This paper examines the increased complexity of the healthcare industry, fueled by increasing reliance on automation, information technology, and the changing regulatory and reform environment. Healthcare organizations face an environment characterized by rapid changes in mandates, technology, and stakeholder expectations, all of which combine to increase the consequences of historical risks and generate new risks. Existing informal, siloed, and reactive risk management processes cannot effectively identify and manage the greatest, strategic-level risks facing the industry. Through years of working with commercial and government clients, Booz Allen Hamilton, a leading strategy and technology consulting firm, has developed a proven strategic risk management methodology to ensure the effective management of these strategic risks.
An increasing number of cyber attacks o public and private sector organizations has created an economic "ripple effect" across the globe. To solve this urgent issue, organizations need to recruit, build and train a cyber security workforce of IT professionals that can keep up with sophisticated security threats.
The Accenture Security Index, based on Accenture's High Performance Security research, assesses performance across 33 cybersecurity capabilities within the Banking industry. It is intended to help banking leaders understand the effectiveness of their security measures. To learn more about Banking results, read our blog series: https://accntu.re/2vj59KC
Scalar security study2017_slideshare_rev[1]Tracey Ong
Highlights of the 2017 Scalar Security Study, The Cyber Security Readiness of Canadian Organizations, published February 2017. The full report can be downloaded at scalar.ca/en/landing/2017-scalar-security-study/
Accenture’s research into collecting employee data can help organizations get the most out of their employees and decode their organizational DNA. Learn more.
2016 Scalar Security Study: The Cyber Security Readiness of Canadian Organiza...Scalar Decisions
Highlights of the 2016 Scalar Security Study, The Cyber Security Readiness of Canadian Organizations, published February 2016. The full report can be downloaded at: scalar.ca/security-study-2016
An increasing number of cyber attacks o public and private sector organizations has created an economic "ripple effect" across the globe. To solve this urgent issue, organizations need to recruit, build and train a cyber security workforce of IT professionals that can keep up with sophisticated security threats.
The Accenture Security Index, based on Accenture's High Performance Security research, assesses performance across 33 cybersecurity capabilities within the Banking industry. It is intended to help banking leaders understand the effectiveness of their security measures. To learn more about Banking results, read our blog series: https://accntu.re/2vj59KC
Scalar security study2017_slideshare_rev[1]Tracey Ong
Highlights of the 2017 Scalar Security Study, The Cyber Security Readiness of Canadian Organizations, published February 2017. The full report can be downloaded at scalar.ca/en/landing/2017-scalar-security-study/
Accenture’s research into collecting employee data can help organizations get the most out of their employees and decode their organizational DNA. Learn more.
2016 Scalar Security Study: The Cyber Security Readiness of Canadian Organiza...Scalar Decisions
Highlights of the 2016 Scalar Security Study, The Cyber Security Readiness of Canadian Organizations, published February 2016. The full report can be downloaded at: scalar.ca/security-study-2016
Ce rapport produit par WhiteHat en mai 2013 offre une vision pertinente des menaces web et des paramètres à prendre en compte pour assurer sécurité et disponibilité.
Continuous Cyber Attacks: Engaging Business Leaders for the New Normal - Full...Accenture Technology
Business theft and fraud have morphed into significant new threats as companies battle well-funded, highly motivated digital adversaries. Cyber defense rules have clearly changed.
Executive leaders must recognize how exposed their organizations are today and take steps to establish a holistic, end-to-end security strategy capable of protecting their most valuable assets and business operations.
The Accenture technology report details out 5 of the biggest technology trends impacting the business today, and over the next three years.
Learn more at: www.accenture.com/technologyvision
Securing the Digital Economy: Reinventing the Internetaccenture
Securing the digital economy does not fall on the individual, but instead relies on the ability of leaders to work collectively to forge digital trust.
How to measure your cybersecurity performanceAbhishek Sood
In order for organizations to stay competitive, they must always be improving. This too is true for their cybersecurity.
Being able to properly harvest and digest cybersecurity benchmarking information is critical for today’s CIOs. If you realize that your cybersecurity is not at the level it should be, evaluating it properly can help you raise appropriate resources to fix the issues.
Discover how to get the full picture of your organization's security performance compared to your peers. Learn why benchmarking is so critical for today's CIOs and how to clearly communicate benchmarking data to your board.
How close is your organization to being breached | Safe SecurityRahul Tyagi
Traditional methods are certainly limited in
their capabilities and this is easily proven by
the multitude of breaches businesses were a
victim of, across the globe. The 2020 Q3 Data
Breach QuickView Report revealed that the
number of records exposed in 2020 has
increased to 36 billion globally. The report
stated that there were 2,953 publicly
reported breaches in the first three quarters
of 2020 itself! 2020 is already named the
“worst year on record” by the end of Q2 in
terms of the total number of records
exposed. With the growing sophistication of
cyber-attacks and global damages related
to cybercrime reaching $6 trillion by 2021, we
need a solution that simplifies
cybersecurity.
To know more about breach probability visit : www.safe.security
Coronavirus has created new challenges for global IT teams. Join our experts to learn about the four areas of enterprise risk brought about by this global pandemic and what your IT team can do to lessen your exposure and limit the financial fallout.
CompTIA’s Trends in Information Security study provides insights into the behaviors, techniques and opportunities with IT security as businesses use new technology.
2015 Energy Industry Cybersecurity Research UpdateGridCyberSec
ScottMadden, Inc., one of North America’s leading energy consulting firms, has released a report on cybersecurity within the energy sector. This new report helps utilities understand how their cybersecurity practices and perceptions compare to those of industry peers. It is a resource for utility executives evaluating their cybersecurity capabilities. Additional industry cybersecurity information can be found on ScottMadden’s sponsored website: GridCyberSec.com.
Today, the delegation of risk decisions to the IT team
cannot be the only solution and has to be a shared
responsibility. The board and business executives are
expected to incorporate the management of cyber risk
as part of their business strategy since they are
accountable to stakeholders, regulators and
customers. For the CROs, CISOs, and Security and Risk
Management Professionals to be on the same page,
there has to be a single source of truth for
communicating the impact that cyber risk has on
business outcomes, in a language that everyone can
understand.
State of Security Operations 2016 report of capabilities and maturity of cybe...at MicroFocus Italy ❖✔
As businesses continue to adopt new cloud and mobile functionality rapidly, we find the
edges of the network even more blurred, and our definitions of data ownership and breach
responsibility continue to evolve. Staffing and training continue to be the foremost challenge
of the modern SOC. This is paving the way to hybrid staffing models and hybrid infrastructures
that require less in-house expertise. As a result, highly skilled security team members can then
be utilized for a more specialized hunt and analytics-focused work.
There is no question this year has been both an exciting and challenging time to be in the field
of cyber security. On one hand, it is disheartening to see the continued decline in the maturity
and effectiveness of security operations, while, on the other, I know that we are in the middle
of an exciting and transformative change in our field. You can feel it. We must go where the
data leads us, and we believe that is to widen our definition of security operations to leverage
analytics, data science, Big Data, and shared intelligence to become more effective in protecting
today’s digital enterprise.
Next generation analytics and cybersecurity solutions that takes a holistic approach to enabling, protecting, managing and supporting mission critical enterprise systems.
Sans 20 CSC: Connecting Security to the Business MissionTripwire
You know the old break-up line, “it’s not you, it’s me….”? As a CISO, what if when you get your few minutes to discuss security with the C-suite, board of directors or mission leadership, it really turns out to be you not them who failed in the communication?
Lack of success in communicating with your C-suite could lead to a breakup sooner or later. I’ve had hundreds of conversations with and about CISOs communicating – - on topics ranging from security breach information, status, performance metrics, risk, visualizations, or overall security posture with their executive leadership.
And largely, it turns out to be no surprise that communicating security information is incredibly difficult, especially with non-technical, disinterested, or time-constrained C-suite executives.
Success with SANS
The initial UMASS Security Program was based on the ISO/IEC 27002 controls framework, then starting in 2011, the SANS 20 CSC were added. Today’s program includes both. The ISO controls focus on program management, compliance and process from an IT auditor’s perspective, while the SANS controls focus on technology means they are better aligned with IT operations.
Prior to 2011, Wilson was having difficulty communicating with executive management (CIOs and others) – it was difficult to translate the purchase and implementation issues surrounding firewalls, anti-virus, and vulnerability scanning into easily familiar business terms and concepts relevant to management and process.
However, when he ditched trying to explain the ISO/IEC 27002 security controls framework in favor of using the SANS 20 CSC, he was able to communicate much more effectively with his C-suite for the first time in a way they could absorb and support.
In addition, he and his team have been able to map out a measurable and actionable security program based on SANS that he regularly succeeds in communicating to his executive team.
Long-term care financial professionals need to be aware of two major technology trends in the healthcare industry: business intelligence and data security.
When the temperatures rise, productivity in the work place seems to drop. Learn how to boost productivity in the workplace this summer with these effective tips from Eagles Talent.
Ephesians for Beginners - #8 - Unity of the ChurchBibleTalk.tv
This section of the epistle describes the proper response to God's offer of salvation and the blessings attached to it, the first of which is to maintain the unity of The Spirit. (Eph. 4:1-16)
Ce rapport produit par WhiteHat en mai 2013 offre une vision pertinente des menaces web et des paramètres à prendre en compte pour assurer sécurité et disponibilité.
Continuous Cyber Attacks: Engaging Business Leaders for the New Normal - Full...Accenture Technology
Business theft and fraud have morphed into significant new threats as companies battle well-funded, highly motivated digital adversaries. Cyber defense rules have clearly changed.
Executive leaders must recognize how exposed their organizations are today and take steps to establish a holistic, end-to-end security strategy capable of protecting their most valuable assets and business operations.
The Accenture technology report details out 5 of the biggest technology trends impacting the business today, and over the next three years.
Learn more at: www.accenture.com/technologyvision
Securing the Digital Economy: Reinventing the Internetaccenture
Securing the digital economy does not fall on the individual, but instead relies on the ability of leaders to work collectively to forge digital trust.
How to measure your cybersecurity performanceAbhishek Sood
In order for organizations to stay competitive, they must always be improving. This too is true for their cybersecurity.
Being able to properly harvest and digest cybersecurity benchmarking information is critical for today’s CIOs. If you realize that your cybersecurity is not at the level it should be, evaluating it properly can help you raise appropriate resources to fix the issues.
Discover how to get the full picture of your organization's security performance compared to your peers. Learn why benchmarking is so critical for today's CIOs and how to clearly communicate benchmarking data to your board.
How close is your organization to being breached | Safe SecurityRahul Tyagi
Traditional methods are certainly limited in
their capabilities and this is easily proven by
the multitude of breaches businesses were a
victim of, across the globe. The 2020 Q3 Data
Breach QuickView Report revealed that the
number of records exposed in 2020 has
increased to 36 billion globally. The report
stated that there were 2,953 publicly
reported breaches in the first three quarters
of 2020 itself! 2020 is already named the
“worst year on record” by the end of Q2 in
terms of the total number of records
exposed. With the growing sophistication of
cyber-attacks and global damages related
to cybercrime reaching $6 trillion by 2021, we
need a solution that simplifies
cybersecurity.
To know more about breach probability visit : www.safe.security
Coronavirus has created new challenges for global IT teams. Join our experts to learn about the four areas of enterprise risk brought about by this global pandemic and what your IT team can do to lessen your exposure and limit the financial fallout.
CompTIA’s Trends in Information Security study provides insights into the behaviors, techniques and opportunities with IT security as businesses use new technology.
2015 Energy Industry Cybersecurity Research UpdateGridCyberSec
ScottMadden, Inc., one of North America’s leading energy consulting firms, has released a report on cybersecurity within the energy sector. This new report helps utilities understand how their cybersecurity practices and perceptions compare to those of industry peers. It is a resource for utility executives evaluating their cybersecurity capabilities. Additional industry cybersecurity information can be found on ScottMadden’s sponsored website: GridCyberSec.com.
Today, the delegation of risk decisions to the IT team
cannot be the only solution and has to be a shared
responsibility. The board and business executives are
expected to incorporate the management of cyber risk
as part of their business strategy since they are
accountable to stakeholders, regulators and
customers. For the CROs, CISOs, and Security and Risk
Management Professionals to be on the same page,
there has to be a single source of truth for
communicating the impact that cyber risk has on
business outcomes, in a language that everyone can
understand.
State of Security Operations 2016 report of capabilities and maturity of cybe...at MicroFocus Italy ❖✔
As businesses continue to adopt new cloud and mobile functionality rapidly, we find the
edges of the network even more blurred, and our definitions of data ownership and breach
responsibility continue to evolve. Staffing and training continue to be the foremost challenge
of the modern SOC. This is paving the way to hybrid staffing models and hybrid infrastructures
that require less in-house expertise. As a result, highly skilled security team members can then
be utilized for a more specialized hunt and analytics-focused work.
There is no question this year has been both an exciting and challenging time to be in the field
of cyber security. On one hand, it is disheartening to see the continued decline in the maturity
and effectiveness of security operations, while, on the other, I know that we are in the middle
of an exciting and transformative change in our field. You can feel it. We must go where the
data leads us, and we believe that is to widen our definition of security operations to leverage
analytics, data science, Big Data, and shared intelligence to become more effective in protecting
today’s digital enterprise.
Next generation analytics and cybersecurity solutions that takes a holistic approach to enabling, protecting, managing and supporting mission critical enterprise systems.
Sans 20 CSC: Connecting Security to the Business MissionTripwire
You know the old break-up line, “it’s not you, it’s me….”? As a CISO, what if when you get your few minutes to discuss security with the C-suite, board of directors or mission leadership, it really turns out to be you not them who failed in the communication?
Lack of success in communicating with your C-suite could lead to a breakup sooner or later. I’ve had hundreds of conversations with and about CISOs communicating – - on topics ranging from security breach information, status, performance metrics, risk, visualizations, or overall security posture with their executive leadership.
And largely, it turns out to be no surprise that communicating security information is incredibly difficult, especially with non-technical, disinterested, or time-constrained C-suite executives.
Success with SANS
The initial UMASS Security Program was based on the ISO/IEC 27002 controls framework, then starting in 2011, the SANS 20 CSC were added. Today’s program includes both. The ISO controls focus on program management, compliance and process from an IT auditor’s perspective, while the SANS controls focus on technology means they are better aligned with IT operations.
Prior to 2011, Wilson was having difficulty communicating with executive management (CIOs and others) – it was difficult to translate the purchase and implementation issues surrounding firewalls, anti-virus, and vulnerability scanning into easily familiar business terms and concepts relevant to management and process.
However, when he ditched trying to explain the ISO/IEC 27002 security controls framework in favor of using the SANS 20 CSC, he was able to communicate much more effectively with his C-suite for the first time in a way they could absorb and support.
In addition, he and his team have been able to map out a measurable and actionable security program based on SANS that he regularly succeeds in communicating to his executive team.
Long-term care financial professionals need to be aware of two major technology trends in the healthcare industry: business intelligence and data security.
When the temperatures rise, productivity in the work place seems to drop. Learn how to boost productivity in the workplace this summer with these effective tips from Eagles Talent.
Ephesians for Beginners - #8 - Unity of the ChurchBibleTalk.tv
This section of the epistle describes the proper response to God's offer of salvation and the blessings attached to it, the first of which is to maintain the unity of The Spirit. (Eph. 4:1-16)
Anticipatory Coordination in Socio-technical Knowledge-intensive Environments...Andrea Omicini
ome of the most peculiar traits of socio-technical KIE (knowledge-intensive environments) -- such as unpredictability of agents' behaviour, ever-growing amount of information to manage, fast-paced production/consumption -- tangle coordination of information, by affecting, e.g., reachability by knowledge prosumers and manageability by the IT infrastructure.
Here, we propose a novel approach to coordination in KIE, by extending the MoK model for knowledge self-organisation with key concepts from the cognitive theory of BIC (behavioural implicit communication).
Variable peak pricing and hedging jun 2006Michaline Todd
Presentation by Dr. Bernie Neenan, and economist with the Electric Power Research Institute.
Referenced in this May 26, 2011 eMeter blog post: http://bit.ly/k1cKVR
Ephesians for Beginners - #6 - The Basis for Unity in the ChurchBibleTalk.tv
Paul explains the universal nature of the church by outlining the way God has brought together the most disparate groups of that era - Jews and Gentiles. (Eph. 2:11-22)
Введение в технологическое предпринимательство. Вводный воркшоп для участников первого цикла акселерационной программы EGAP Challenge в Днепре (в исполнении FeelGoodLabs' CEO - Sergey Dovgopolyy
Enterprises face increasing risks
Every day, modern enterprises face significant risk concerns. Consider the potential
impact of business disruption, technology breaches, and workforce safety issues, as
well as disconnected tools/systems/processes, productivity issues, and brand and
reputation damage. Other risks are ones that can’t be controlled as easily, including
extreme weather, the ever-growing cost associated with the number of global
compliance regulations, supply chain disruption—and global pandemics. This last one
previously didn’t seem that likely, but we’ve all experienced how that can change.
These concerns are present for every department across the enterprise. They impact
how people work and the business’s bottom line.
Governance, Risk, and Compliance (GRC) programs help ensure that enterprises
address risks and meet compliance mandates. Today, these programs are even
more critical as enterprises around the world embrace digital transformation and
cloud-based platforms. Such innovations enable workforces and customers to easily
access digital services and processes, but these seamless experiences also bring
increased risks.
Outdated GRC practices and solutions
Many existing GRC solutions were developed and implemented before the largescale adoption of digital technology. These outdated solutions were not designed for
front-line employees, and they place a heavy burden on risk and compliance teams.
Neither the tools nor the teams can keep up. Right now, typically every department
in an enterprise has silos of data that these solutions must attempt to work with or
around. Compliance teams are forced to use manual, outdated, and inconsistent risk
management and compliance practices that don’t provide a real-time, overall view of
risk across the business
Protecting the Portals - Strengthening Data Security.pdfkelyn Technology
Dive deep into the reservoir of security knowledge and emerge with strategies tailor-made for your organization’s unique needs with Kelyntech’s agile enterprise data storage service.
Mrs Bianca Pasipanodya, the Group ICT executive for First Mutual Group an esteemed speaker at the ISACA Harare Chapter, gives her remarks about the implementation of an effective Information Security Management System” in Zimbabwe.
CompTIA CySA Domain 5 Compliance and Assessment.pptxInfosectrain3
The CompTIA Cybersecurity Analyst (CySA+) certification is the industry standard for demonstrating that cybersecurity professionals can analyze data and interpret the results to detect vulnerabilities, threats, and risks to an organization.
You Can Hack That: How to Use Hackathons to Solve Your Toughest ChallengesBooz Allen Hamilton
“Hackathon” has become a trendy word in today’s business vernacular, and for good reason. The word “hackathon” comes from both “hack” and “marathon.” If you think of a “hack” as a creative solution and “marathon” as a continuous, often competitive event, you’re at the heart of what a hackathon is about. Hackathons enable creative problem solving through an innovative and often competitive structure that engages stakeholders to come up with unconventional solutions to pressing challenges. Hackathons can be used to develop new processes, products, ways of thinking, or ways of engaging stakeholders and partners, with benefits ranging from solving tough problems to broader cultural and organizational improvements.
This playbook was designed to make hackathons accessible to everyone. That means not only can all kinds of organizations benefit from hackathons, but that all kinds of employees inside those groups—executives, project managers, designers, or engineers—should participate and can benefit, too. Use this playbook as a reference and allow the best practices we outline to guide you in designing a hackathon structure that works for you and enables your organization to achieve its desired outcomes. Give yourself anywhere from six weeks to a few months to plan your hackathon, depending on the components, approach, number of participants, and desired outcomes.
Contact Director Brian MacCarthy at MacCarthy_Brian2@bah.com for more information about Booz Allen’s hackathon offering.
Booz Allen's U.S. Commercial Leader and Executive Vice President, Bill Phelps, recently released his list of 10 Cyber Priorities for Boards of Directors. As we peer into how business, technology, regulatory, and cyber threat realities are evolving in the coming year, here is a reference guide for board members to use in validating their company's cybersecurity approach.
We looked at the data. Here’s a breakdown of some key statistics about the nation’s incoming presidents’ addresses, how long they spoke, how well, and more.
Our Military Spouse Forum built a roadmap to help you navigate your career between deployments, moves, and the unpredictable. Interested in how Booz Allen can help you navigate your career? Check out our opportunities at www.boozallen.com/careers
In August 2016, Booz Allen partnered with Market Connections to conduct a survey of National Security Leaders and the General Public to understand their perspectives on the current threats. Fifteen years after the September 11 attacks, we wanted to know what keeps them up at night today, and what they will be worried about in 15 years. This infographic provides the high-level results of our survey and we will be releasing a more detailed report later in the month of September – so stay tuned. #NationalSecurity2031
Booz Allen convened some of the smartest minds to explore making healthcare more accessible. This report shares the latest healthcare payment trends and what policy experts discovered when planning for different health reform scenarios.
An interactive workshop that guides you through the many relationships that exist in an agile team, with a business value emphasis. Team members gain empathy, discover expectations of others and the importance of these agile team relationships.
An immersive environment allows students to be completely “immersed” in a self-contained simulated or artificial environment while experiencing it as real. With immersive learning, you can show realistic visual and training environments to teach complex tasks and concepts.
Nuclear Promise: Reducing Cost While Improving PerformanceBooz Allen Hamilton
To remain competitive, nuclear operators must take aim at all addressable costs, ensuring maintenance is optimized, taking proactive steps to minimize unplanned outages and, where possible, reducing administrative and other overhead costs. There are multiple opportunities to reduce capital and operational spending, while improving safety and reliability.
General Motors and Lyft; Target and Walmart; Netflix and Amazon - we call these “frenemies”. A strange trend is emerging as unlikely partner companies join forces, and they’re transforming industries around the world. Understanding what's driving the frenemies trend, knowing what options best fit your needs, and making yourself an effective partner are all critical to success.
Threats to industrial control systems are on the rise. This briefing explores potential threats and vulnerabilities as well as what organizations can do to guard against them.
Booz Allen Hamilton and Market Connections: C4ISR Survey ReportBooz Allen Hamilton
Booz Allen Hamilton partnered with government market research firm Market Connections, Inc. to conduct the survey of military decision-makers. The research examined the main features of Integrated C4ISR through Enterprise Integration: engineering, operations and acquisition. Two-thirds of respondents (65 percent) agree agile incremental delivery of modular systems with integrated capabilities can enable rapid insertion of new technologies.
Modern C4ISR Integrates, Innovates and Secures Military NetworksBooz Allen Hamilton
A majority of the military believe Integrated C4ISR through Enterprise Integration would provide utility to their organization. Check out other key findings from our study in this infographic http://bit.ly/1OZOjG2
Agile and Open C4ISR Systems - Helping the Military Integrate, Innovate and S...Booz Allen Hamilton
Integrated C4ISR is a force multiplier that significantly improves situational awareness and decision making to give warfighters a decisive battlefield advantage. This advantage stems from Booz Allen Hamilton’s Enterprise Integration approach http://bit.ly/25nDBRg: bringing together three disciplines and their communities—engineering, operations, and acquisition.
Booz Allen Hamilton created the Field Guide to Data Science to help organizations and missions understand how to make use of data as a resource. The Second Edition of the Field Guide, updated with new features and content, delivers our latest insights in a fast-changing field. http://bit.ly/1O78U42
Connector Corner: Automate dynamic content and events by pushing a buttonDianaGray10
Here is something new! In our next Connector Corner webinar, we will demonstrate how you can use a single workflow to:
Create a campaign using Mailchimp with merge tags/fields
Send an interactive Slack channel message (using buttons)
Have the message received by managers and peers along with a test email for review
But there’s more:
In a second workflow supporting the same use case, you’ll see:
Your campaign sent to target colleagues for approval
If the “Approve” button is clicked, a Jira/Zendesk ticket is created for the marketing design team
But—if the “Reject” button is pushed, colleagues will be alerted via Slack message
Join us to learn more about this new, human-in-the-loop capability, brought to you by Integration Service connectors.
And...
Speakers:
Akshay Agnihotri, Product Manager
Charlie Greenberg, Host
Builder.ai Founder Sachin Dev Duggal's Strategic Approach to Create an Innova...Ramesh Iyer
In today's fast-changing business world, Companies that adapt and embrace new ideas often need help to keep up with the competition. However, fostering a culture of innovation takes much work. It takes vision, leadership and willingness to take risks in the right proportion. Sachin Dev Duggal, co-founder of Builder.ai, has perfected the art of this balance, creating a company culture where creativity and growth are nurtured at each stage.
The Art of the Pitch: WordPress Relationships and SalesLaura Byrne
Clients don’t know what they don’t know. What web solutions are right for them? How does WordPress come into the picture? How do you make sure you understand scope and timeline? What do you do if sometime changes?
All these questions and more will be explored as we talk about matching clients’ needs with what your agency offers without pulling teeth or pulling your hair out. Practical tips, and strategies for successful relationship building that leads to closing the deal.
UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series, part 4DianaGray10
Welcome to UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series part 4. In this session, we will cover Test Manager overview along with SAP heatmap.
The UiPath Test Manager overview with SAP heatmap webinar offers a concise yet comprehensive exploration of the role of a Test Manager within SAP environments, coupled with the utilization of heatmaps for effective testing strategies.
Participants will gain insights into the responsibilities, challenges, and best practices associated with test management in SAP projects. Additionally, the webinar delves into the significance of heatmaps as a visual aid for identifying testing priorities, areas of risk, and resource allocation within SAP landscapes. Through this session, attendees can expect to enhance their understanding of test management principles while learning practical approaches to optimize testing processes in SAP environments using heatmap visualization techniques
What will you get from this session?
1. Insights into SAP testing best practices
2. Heatmap utilization for testing
3. Optimization of testing processes
4. Demo
Topics covered:
Execution from the test manager
Orchestrator execution result
Defect reporting
SAP heatmap example with demo
Speaker:
Deepak Rai, Automation Practice Lead, Boundaryless Group and UiPath MVP
Generating a custom Ruby SDK for your web service or Rails API using Smithyg2nightmarescribd
Have you ever wanted a Ruby client API to communicate with your web service? Smithy is a protocol-agnostic language for defining services and SDKs. Smithy Ruby is an implementation of Smithy that generates a Ruby SDK using a Smithy model. In this talk, we will explore Smithy and Smithy Ruby to learn how to generate custom feature-rich SDKs that can communicate with any web service, such as a Rails JSON API.
Securing your Kubernetes cluster_ a step-by-step guide to success !KatiaHIMEUR1
Today, after several years of existence, an extremely active community and an ultra-dynamic ecosystem, Kubernetes has established itself as the de facto standard in container orchestration. Thanks to a wide range of managed services, it has never been so easy to set up a ready-to-use Kubernetes cluster.
However, this ease of use means that the subject of security in Kubernetes is often left for later, or even neglected. This exposes companies to significant risks.
In this talk, I'll show you step-by-step how to secure your Kubernetes cluster for greater peace of mind and reliability.
Slack (or Teams) Automation for Bonterra Impact Management (fka Social Soluti...Jeffrey Haguewood
Sidekick Solutions uses Bonterra Impact Management (fka Social Solutions Apricot) and automation solutions to integrate data for business workflows.
We believe integration and automation are essential to user experience and the promise of efficient work through technology. Automation is the critical ingredient to realizing that full vision. We develop integration products and services for Bonterra Case Management software to support the deployment of automations for a variety of use cases.
This video focuses on the notifications, alerts, and approval requests using Slack for Bonterra Impact Management. The solutions covered in this webinar can also be deployed for Microsoft Teams.
Interested in deploying notification automations for Bonterra Impact Management? Contact us at sales@sidekicksolutionsllc.com to discuss next steps.
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.
Smart TV Buyer Insights Survey 2024 by 91mobiles.pdf91mobiles
91mobiles recently conducted a Smart TV Buyer Insights Survey in which we asked over 3,000 respondents about the TV they own, aspects they look at on a new TV, and their TV buying preferences.
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.
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/
De-mystifying Zero to One: Design Informed Techniques for Greenfield Innovati...
Strengthening Security with Continuous Monitoring
1. Strengthening Security with
Continuous Monitoring
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Information security has never been more critical to the
performance of U.S. government agencies and private-
sector enterprises. Today, continuous monitoring is an
indispensable component of an effective security strategy.
Real-time threats, more sophisticated attacks,
compliance requirements, and budget reductions
are converging to make continuous monitoring
an undertaking of paramount importance. Today,
organizations of every type present much larger attack
targets because more of their activities take place
online and through mobile devices. The threats to an
organization’s data and proprietary information are
constant. These are not the much-publicized raids
by amateur hackers—more and more, they include
advanced persistent threats from highly sophisticated
and well-organized sources—including foreign
governments. The vulnerabilities and threats are
multiplying and changing in real time, making the risks
to an organization’s equipment, productivity, intellectual
capital, and reputation more and more complex.
Government and private-sector organizations are
trying to keep pace with the rising threat levels.
However, they are not achieving the dynamic security
levels required because the information security
tools they use are largely static “point solutions,”
with few interconnections and little integration, and
because they often lack the benefits of a centralized,
organizationwide security strategy. Moreover,
organizations face severe operational challenges—
notably the constant pressure to do more with less
funding and fewer resources, while contending with the
demands of burdensome reporting.
What’s needed now is “always-on” vigilance and
solutions for Continuous Diagnostics and Mitigation
(CDM), to provide organizations with Continuous
Monitoring as a Service (CMaaS). The rising number
of incidents and the complexity of threats demand
greater emphasis on developing and implementing
more powerful defenses and countermeasures. In turn,
that calls for a mindset of continuous monitoring, along
with the skills and the solutions to ensure continuous
monitoring becomes part of the information security
fabric of the organization. In particular, that mindset
must evolve to support a culture of risk-based thinking
and a shift toward organizationwide views of data
management, with all the processes and techniques
that this shift involves.
Do you have the resources and the partnerships to
make continuous monitoring a reality?
Booz Allen Can Help You Improve Your
Security Posture Through Continuous
Monitoring
Booz Allen Hamilton, a leading strategy and
technology consulting firm, is the trusted partner
you need to establish and maintain a highly effective
security posture. Booz Allen’s Continuous Monitoring
solutions provide organizations with the automated
capabilities to support timely, cost-effective, risk-based
decisionmaking that uses standardized data feeds,
providing ongoing and historic situational awareness
regarding organizational assets.
Our efficient approach incorporates lessons learned
from large-scale CDM deployments, such as the
Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA), the US
Air Force, and the Department of State. As such,
we understand the complexity of designing and
implementing continuous-monitoring solutions for US
federal government organizations.
We help organizations develop prioritized plans
for implementation and adoption of a continuous
monitoring program, including incremental automation
timed to keep pace with new products, vulnerabilities,
and threats and evolving organizational capabilities. We
further ensure that a continuous-monitoring program
encompasses all monitoring needs across all CMaaS
tool and task areas, including those that cannot
immediately be automated.
With many decades of expertise in information security
compliance, risk management, monitoring, and
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automation, our teams of industry professionals are
widely recognized as the experts in their fields. We
are closely aligned with the federal government’s cyber
stakeholders, and we understand how cyber programs,
from the National Cybersecurity Protection System
(NCPS) to Cyberscope, must be closely coordinated if
the security postures of .gov and .mil are to benefit
fully. And, because one size does not fit all, we tailor
solutions to your needs to reduce complexity and
enable efficient implementation—ensuring regulatory
compliance while enhancing situational awareness.
Booz Allen is the only solutions provider that brings
together the requisite skills, resources, and experience
to ensure that your continuous-monitoring solution
is implemented efficiently and matched exactly to
your needs. Our multidisciplinary approach integrates
the human capital side of continuous monitoring
with the tools and technology to achieve change.
This approach ensures a holistic solution in which
continuous monitoring is fully integrated and effectively
achieved. Our solutions are integration-ready: we
use a specification-based integration approach and
open industry standards such as Security Content
Automation Protocol (SCAP). Collectively, these
characteristics reduce integration timelines, minimize
complexity, and eliminate the problem of vendor lock-in.
In addition, the skills and approach we have developed
and fine-tuned for government clients are entirely
applicable to commercial enterprises that are ready
to recognize and incorporate the elevated levels of
security provided by continuous monitoring.
Benefits Delivered
By implementing Booz Allen’s Continuous Monitoring
solutions, your security team spends time remediating
instead of simply monitoring and reporting—proactively
and continuously improving security systems rather
than focusing only on compliance with known
security standards.
Our Continuous Monitoring solutions provide the
capability to collect, organize, analyze, and present the
data that enables effective risk-management decisions
and prioritization of the necessary actions, based on
near real-time comprehensive analysis and scoring.
Put simply, we help you to systematically address
the current status of your organization’s ability to
recognize and remediate threats and vulnerabilities.
Our solutions consistently deliver access control,
confidentiality, integrity, and availability while ensuring
that utilization of system resources and staffing
remains flexible.
Organizations that have selected Booz Allen’s
Continuous Monitoring solutions have seen lower
costs as a result of automation. Our solutions reduce
technical complexity and technical risks by using a
proven design and deployment model that provides
economies of scale with rapid deployment, reduced
IT footprint, and premium vendor pricing. It is a
comprehensive approach that meets and exceeds
the 215 defined tool operational requirements and
provides additional functionality and capabilities—for
example, Network Access Control (NAC), hardware and
software asset tagging and management, SCAP ingest,
and publishing—and is ready to meet tomorrow’s
evolving mission needs by incorporating proven
methods such as intelligent scanning and data tagging.
Users of our Continuous Monitoring solutions also
find that their situational awareness shows significant
improvement, and they are better able to pinpoint and
act on deviations from expectations while meeting
compliance objectives more easily. The net result for
decisionmakers is precise knowledge of what it takes
to prioritize the initiatives that will have the most
positive effects on their security posture.
Inside Booz Allen’s Approach
Our solutions leverage an evolving set of standards
and industry-preferred tools for security automation
capabilities—tools designed not only for traditional
data centers but also for the cloud, for mobile-
computing solutions, and to harness and exploit the
information that Big Data provides.
Booz Allen takes a realistic, phased approach to the
implementation of continuous monitoring, knowing that
every organization has its own discrete requirements,
its own mix of resources, its own state of readiness,
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and its own existing security tool infrastructure.
(See the roadmap illustrated below.) This deliberate
approach enables every organization’s monitoring
capabilities to mature over time. Furthermore, it helps
organizations to manage the significant cultural shift to
risk management as a policy that involves all aspects
of confidentiality, integrity, and availability.
The earliest step involves establishing and maintaining
a continuous-monitoring program—from setting out the
strategy, vision, policies, and procedures and identifying
key stakeholders, to identifying roles and responsibilities
and assigning resources. The next step—performing
continuous monitoring—calls for designing the
appropriate infrastructure; testing, implementing, and
maintaining that infrastructure; and establishing data-
collection guidelines, all the way through to providing key
design documentation. Phase 1 should support asset
management, configuration setting compliance, and
vulnerability management. The third step of the Phase
1 activities guide the organization in institutionalizing
continuous monitoring as a managed process, paying
attention to discrete steps such as establishing process
governance, establishing executive and role-based
training programs, and placing work products under
appropriate levels of control.
Moving on to the second discrete phase, Booz Allen’s
Continuous Monitoring enables the organization to
modify its continuous-monitoring infrastructure based on
a phased approach until all requirements are satisfied,
adding support where necessary (for instance, malware
management) and designing the next release of the
infrastructure based on updated and new requirements.
This phase extends to modifying the continuous-
monitoring process based on collected improvement
information and lessons learned.
At the same time, Booz Allen is careful to incorporate
the human factors inherent in the transition to
continuous monitoring and to automation. We recognize
the importance of project leadership roles; effective,
ongoing communication throughout the organization;
and the meaningful, practical incentives that guide
“real world” behaviors in the workplace. We make sure
this is your security initiative by collaborating closely
with you throughout the phases and being a trusted
advisor to help your organization’s security practices
evolve from labor-intensive custom processes to
processes built on standardized content evaluated by
the government, vendors, testing laboratories, and the
information security community.
Booz Allen’s Record Speaks for Itself
Our experience with managing and mitigating security
risks spans some of the most demanding information
security scenarios across a wide range of US
government agencies. Here is a glimpse of where we
have added significant value:
• Recognized as industry leader in security
measurement and process improvement
• Co-authored National Institute of Standards and
Technology (NIST) Information Security Continuous
Monitoring (ISCM) for Federal Information Systems
Exhibit 1 | Booz Allen Hamilton’s Continuous Monitoring Roadmap
Source: Booz Allen Hamilton
Phase 1 Phase 2
Establish and
Maintain a ConMon
Program
Perform ConMon
Institutionalize
ConMon as a
Managed Process
1 2 3 4 5
Modify the ConMon
Infrastructure Based
on a Phased
Approach Until All
Requirements Are
Satisfied
Modify the ConMon
Process Based on
Collected
Improvement
Information and
Lessons Learned
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and Organizations (NIST SP 800-137); Framework
Extension: An Enterprise Continuous Monitoring
Technical Reference Architecture; NISTIR 7799
DRAFT Continuous Monitoring Reference Model
Workflow, Subsystem, and Interface Specifications;
NISTIR 7800 DRAFT Applying the Continuous
Monitoring Technical Reference Model to the
Asset, Configuration, and Vulnerability Management
Domains; NISTIR 7848 DRAFT Specification for
the Asset Summary Reporting Format 1.0; NISTIR
7802 Trust Model for Security Automation Data
(TMSAD) Version 1.0; NIST Guide for Applying the
Risk Management Framework to Federal Information
Systems (NIST SP 900-37 rev1)
• Contributed to ISO/IEC standards in information
security
• Developed comprehensive information assurance
(IA) metrics programs for civil/defense agencies
(including the Departments of State, Energy, Army,
and Agriculture)
• Published and presented for CSI, E-Gov IA, ISSEA,
NISSC, PSM, SSTC, NDIA, SEPG, NETSC, and ITSAC
conferences
• Support IT supply chain risk and software assurance
efforts
• Implement SCAP standards into security applications
• Use and develop Open Checklist Interactive Language
(OCIL) content for non-automatable controls
• Provide round-the-clock operations and maintenance
of a global defense infrastructure for which we
plan, provision, configure, customize, operate, and
maintain tools, sensors, and dashboards to enable
continuous-monitoring diagnostics
• Support the development of a solution to facilitate
Federal Information Security Management Act (FISMA)
compliance reporting called Department of Defense
(DoD) Cyberscope (DCS) and the development of
Enterprise Mission Assurance Support Service
(eMASS), which is DoD’s recommended tool for
information system certification and accreditation
Our Services
Booz Allen’s services include:
• Planning and business process reengineering
• Behavioral economics and organizational change
management
• Capabilities to implement all 15 CMaaS functional
areas of tools
• Services to support all 11 CMaaS task areas, from
order planning to tool and sensor operation and
management
• Training and consulting in CDM governance
• Modernization of security management processes
• Automation of compliance checking, vulnerability
management, and security measurement
• Increased compliance with FISMA, Office of
Management and Budget, DoD 8500.2/8510,
Payment Card Industry Data Security Standards (PCI
DSS), and other compliance requirements
• Use of automation to reduce cost of security by
enabling ongoing authorization and data-driven risk
management decisionmaking
• Security metrics and measurement development,
analysis, reporting, and visualization (dashboards)
• Recommendation and implementation of SCAP
technologies and tools
• Customization of SCAP content to help federal
agencies adapt configurations to meet their local
security policies
• Automation of the Federal Desktop Core
Configuration and the US Government Configuration
Baseline implementation and monitoring
• NIST guidance in IA metrics/performance measures
(NIST SP 800-55 and 800-80), Return on Security
Investment (ROSI) (NIST SP 800-65), NIST
Handbook (NIST 800-100), and NIST IR 7756 DRAFT
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See our ideas in action at www.boozallen.com
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Contact Information
George Schu
Senior Vice President
schu_george@bah.com
703-377-5001
Daryl Eckard
Principal
eckard_daryl@bah.com
703-377-7271
Lori Sparks
Principal
sparks_lori_l@bah.com
703-984-3362