a monthly series to educational webinars for small business leaders. Knowing is the first step in protecting your business.
Learn the five steps all businesses must follow to protect themselves from costly data breaches. This will be the first of a monthly series to educational webinars for small business leaders. Knowing is the first step in protecting your business.
MCGlobalTech presentation to manufacturing sector executives on managing cybersecurity risks by implementing an enterprise information security management program.
GDG Cloud Southlake #33: Boule & Rebala: Effective AppSec in SDLC using Deplo...James Anderson
Effective Application Security in Software Delivery lifecycle using Deployment Firewall and DBOM
The modern software delivery process (or the CI/CD process) includes many tools, distributed teams, open-source code, and cloud platforms. Constant focus on speed to release software to market, along with the traditional slow and manual security checks has caused gaps in continuous security as an important piece in the software supply chain. Today organizations feel more susceptible to external and internal cyber threats due to the vast attack surface in their applications supply chain and the lack of end-to-end governance and risk management.
The software team must secure its software delivery process to avoid vulnerability and security breaches. This needs to be achieved with existing tool chains and without extensive rework of the delivery processes. This talk will present strategies and techniques for providing visibility into the true risk of the existing vulnerabilities, preventing the introduction of security issues in the software, resolving vulnerabilities in production environments quickly, and capturing the deployment bill of materials (DBOM).
Speakers:
Bob Boule
Robert Boule is a technology enthusiast with PASSION for technology and making things work along with a knack for helping others understand how things work. He comes with around 20 years of solution engineering experience in application security, software continuous delivery, and SaaS platforms. He is known for his dynamic presentations in CI/CD and application security integrated in software delivery lifecycle.
Gopinath Rebala
Gopinath Rebala is the CTO of OpsMx, where he has overall responsibility for the machine learning and data processing architectures for Secure Software Delivery. Gopi also has a strong connection with our customers, leading design and architecture for strategic implementations. Gopi is a frequent speaker and well-known leader in continuous delivery and integrating security into software delivery.
GraphRAG is All You need? LLM & Knowledge GraphGuy Korland
Guy Korland, CEO and Co-founder of FalkorDB, will review two articles on the integration of language models with knowledge graphs.
1. Unifying Large Language Models and Knowledge Graphs: A Roadmap.
https://arxiv.org/abs/2306.08302
2. Microsoft Research's GraphRAG paper and a review paper on various uses of knowledge graphs:
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/blog/graphrag-unlocking-llm-discovery-on-narrative-private-data/
Kubernetes & AI - Beauty and the Beast !?! @KCD Istanbul 2024Tobias Schneck
As AI technology is pushing into IT I was wondering myself, as an “infrastructure container kubernetes guy”, how get this fancy AI technology get managed from an infrastructure operational view? Is it possible to apply our lovely cloud native principals as well? What benefit’s both technologies could bring to each other?
Let me take this questions and provide you a short journey through existing deployment models and use cases for AI software. On practical examples, we discuss what cloud/on-premise strategy we may need for applying it to our own infrastructure to get it to work from an enterprise perspective. I want to give an overview about infrastructure requirements and technologies, what could be beneficial or limiting your AI use cases in an enterprise environment. An interactive Demo will give you some insides, what approaches I got already working for real.
Epistemic Interaction - tuning interfaces to provide information for AI supportAlan Dix
Paper presented at SYNERGY workshop at AVI 2024, Genoa, Italy. 3rd June 2024
https://alandix.com/academic/papers/synergy2024-epistemic/
As machine learning integrates deeper into human-computer interactions, the concept of epistemic interaction emerges, aiming to refine these interactions to enhance system adaptability. This approach encourages minor, intentional adjustments in user behaviour to enrich the data available for system learning. This paper introduces epistemic interaction within the context of human-system communication, illustrating how deliberate interaction design can improve system understanding and adaptation. Through concrete examples, we demonstrate the potential of epistemic interaction to significantly advance human-computer interaction by leveraging intuitive human communication strategies to inform system design and functionality, offering a novel pathway for enriching user-system engagements.
"Impact of front-end architecture on development cost", Viktor TurskyiFwdays
I have heard many times that architecture is not important for the front-end. Also, many times I have seen how developers implement features on the front-end just following the standard rules for a framework and think that this is enough to successfully launch the project, and then the project fails. How to prevent this and what approach to choose? I have launched dozens of complex projects and during the talk we will analyze which approaches have worked for me and which have not.
Dev Dives: Train smarter, not harder – active learning and UiPath LLMs for do...UiPathCommunity
💥 Speed, accuracy, and scaling – discover the superpowers of GenAI in action with UiPath Document Understanding and Communications Mining™:
See how to accelerate model training and optimize model performance with active learning
Learn about the latest enhancements to out-of-the-box document processing – with little to no training required
Get an exclusive demo of the new family of UiPath LLMs – GenAI models specialized for processing different types of documents and messages
This is a hands-on session specifically designed for automation developers and AI enthusiasts seeking to enhance their knowledge in leveraging the latest intelligent document processing capabilities offered by UiPath.
Speakers:
👨🏫 Andras Palfi, Senior Product Manager, UiPath
👩🏫 Lenka Dulovicova, Product Program Manager, UiPath
UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series, part 3DianaGray10
Welcome to UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series part 3. In this session, we will cover desktop automation along with UI automation.
Topics covered:
UI automation Introduction,
UI automation Sample
Desktop automation flow
Pradeep Chinnala, Senior Consultant Automation Developer @WonderBotz and UiPath MVP
Deepak Rai, Automation Practice Lead, Boundaryless Group and UiPath MVP
Essentials of Automations: Optimizing FME Workflows with ParametersSafe Software
Are you looking to streamline your workflows and boost your projects’ efficiency? Do you find yourself searching for ways to add flexibility and control over your FME workflows? If so, you’re in the right place.
Join us for an insightful dive into the world of FME parameters, a critical element in optimizing workflow efficiency. This webinar marks the beginning of our three-part “Essentials of Automation” series. This first webinar is designed to equip you with the knowledge and skills to utilize parameters effectively: enhancing the flexibility, maintainability, and user control of your FME projects.
Here’s what you’ll gain:
- Essentials of FME Parameters: Understand the pivotal role of parameters, including Reader/Writer, Transformer, User, and FME Flow categories. Discover how they are the key to unlocking automation and optimization within your workflows.
- Practical Applications in FME Form: Delve into key user parameter types including choice, connections, and file URLs. Allow users to control how a workflow runs, making your workflows more reusable. Learn to import values and deliver the best user experience for your workflows while enhancing accuracy.
- Optimization Strategies in FME Flow: Explore the creation and strategic deployment of parameters in FME Flow, including the use of deployment and geometry parameters, to maximize workflow efficiency.
- Pro Tips for Success: Gain insights on parameterizing connections and leveraging new features like Conditional Visibility for clarity and simplicity.
We’ll wrap up with a glimpse into future webinars, followed by a Q&A session to address your specific questions surrounding this topic.
Don’t miss this opportunity to elevate your FME expertise and drive your projects to new heights of efficiency.
When stars align: studies in data quality, knowledge graphs, and machine lear...
MCGlobalTech Service Presentation
1. 1
Mission Critical Global
Technology Group
(MCGlobalTech)
Information Security and
IT Infrastructure
Management Consulting
2. 2
Rationale for MCGlobalTech Security Services
The protection of IT infrastructure is critical to the manufacturing, industrial, healthcare, science and
defense industries. All organizations must protect their systems from attacks that can negatively affect
operations, services and put proprietary information at risk. An organization’s information security
posture can be increased through our Enterprise Security Maturity Program. We help you better
understand and comply with industry standards and federal regulations.
• Open technologies and networked systems used by industry are a likely target for malicious
cyber activities because they are easily accessible, have a wide installation base and detailed
information is available on the Internet.
• Internet-based attacks can wreak havoc on your organization. You are connected with
customers, vendors, suppliers and governments, and are entrusted with vast amounts of
sensitive data such as intellectual capital, proprietary information, etc.
• Your organization can be a leader in responding to new cybersecurity threats. Strong
governance and a mature information security program that draws on industry-driven best
practices can significantly improved cybersecurity posture.
3. 3
The Security Challenge
Information Security challenges all organizations face:
• Organizations in practically every industry are under immense pressure to improve quality, reduce complexity,
increase efficiency and better manage IT expenses;
• Information Systems and data exchanges are vital components to meet these growing challenge, however, the
adoption of technology introduces an abundance of security risks;
• Growing risks and liabilities, including unauthorized access, data breaches, regulatory violations, new
technology implementation, etc.;
• Strong IS governance, oversight, and a thorough understanding of regulatory requirements, industry standards,
and best practices is required to reduce and mitigate the risk of successful cyber crimes;
General obstacle to overcome these challenges include but not limited to:
• Redundant and inconsistent requirements and standards;
• Confusion surrounding implementation and acceptable minimum controls;
• Inefficiencies associated with varying interpretations of control objectives and safeguards;
• Increasing scrutiny from regulators, auditors, underwriters, customers and business partners;
• Lack of highly trained cyber security staff to address information security needs.
4. 4
Overcoming The Challenges
The recognized importance of information security and compliance has seen significant growth in recent
years. With the integration of networked business systems, comes the risk of malicious software and the
malicious acts of cyber criminals. With constantly changing technology and the Internet, the security
risks are greatly increasing. All industries have challenges mitigating security issues.
To effectively manage information security, a strong Information Security strategy must be put in
place. The strategy should focus on three elements – People, Process and Technology.
• People are the cornerstone to every security program. Having proper leadership, competent
security staff and trained users ensures security is adequate considered in all business
operations.
• Process ensures the appropriate security practices and procedures are developed,
implemented and maintained to support in support of a well-defined security governance
framework.
• Technology ensures that the appropriate security controls are in place to protect your
environment from all assessed threats, vulnerabilities, and resulting risks.
5. 5
Corporate Overview
Mission Critical Global Technology Group is a minority owned, small business founded by industry leaders who
take an agile, innovative and practical approach to problem solving in the ever changing world of information
technology and security. Our experts combine many decades of experience in industries such as Finance, Health
Care, Manufacturing, Insurance, Education, Federal, State and Local Government agencies. Our expertise,
professionalism and client-focused approach are distinguishing characteristics of our company.
Vision
Our vision is to build a Global Information Security and Technology Infrastructure Management Firm based on
quality people, quality processes and passion for benefiting our clients.
Mission
We dedicate ourselves to the mission of providing the highest quality, meticulously planned, customized and
innovative information technology and information security solutions to assist client organizations increase
productivity, protect investments and comply with applicable security regulations through research, innovation,
and expert consulting services.
6. 6
Consulting Services
Governance Risk Compliance or Management
MCGlobalTech assesses the gaps between your existing security posture, regulatory requirements, industry
standards and best practices. We provide expert services in implementing necessary cost-effective controls and
procedures unique to your business environment. We will assist you with achieving and maintaining compliance
through assessments, remediation, continuous monitoring, and staff training.
Our expertise include but are not limited to the following federal regulations and Industry Standards.
• HIPAA COBIT
• GLBA SAS70
• FISMA NIST
• PCI ISO 27001,2
• ISA99
Enterprise Information Security Solutions and Services (Security Management Program)
MCGlobalTech Enterprise Security Assessment methodology comprises of a full information security program
review. This includes all procedural, technical and non-technical security initiatives of the organization as a whole.
Our methodology allows for a comprehensive Network, Systems and Applications security audit. The goal is
investigate and identify all internal and external threats and vulnerabilities. We help our clients develop,
implement, and maintain reality-based effective and cost-friendly risk management strategies.
7. 7
Consulting Services
Cloud Computing Security Services
MCGlobalTech helps you navigate the ever expanding maze of cloud computing security options required for your
remote applications, systems and infrastructure hosting needs. With the current lack of industry security
standardization, each cloud provider provides a differing level of security controls. We help you audit your existing
in house and remote infrastructure; and design minimum system security requirements to protect your sensitive
data that is hosted outside your organization’s security boundaries. Cloud Computing Security Services Include
the following services:
• Cloud Vendor Security Assessment
• Cloud Migration Assistance
• Cloud Infrastructure Security Assessment & Mitigation Service
Information Technology Infrastructure Management Consulting
MCGlobalTech provides executive level IT management consulting to help you manage and address your IT
infrastructure needs. We will help you align your information technology infrastructure organization with your
operational and strategic business goals. Our Information Technology Management Consulting Services include:
• Business/ IT Alignment Consulting IT Governance Consulting
• Virtual/Interim CIO Services Program Management
8. 8
MCGlobalTech Full Lifecycle Service Delivery
Management
Four Customizable Phases
Stakeholders
IS/IT Team
Enterprise
Information
Technology/Security
Program
Management
Day-to-Day
Operations and
Management
P1: Assessment
Work with
stakeholders
Develop Gap
Assess Current
IT / IS Posture
P2: Planning Analysis
P3: Implementation
P4: Continuous
Monitoring
Recommendation /
Gap Remediation
Plan of Action
People / Process
/ Technology
Integration
Monitor Performance
/ Controls / Metrics
9. 9
MCGlobalTech Full Lifecycle Service Delivery
Assessment
Planning Implementation
Key Activities
Deliverables
Gap remediation
project plan
Assessment gap
analysis and
recommendations
based on regulations,
standards, and best
practices for industry
Executive reporting of
gap remediation
progress
Review governance
model, policies,
procedures,
standards and
practices
Baseline
assessment of
current security
posture
Baseline
assessment of IT
infrastructure
Develop gap remediation
Implementation project
plan in accordance with
organization stakeholders
Program
management of gap
remediation plan
Remediation tracking
Develop Information
Security Program
Improve IT
infrastructure
management
Our standard approach includes:
A security framework;
A maturity model assessment;
A gap analysis based on industry standards
and best practices;
A service deliverance model that includes
governance, policies, InfoSec Program;
Recommendations;
Remediation assistance.
Example Engagement Project Plan
Project
Key
Activates
W
e
e
k
1
W
e
e
k
2
W
e
e
k
3
W
e
e
k
4
W
e
e
k
5
W
e
e
k
6
W
e
e
k
7
W
e
e
k
8
W
e
e
k
9
Initiation
Scope
Fact Finding
Assessment
Planning
Gap Analysis
Remediation /
Strategy
InfoSec Prog.
Implementation
PM Assist
Reporting
The timeline will vary according
to the type, scope and complexity
of client business, IT infrastructure
management and security requirements
Continuous
Monitoring
Monitor security
program &
operations
Monitor IT
infrastructure
management
Recommend
continual program &
operations
improvements
Periodic assessment &
continuous advisory
support
Process Improvement
10. 10
MCGlobalTech Positioning Statement
• Managing security risks, compliancy to federal regulations and industry standards, classifying
information, IT governance and policy development, requires organizations to better understand
and control governance, processes, and security measure, while supporting existing business
operations.
• Organizations are starting to take steps to implement integrated solutions to address this need
and this trend is likely to continue or accelerate in the years to come. Therefore, an independent
Information Security Program Assessment should be performed to determine the organization's
security posture, security gaps, and necessary corrective actions.
Services offered to help you better manage your Security and IT Infrastructure:
• Security Governance, Risk & Compliance Assessment Services
• Enterprise Information Security Management Services
• Cloud Computing Security Management Services
• IT Infrastructure Management Services
11. 11
MCGlobalTech Summary Cont.
Core Competencies
Governance &
Compliance
Enterprise Information
Security (EIS)
Cloud Computing
Security Services
IT Infrastructure
Management Services
IS Governance & Policy
Review
CIO / Director Level
Advisory
Develop / Review Cloud
Security Governance &
Policies
IT Infrastructure
Management Assessment
Security Strategy &
Process Development
Enterprise Information
Security Program
Implementation
Develop Cloud Computing
Security Program
IT Infrastructure Gap
Analysis
Federal Regulation
Compliance Assessment
(i.e., FISMA, NIST, GLBA,
HIPAA)
Enterprise Information
Policy Review
Perform Deep Dive Cloud
Security Assessment
IT Infrastructure
Management Planning
Industry Standards
Compliance Assessment
(i.e., PCI DSS, ISO
27001,2, ISA99, etc.)
Security Measure &
Controls Assessment
Against Industry Standards
Security GAP Analysis IT Infrastructure
Management Remediation
Security Measure &
Controls Assessment
Against Industry Federal
Regulations
Manage / Implement GAP
Remediation / Continuous
Monitoring
IT Infrastructure
Management Monitoring
/Improvement
12. 12
Contact Us
Mission Critical Global Technology Group
1776 I Street, NW
9th Floor
Washington, District of Columbia 20006
Phone: 571-249-3932
Email: Info@mcglobaltech.com
William McBorrough Morris Cody
Managing Principal Managing Principal
wjm4@mcglobaltech.com mcody@mcglobaltech.com