SMBs are a major target in today’s threat landscape since larger organizations have invested in security measures in the last couple of years. Find out how much your data is worth and the best way to safeguard those assets from our experts.
According to StaySafeOnline.org, attacks on SMBs account for over 70% of data breaches, a figure that is on the rise. Sophisticated digital criminals easily exploit businesses with limited security budgets, outdated security controls, and untrained employees. Not to mention, insider threats are becoming more prevalent. Each security incident costs SMBs a loss of $120k, on average. So what can you do about it?
Data security requires implementing the right technology, people, and processes. Like many SMBs, you may see the value in security, but may not be sure where to start. Join our panel of experts in this educational webinar to find out what steps you can take to protect your business today and its valuable assets. We’ll review current trends in attack methods, how to determine what to protect, and what methods are best suited for your objectives.
Takeaways and Learning Objectives
Find out what threats are most common today and how to prevent them.
Get actionable tips on how to protect your business in the short-term and long-term, despite budget and resource constraints.
Get clarity on data security best practices, including tools, policies, processes and developing a culture of security.
Transform Your Business with Supply Chain AI and a Modern InfrastructureOnRamp
The era of digital transformation is here, and if you’re running your business on outdated technology, you won’t be able to remain competitive. Learn how Artificial Intelligence (AI) is used to enhance business processes and human productivity, and what hurdles are keeping organizations like you from implementing these solutions.
Learn how Artificial Intelligence is used to enhance business processes and human productivity
Best practices for setting up an AI-friendly infrastructure
Understand your hosting and management options
Hear real-world examples of how LightEdge is helping optimize manufacturer’s IBM i
Just a few years back, artificial intelligence meant adaptions like Jarvis. Who would have thought that AI would soon become an application of our daily lives?
Artificial intelligence has the potential to streamline several business processes, analyze data for insights, and help in building fruitful business strategies. Hence, globally, it is being used to remediate old processes, invent new methods, and improve productivity.
The Hive Think Tank: AI in The Enterprise by Venkat SrinivasanThe Hive
This The Hive Think Tank talk by Venkat Srinivasan, CEO of RAGE Frameworks, focuses on successful applications of AI in the Enterprise. We start with a broad and more inclusive definition of AI in the context of enterprise business processes.
We introduce a taxonomy of AI solution methods that broaden the focus beyond a narrow focus on deep learning based on neural nets. In line with the taxonomy, we present several successful AI applications in use today at major corporations across industries including financial services, manufacturing/retail, professional services, logistics. These applications range from commercial lending, contract review, customer service intelligence, market and competitive intelligence, signals for capital markets, regulatory compliance and others.
Customer Experience: A Catalyst for Digital TransformationCloudera, Inc.
Customer experience is a catalyst in many digital transformation projects. It is why many businesses invest in new technologies and processes to more effectively engage customers, constituents, or employees. The goal of putting digital tools to work in a transformative way is to ensure that data and insights connect people with information and processes that ultimately lead to a better experience for customers. Yet, it demands a modern approach that considers all of the platforms, processes, and data across the customer journey. The goal for many organizations is dynamically maintaining a single source of truth about each customer to drive personalized experiences based on individual preferences and behaviors.
However, businesses today have primarily invested in systems of record. While these systems are critical for managing internal operational processes, they are typically not effective for today's pace of business change. Insight-driven experiences require customer intelligence platforms that can finally create a customer 360. The deeper data and improved algorithms now available let users factor in individual affinity, segment, and a myriad of growing data sources. The result is greater relevance and effectiveness to deliver a differentiated experience that in today’s competitive landscape is not a luxury, but a necessity for survival.
In this session we will address:
3 things to learn:
•Leaders and Laggards of digital transformation
•How to create data-driven customer insights
•The importance of machine learning to uncover hidden insights
My goal today is to inspire you to make a strong business case for applying big data in your enterprise, a key part of which is taking big data beyond analytics.
No fewer than 80% have digital transformation at the centre of their corporate strategy with the aim of improving efficiency, driving innovation and becoming more agile. Though it's clear that insight into the data they hold is going to help them get there, many organisations find themselves at a crossroads. Big data, machine learning, data science: these are all initiatives every company knows they should take on in order to evolve their business, yet few know how to tackle the projects for successful outcomes.
Data is being generated at a feverish pace and forward thinking companies are integrating big data and analytics as part of their core strategy from day one. However, it is often hard to sift through the hype around big data and many companies start with only a small subset of data. Can smaller companies benefit from big data efforts? We will discuss several use cases and examples of how startups are using data to optimize their operations, connect with their users, and expand their market.
Transform Your Business with Supply Chain AI and a Modern InfrastructureOnRamp
The era of digital transformation is here, and if you’re running your business on outdated technology, you won’t be able to remain competitive. Learn how Artificial Intelligence (AI) is used to enhance business processes and human productivity, and what hurdles are keeping organizations like you from implementing these solutions.
Learn how Artificial Intelligence is used to enhance business processes and human productivity
Best practices for setting up an AI-friendly infrastructure
Understand your hosting and management options
Hear real-world examples of how LightEdge is helping optimize manufacturer’s IBM i
Just a few years back, artificial intelligence meant adaptions like Jarvis. Who would have thought that AI would soon become an application of our daily lives?
Artificial intelligence has the potential to streamline several business processes, analyze data for insights, and help in building fruitful business strategies. Hence, globally, it is being used to remediate old processes, invent new methods, and improve productivity.
The Hive Think Tank: AI in The Enterprise by Venkat SrinivasanThe Hive
This The Hive Think Tank talk by Venkat Srinivasan, CEO of RAGE Frameworks, focuses on successful applications of AI in the Enterprise. We start with a broad and more inclusive definition of AI in the context of enterprise business processes.
We introduce a taxonomy of AI solution methods that broaden the focus beyond a narrow focus on deep learning based on neural nets. In line with the taxonomy, we present several successful AI applications in use today at major corporations across industries including financial services, manufacturing/retail, professional services, logistics. These applications range from commercial lending, contract review, customer service intelligence, market and competitive intelligence, signals for capital markets, regulatory compliance and others.
Customer Experience: A Catalyst for Digital TransformationCloudera, Inc.
Customer experience is a catalyst in many digital transformation projects. It is why many businesses invest in new technologies and processes to more effectively engage customers, constituents, or employees. The goal of putting digital tools to work in a transformative way is to ensure that data and insights connect people with information and processes that ultimately lead to a better experience for customers. Yet, it demands a modern approach that considers all of the platforms, processes, and data across the customer journey. The goal for many organizations is dynamically maintaining a single source of truth about each customer to drive personalized experiences based on individual preferences and behaviors.
However, businesses today have primarily invested in systems of record. While these systems are critical for managing internal operational processes, they are typically not effective for today's pace of business change. Insight-driven experiences require customer intelligence platforms that can finally create a customer 360. The deeper data and improved algorithms now available let users factor in individual affinity, segment, and a myriad of growing data sources. The result is greater relevance and effectiveness to deliver a differentiated experience that in today’s competitive landscape is not a luxury, but a necessity for survival.
In this session we will address:
3 things to learn:
•Leaders and Laggards of digital transformation
•How to create data-driven customer insights
•The importance of machine learning to uncover hidden insights
My goal today is to inspire you to make a strong business case for applying big data in your enterprise, a key part of which is taking big data beyond analytics.
No fewer than 80% have digital transformation at the centre of their corporate strategy with the aim of improving efficiency, driving innovation and becoming more agile. Though it's clear that insight into the data they hold is going to help them get there, many organisations find themselves at a crossroads. Big data, machine learning, data science: these are all initiatives every company knows they should take on in order to evolve their business, yet few know how to tackle the projects for successful outcomes.
Data is being generated at a feverish pace and forward thinking companies are integrating big data and analytics as part of their core strategy from day one. However, it is often hard to sift through the hype around big data and many companies start with only a small subset of data. Can smaller companies benefit from big data efforts? We will discuss several use cases and examples of how startups are using data to optimize their operations, connect with their users, and expand their market.
Data Driven Decisions - Big Data Warehousing Meetup, FICOCaserta
Predictive analytics has always been about the future, and the age of big data has made that future an increasingly dynamic place, filled with opportunity and risk.
The evolution of advanced analytics technologies and the continual development of new analytical methodologies can help to optimize financial results, enable systems and services based on machine learning, obviate or mitigate fraud and reduce cybersecurity risks, among many other things.
Caserta Concepts, Zementis, and guest speaker from FICO presented the strategies, technologies and use cases driving predictive analytics in a big data environment.
For more information, visit www.casertaconcepts.com or contact us at info@casertaconcepts.com
This webinar featuring Claudia Imhoff, President of Intelligent Solutions & Founder of the Boulder BI Brain Trust (BBBT), Matt Schumpert, Director of Product Management and Azita Martin, CMO at Datameer, will highlight the latest technology trends in extending BI with big data analytics and the top high impact use cases.
Attendees will hear about:
-- The extended architecture for today's modern analytics environment
-- The Internet of Things (IoT) and big data
-- The evolution of analytics – from descriptive to prescriptive
-- High impact use cases as a result of the changing analytics world
Supply Chain Intelligence and Analytics Executive Guidelines for SuccessHalo BI
Learn from industry experts about the future of supply chain analytics in 2016. Understand the main concerns of executives in the coming year and where the focus will be across the entire supply chain.
Big Data in Financial Services: How to Improve Performance with Data-Driven D...Perficient, Inc.
Most banking and financial services organizations have only scratched the surface of leveraging customer data to transform their business, realize new revenue opportunities, manage risk and address customer loyalty. Yet a business’s digital footprint continues to evolve as automated payments, location-based purchases, and unstructured customer communications continue to influence the technology landscape for financial services.
Best Practices in Implementing Social and Mobile CX for UtilitiesCapgemini
Are you having difficulties in implementing a modern customer experience solution strategy that meets your customers’ needs across all interaction channels, including mobile and social?
This presentation highlights best practices for the design and implementation of effective CX strategies adapted to the utilities industry.
Presented at Oracle OpenWorld 2014 by Bruna Gapo, Oracle's Utilities Industry Director, Ajay Verma, Capgemini's Global Utility Practice Leader, and Victor Jimenez, Capgemini Utilities Executive.
http://www.capgemini.com/oracle
In this new Accenture Finance & Risk presentation we explore machine learning as a solution to some of the most important challenges faced by the banking sector today. To learn more, read our blog on Machine Learning in Banking: https://accntu.re/2oTVJiX
Better Business From Exploring Ideas - AWS Summit Sydney 2018Amazon Web Services
Better Business from Exploring Ideas - Modern Data Architectures on AWS
In this session you will learn how organisations are able to drive better business outcomes from products and deliver more personalised and real-time experiences to customers. We will walk through a common customer journey that shows how to quickly test ideas and get insights, built on top of data lakes, data pipelines, and sandboxes using the same platform advantages of Modern Data Architectures on AWS as some of our most prominent customers. See how to serve the needs of your business users, business analysts, and data scientists using AWS services for analytics, Big Data, and Machine Learning.
Craig Stires, APAC Head of Analytics, Big Data, and AI, Amazon Web Services
Teaching organizations to fish in a data-rich future: Stories from data leadersAmanda Sirianni
Many organizations are still early in their journey to set up and optimize their analytics function and related capabilities. However, those that are investing in highly skilled data leaders are seeing the business benefits. To learn more, the IBM Center for Applied Insights spoke with some of these leaders.
Through their stories, we discovered the analytics challenges that businesses face across industries and sectors, and how today’s data leaders confront and eventually overcome those challenges. See how these leaders were able to deliver outcomes that far outweighed their early struggles. To learn more: www.ibm.com/ibmcai/cdostudy
Inside the mind of Generation D: What it means to be data-rich and analytica...Derek Franks
It’s one thing to buy into the current belief that data and analytics can transform business. It’s another thing to live it. In an IBM Center for Applied Insights global study of more than 1,000 enterprises, one particular segment – Generation D (for data) – stands out from peers. These enterprises not only employ more advanced data sources and more sophisticated analytics; they’re also adopting a more systematic, enterprise-wide approach to cloud computing, mobile and social engagement, and data and analytics. Interestingly, this GenD behavior pattern also correlates with stronger business performance across a range of key metrics.
The Big Picture: Real-time Data is Defining Intelligent OffersCloudera, Inc.
New research shows that 57% of the buying cycle is completed before a prospect even speaks to a company. Marketers already know this, Ninety-six percent (96%) of organizations believe that email personalization can improve email marketing performance. But where do we get this increasingly personal direction? The answer is likely in your customer data. In order to understand your customer needs contextualized in the moment they feel the need to act you will require a platform that can leverage real-time data. Apache Kudu is a Cloudera component that makes dealing with quickly changing data fast and easy. Companies are leveraging next generation data stores like Kudu to build data applications that deliver smart promotions, real-time offers, and personalized marketing. Join us as we discuss modern approaches to real-time application development and highlight key Cloudera use cases being powered by Cloudera’s operational database.
Learn more about a world beyond CRM suites and how your company can build the customer data technology stack that matches the reality of today’s multi-channel, digital era.
This presentation was given by MapR CMO Jack Norris at Gartner BI and Analytics Summit in las Vegas on April 2, 2014.
Hadoop revolutionizes how data is stored processed and analyzed. Hadoop represents a new data and compute stack that provides huge operational advantages and is being used to change how organizations compete. This session will provide an overview of how customers are using Hadoop today through details on initial uses and a glimpse of how this new platform is providing organizations 10X performance at 1/10 the cost
Telematics data provides a wealth of new, actionable insights, particularly when integrated with other enterprise data. But where do you start? How do you prioritize? What is the roadmap? In an interactive workshop learn how to derive more from data so you can do more in your business.
- Find the value of integrating telematics data with traditional data elements, including financial, customer, manufacturing, location and weather data
- How integrated telematics data can improve customer satisfaction, lifecycle management, warranty reserves, supply chain performance, and even engineering & design choices
- Gain practical examples from top manufacturers to improve operational efficiencies, develop new revenue streams, create customer insights, and better understand product performance
This webinar presents a best-practices framework on assessing your risks, using the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) privacy risk assessment methodology.
Matt Eshleman, Community IT Innovators’ CTO and resident cybersecurity expert, will teach you how to
Understand the cybersecurity threats facing nonprofits
perform a basic assessment using our NIST survey tool
understand the recommendations
budget for risk prevention
engage nonprofit executives in supporting proactive cybersecurity
create an actionable road map with next steps for your organization
Over the last few months, many organizations began to use personal computers and devices for work, quickly set up cloud file sharing platforms, put the entire remote office on Slack or Teams, or moved to using Zoom for conference calls.
Even if we did our best to implement thoughtful security protocols and train new users on new tools, circumstances have made measured approaches to cybersecurity difficult. Your practices are probably out of sync with your security needs.
You know your nonprofit organization is at risk.
But do you know how to manage cybersecurity risk?
Now is the time to better manage risks by reviewing your cybersecurity stance and (re)training your users on security best practices.
Cybersecurity- What Retailers Need To KnowShantam Goel
The retail industry is favorite among cyber-attackers due to a large number of payment transactions on a regular basis. Protect your retail business from cyber-attacks. Cybersecurity is a major concern for retailers that need to be advanced with time.
Data Driven Decisions - Big Data Warehousing Meetup, FICOCaserta
Predictive analytics has always been about the future, and the age of big data has made that future an increasingly dynamic place, filled with opportunity and risk.
The evolution of advanced analytics technologies and the continual development of new analytical methodologies can help to optimize financial results, enable systems and services based on machine learning, obviate or mitigate fraud and reduce cybersecurity risks, among many other things.
Caserta Concepts, Zementis, and guest speaker from FICO presented the strategies, technologies and use cases driving predictive analytics in a big data environment.
For more information, visit www.casertaconcepts.com or contact us at info@casertaconcepts.com
This webinar featuring Claudia Imhoff, President of Intelligent Solutions & Founder of the Boulder BI Brain Trust (BBBT), Matt Schumpert, Director of Product Management and Azita Martin, CMO at Datameer, will highlight the latest technology trends in extending BI with big data analytics and the top high impact use cases.
Attendees will hear about:
-- The extended architecture for today's modern analytics environment
-- The Internet of Things (IoT) and big data
-- The evolution of analytics – from descriptive to prescriptive
-- High impact use cases as a result of the changing analytics world
Supply Chain Intelligence and Analytics Executive Guidelines for SuccessHalo BI
Learn from industry experts about the future of supply chain analytics in 2016. Understand the main concerns of executives in the coming year and where the focus will be across the entire supply chain.
Big Data in Financial Services: How to Improve Performance with Data-Driven D...Perficient, Inc.
Most banking and financial services organizations have only scratched the surface of leveraging customer data to transform their business, realize new revenue opportunities, manage risk and address customer loyalty. Yet a business’s digital footprint continues to evolve as automated payments, location-based purchases, and unstructured customer communications continue to influence the technology landscape for financial services.
Best Practices in Implementing Social and Mobile CX for UtilitiesCapgemini
Are you having difficulties in implementing a modern customer experience solution strategy that meets your customers’ needs across all interaction channels, including mobile and social?
This presentation highlights best practices for the design and implementation of effective CX strategies adapted to the utilities industry.
Presented at Oracle OpenWorld 2014 by Bruna Gapo, Oracle's Utilities Industry Director, Ajay Verma, Capgemini's Global Utility Practice Leader, and Victor Jimenez, Capgemini Utilities Executive.
http://www.capgemini.com/oracle
In this new Accenture Finance & Risk presentation we explore machine learning as a solution to some of the most important challenges faced by the banking sector today. To learn more, read our blog on Machine Learning in Banking: https://accntu.re/2oTVJiX
Better Business From Exploring Ideas - AWS Summit Sydney 2018Amazon Web Services
Better Business from Exploring Ideas - Modern Data Architectures on AWS
In this session you will learn how organisations are able to drive better business outcomes from products and deliver more personalised and real-time experiences to customers. We will walk through a common customer journey that shows how to quickly test ideas and get insights, built on top of data lakes, data pipelines, and sandboxes using the same platform advantages of Modern Data Architectures on AWS as some of our most prominent customers. See how to serve the needs of your business users, business analysts, and data scientists using AWS services for analytics, Big Data, and Machine Learning.
Craig Stires, APAC Head of Analytics, Big Data, and AI, Amazon Web Services
Teaching organizations to fish in a data-rich future: Stories from data leadersAmanda Sirianni
Many organizations are still early in their journey to set up and optimize their analytics function and related capabilities. However, those that are investing in highly skilled data leaders are seeing the business benefits. To learn more, the IBM Center for Applied Insights spoke with some of these leaders.
Through their stories, we discovered the analytics challenges that businesses face across industries and sectors, and how today’s data leaders confront and eventually overcome those challenges. See how these leaders were able to deliver outcomes that far outweighed their early struggles. To learn more: www.ibm.com/ibmcai/cdostudy
Inside the mind of Generation D: What it means to be data-rich and analytica...Derek Franks
It’s one thing to buy into the current belief that data and analytics can transform business. It’s another thing to live it. In an IBM Center for Applied Insights global study of more than 1,000 enterprises, one particular segment – Generation D (for data) – stands out from peers. These enterprises not only employ more advanced data sources and more sophisticated analytics; they’re also adopting a more systematic, enterprise-wide approach to cloud computing, mobile and social engagement, and data and analytics. Interestingly, this GenD behavior pattern also correlates with stronger business performance across a range of key metrics.
The Big Picture: Real-time Data is Defining Intelligent OffersCloudera, Inc.
New research shows that 57% of the buying cycle is completed before a prospect even speaks to a company. Marketers already know this, Ninety-six percent (96%) of organizations believe that email personalization can improve email marketing performance. But where do we get this increasingly personal direction? The answer is likely in your customer data. In order to understand your customer needs contextualized in the moment they feel the need to act you will require a platform that can leverage real-time data. Apache Kudu is a Cloudera component that makes dealing with quickly changing data fast and easy. Companies are leveraging next generation data stores like Kudu to build data applications that deliver smart promotions, real-time offers, and personalized marketing. Join us as we discuss modern approaches to real-time application development and highlight key Cloudera use cases being powered by Cloudera’s operational database.
Learn more about a world beyond CRM suites and how your company can build the customer data technology stack that matches the reality of today’s multi-channel, digital era.
This presentation was given by MapR CMO Jack Norris at Gartner BI and Analytics Summit in las Vegas on April 2, 2014.
Hadoop revolutionizes how data is stored processed and analyzed. Hadoop represents a new data and compute stack that provides huge operational advantages and is being used to change how organizations compete. This session will provide an overview of how customers are using Hadoop today through details on initial uses and a glimpse of how this new platform is providing organizations 10X performance at 1/10 the cost
Telematics data provides a wealth of new, actionable insights, particularly when integrated with other enterprise data. But where do you start? How do you prioritize? What is the roadmap? In an interactive workshop learn how to derive more from data so you can do more in your business.
- Find the value of integrating telematics data with traditional data elements, including financial, customer, manufacturing, location and weather data
- How integrated telematics data can improve customer satisfaction, lifecycle management, warranty reserves, supply chain performance, and even engineering & design choices
- Gain practical examples from top manufacturers to improve operational efficiencies, develop new revenue streams, create customer insights, and better understand product performance
This webinar presents a best-practices framework on assessing your risks, using the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) privacy risk assessment methodology.
Matt Eshleman, Community IT Innovators’ CTO and resident cybersecurity expert, will teach you how to
Understand the cybersecurity threats facing nonprofits
perform a basic assessment using our NIST survey tool
understand the recommendations
budget for risk prevention
engage nonprofit executives in supporting proactive cybersecurity
create an actionable road map with next steps for your organization
Over the last few months, many organizations began to use personal computers and devices for work, quickly set up cloud file sharing platforms, put the entire remote office on Slack or Teams, or moved to using Zoom for conference calls.
Even if we did our best to implement thoughtful security protocols and train new users on new tools, circumstances have made measured approaches to cybersecurity difficult. Your practices are probably out of sync with your security needs.
You know your nonprofit organization is at risk.
But do you know how to manage cybersecurity risk?
Now is the time to better manage risks by reviewing your cybersecurity stance and (re)training your users on security best practices.
Cybersecurity- What Retailers Need To KnowShantam Goel
The retail industry is favorite among cyber-attackers due to a large number of payment transactions on a regular basis. Protect your retail business from cyber-attacks. Cybersecurity is a major concern for retailers that need to be advanced with time.
Nube, Cumplimiento y Amenazas avanzadas: Consideraciones de Seguridad para la...Cristian Garcia G.
El panorama de amenazas en evolución basado en nuestro ISTR (Reporte de Anual de Amenazas en Internet Vol. 24) recientemente publicado, refleja las últimas tendencias y cómo se aplican a Colombia y América Latina. Las principales tendencias de transformación digital, como la nube y la movilidad, junto con los nuevos desafíos de seguridad han cambiado el panorama de ciberseguridad por lo que la estrategia debe enfocarse en términos de riesgos clave, regulaciones y hallazgos sobre la madurez de la seguridad. Recomendaciones para enfocar y mejorar las posturas de ciberseguridad para abordar estas tendencias, incluidos los marcos clave, las tecnologías, los procesos y los cambios culturales son parte integral de los pasos a seguir.
What CIOs Need To Tell Their Boards About Cyber SecurityKaryl Scott
Companies are under increasing risks of breaches, theft of intellectual property and erosion of customer trust. CIOs and CISOs need to be able to explain to executive management what's being done to shore up their company's security strategy and defenses.
Cyber Security presentation for the GS-GMIS in Columbia, SC on 7-19-2018, 125 people present, discussion at an Executive level to help Project Managers better understand Cyber Security and recent updates and guidance to help you plan for your company
Evolving technologies and business models have led to advanced network security threats that never existed a few years back. Moreover, enterprises are also relying on outdated security solutions to shut out such threats and this is leading to bigger and frequent data breaches. So if your company recognizes the need for a reliable IT security solution, then you should join our webinar to learn the following:
- An overview of the prevalent enterprise security threats
- The evolving security landscape and the obsolete security mechanisms
- What Seqrite does to ensure enterprise security and network compliance
Quantifying Cyber Risk, Insurance and The Value of Personal DataSteven Schwartz
Join Steven Schwartz and Harumi Urata-Thompson, representing Global Cyber Consultants and the International Personal Data Trade Association, as they teach the Columbia University School of International and Public Affairs about quantifying the value of cyber risk, cyber insurance and the value & policy landscape surrounding personal data.
With more than 50,000 new malware created every day organisations can no longer afford to risk the financial and reputational impacts of a security or data breach, which can be too much for a business to recover from. Because of this, IT managers face increasing scrutiny and pressure from CEOs, managing directors and boards to prove that they are keeping the organisation secure.
The changing threat landscape means organisations need to be vigilant and smarter about security. While businesses still face threats from infected devices and malware, attackers have also moved beyond that. For example, there is an increasing number of targeted email attacks with cyber criminals spending time to monitor communications so they can imitate emails that are so sophisticated that even relatively savvy users will open them.
This webinar will explore the building blocks required to ensure you have the roadmap required to best protection against cyber attacks. We will provide you with a high level view of the following topics:
· Audit and discovery – What are your weaknesses and are you compliant?
· Education – Do your employees know when not to open that attachment?
· Policy – Do you have the right policies for your industry?
· Technology – Where to start and what has changed?
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.
Best Practices to Cybersecurity Vulnerability Management,.pdfTuan Yang
This webinar will provide your teams with the skills to proactively defend your organization's security stance. This session also helps professionals demonstrate their knowledge of common vulnerability assessment tools and keeps them abreast with emerging technologies.
Watch here- https://bit.ly/3g2Z5PZ
Nothing strikes fear into the heart of an engineer more than the installation of a firewall to achieve the laudable goal of defense-in-depth through network segmentation. Security teams demand the implementation of firewalls telling everyone, “It’s for compliance!” But the addition of firewalls and other security appliances (aka chokepoints) into an infrastructure infuriates network engineers who design to optimize speed and minimize latency. Sysadmins and DBAs are equally frustrated, because of the increased complexity in building and troubleshooting applications. So it’s down the rabbit hole we go trying to achieve the unachievable with everyone waxing rhapsodic for those bygone days when the end-to-end principle ruled the Internet. Is it really possible to have security coexist with operational efficiency? Organizations seem happy to throw money at technology and operations, but when it comes to policies and procedures, they fail miserably. This is the biggest problem with building a layered design. As engineers, if we don’t have clear policies as a set of requirements, how will we determine the appropriate network segmentation and protections to put in place? The answer lies in aligning network segmentation with an organizational data classification matrix and understanding that while compliance and security often overlap, they’re not the same.
State of ICS and IoT Cyber Threat Landscape Report 2024 previewPrayukth K V
The IoT and OT threat landscape report has been prepared by the Threat Research Team at Sectrio using data from Sectrio, cyber threat intelligence farming facilities spread across over 85 cities around the world. In addition, Sectrio also runs AI-based advanced threat and payload engagement facilities that serve as sinks to attract and engage sophisticated threat actors, and newer malware including new variants and latent threats that are at an earlier stage of development.
The latest edition of the OT/ICS and IoT security Threat Landscape Report 2024 also covers:
State of global ICS asset and network exposure
Sectoral targets and attacks as well as the cost of ransom
Global APT activity, AI usage, actor and tactic profiles, and implications
Rise in volumes of AI-powered cyberattacks
Major cyber events in 2024
Malware and malicious payload trends
Cyberattack types and targets
Vulnerability exploit attempts on CVEs
Attacks on counties – USA
Expansion of bot farms – how, where, and why
In-depth analysis of the cyber threat landscape across North America, South America, Europe, APAC, and the Middle East
Why are attacks on smart factories rising?
Cyber risk predictions
Axis of attacks – Europe
Systemic attacks in the Middle East
Download the full report from here:
https://sectrio.com/resources/ot-threat-landscape-reports/sectrio-releases-ot-ics-and-iot-security-threat-landscape-report-2024/
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
Accelerate your Kubernetes clusters with Varnish CachingThijs Feryn
A presentation about the usage and availability of Varnish on Kubernetes. This talk explores the capabilities of Varnish caching and shows how to use the Varnish Helm chart to deploy it to Kubernetes.
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https://alandix.com/academic/papers/synergy2024-epistemic/
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Too Small to Get Hacked? Think Again (Webinar)
1. Too Small to Get
Hacked? Think Again.
Actionable Strategies to Protect your SMB
2. Agenda
• Introductions
• The Current Security Landscape
• Most Common Types of Threats &
Cyberattacks
• How to Prevent the Most Common Types of
Threats (at any budget)
• Why and How Engage with Vendors
• Q&A
3. Meet the Speakers
Nikola Todev
Head of Info Sec
OnRamp
Nemi George
Sr. Director of Info Sec
& Service Operations,
Pacific Dental Services
Terry McDaniel
Vice President of IT &
Executive
Source Power and Gas
4. About OnRamp
OnRamp, a LightEdge company, offers
HITRUST-certified data center
services with a focus on delivering
highly available and secure hybrid
hosting.
The combination of OnRamp and
LightEdge creates the strongest
compliance and security solutions
portfolio on the market.
Together, they operate 7 enterprise-class data centers to deploy cloud computing,
colocation, disaster recovery and managed services.
5. About Source
Power & Gas
Source Power & Gas is a Texas-based retail energy provider with
retail operations in the Texas, Illinois, Ohio, Maryland and New Jersey
markets. We pride ourselves on providing both competitive rates and
exceptional customer service to all our customers - from residential
consumers to the largest commercial and industrial clients.
More at www.spgenergy.com
6. About Pacific
Dental Services
Founded in 1994, Pacific Dental Services® (PDS®) is
one of the country’s leading dental support
organizations, providing supported autonomy that
enables dentists to concentrate on clinical excellence
and the highest levels of cost-effective comprehensive
patient care. PDS originated the PRIVATE PRACTICE+®
model to enable dentists to focus on their passion:
serving patients.
More at www.pacificdentalservices.com
8. 58% all cyberattacks target small businesses
2018 Verizon Data Breach Investigations Report (DBIR)
2018 Cost of a Data Breach Study by Ponemon
The average total cost of a data breach
reached $3.86 million in 2018
27.9%
$4M
2018
Likelihood of a recurring material breach
over the next two years:
The Current Landscape
9. What is a Cyberthreat?
• External Threats – I.e. Social Engineering
• Insider Threats – I.e. Employee maliciously sells login credentials
to access valuable info
Types of Cyberthreats
The possibility of a malicious attempt to damage or disrupt a
computer network or system with the intention to access files or
steal data.
10. Most Common Types of
Cyberattacks
1. Denial-of-service (DoS) and distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks
2. Man-in-the-middle (MitM) attack
3. Phishing and spear phishing attacks
4. Drive-by attack
5. Password attack
6. SQL injection attack
7. Cross-site scripting (XSS) attack
8. Eavesdropping attack
9. Birthday attack
10. Malware attack
netwrix.com 2018
thebestvpn.com
1 in 131
emails
contains a
malware
12. How Can You Protect Your
Business?
• Perform analysis of the value of your assets. Which
assets are worth protecting?
• Understand how your business services interact with
the customers
• Develop goals for managing risks, security and
compliance
• Implement an Information Security Management
Program and Governance
• Determine what resources are available to achieve
goals. Will you need the assistance of outside vendors?
13. Classification of Assets
How data is used and/or accessed determines the level of
risk you’re willing to accept and the time, effort, and
money it takes to secure assets based on their value.
What is the impact of these assets to your operations?
(financial implications, reputational damage, loss of
business opportunities, or legal consequences)
Image Source: securefirstsolutions.com
14. How Can You Protect Your
Business (Cont.)
Take a holistic approach:
• People
• Program Development
• Processes, Policies, and
Procedures
• Technology
Risk Management Process
Communicate
15. People
• Conduct Employee Training (at least once per year)
• General Training
• Group-Specific Training
• Manage roles and identities
• Use gamification of security awareness to develop a culture of
security
Your employees are either your greatest asset or weakest
link! 47% of data breaches are caused by employee
negligence. For example, weak, stolen or reused passwords
cause 81% of breaches.
SecuirtyMagazine.com
InfoSecurityMagazine.com
16. Develop an Information Security
Management Program
• System with built in maturity assessment and
measurement of control effectiveness. SANS top 20,
ISO 27001, are a good place to start.
• Creates a minimum bench mark for operation and also
sets a target for compliance and remediation. The
program must be backed up with a minimum
technology security baseline program.
• Create a security score card
17. Processes, Policies, &
Procedures
Focus on user centric security and audit operational and business
processes. Be sure to enforce policies once they’re developed:
• I.e. Data Classification Policy, DLP, Acceptable Use Policy,
Change Management Policy, Remote Access Policy,
Remote Access Policy, Password Policy
• Implement controls that prevent issues before they occur:
• I.e. Network Segmentation, Access Control
• Perform periodic security assessments/audits with penetration
testing
• Be prepared for incidents: Conduct simulations, including
incident response
18. Technology
Choose tools that assist in managing
the risks of your business services -
defense, monitoring, threat awareness,
visibility and automation.
Detection
Response
Prevention
Redundancy is also key. Use data backups and implement
a disaster recovery plan
•Data encryption in transit and at rest
•Firewalls
•Identity and access management
•Multi-factor authentication
•Cloud encryption
•Audit logs showing access to data
•Vulnerability scanning, intrusion
detection/prevention
•Hardware and OS patching
•Security Audits
•Security Information & Event Management
(SIEM)
19. SMB Case Studies
Code Spaces: a former SaaS provider
Attacked via DDoS through its Amazon Cloud control panel. Hackers erased data,
backups, offsite backups, & configurations before extorting the business by claiming
a fee to resolve their issues. Code Spaces was unable to resolve the issue and repay
customers. Code Spaces was unable to continue operations and closed.
Medium-sized Retail Organization
Organization had a very robust Cyber-security plan with a tested DR
plan. A key vendor of the organization, while going through integration
work, was successfully attacked with ransomware. The security
posturing of ABC Company prevented the attack from entering ABC’s
systems, the vendor attack took out operations for over two weeks. The
final cost to the vendor is still being determined but ABC company lost
close to half a million dollars because of the impact to the day to day
operations
Nearly 60% of small businesses that fail within six months of being hacked.
21. Beware of 3rd Party Risk Indicators
• Turnover of the vendor’s key personnel
• IT glitches, operational failures and
stoppages
• Outdated IT systems and equipment
• History of frequent data breach
incidents
• Legal actions against the vendor
• Poorly written security and privacy
policies and procedures
23. Contact Us
Nikola Todev
Head of Info Sec
OnRamp
Ntodev@lightedge.com
Nemi George
Sr. Director of Info Sec
& Service Operations,
Pacific Dental Services
Nemi.George@pacden.
com
Terry McDaniel
Vice President of IT &
Executive
Source Power and Gas
tmcdaniel@spgenergy.com
Editor's Notes
Do you currently have a plan in place to mitigate and contain an attack?
How much time have you spent thinking about or how much money have you spent on Cyber-security.
How many have a plan in place if they were hacked today
What would happen if they were fined $100k by the government (use any number here). How would it impact your operations or would it force your business to close?
Discuss the different between incident vs breach
External – Give Examples
Examples:
Mass emails to employees posing as trusted persons or companies
User clicks on a link and the malicious code is in the system
Social engineering
Attacker calls posing as IT to get you to give your login information
Thumb drives left in public places with malicious code installed that auto-runs when plugged in to a computer
Insider - Give Examples
Employee maliciously gives/sells login information
Employee loads code into system
Denial of Service Attacks are the most common types of attacks, largely as they are performed externally and most times organizations do not realize they are under attack and put performance hits down to slow speeds, congestion, or end point issues. They are also the hardest to prevent, although once in action, they are fairly easy to address with the right tools and personnel.
Man in the Middle (MitM) attacks are the 2nd most common, when a hijacker inserts itself between client – server communication.
Phishing & Spear Phishing is the 3rd most common, but the 2nd most difficult to prevent as it relies on employee and user behavior.
Phishing and other social engineering attacks are still the easiest and least expensive way to attack most organizations, and it is especially effective due to its scatter gun approach especially when it is used to distribute malware.
How often do these occur?
What barriers are keeping you from protecting your business and its assets?
What is the value of assets, what are the threats to those assets (value, ownership, availability)
Terry regarding goals:
Deciding what industry standard to implement like ISO 27001, NIST, etc.
Our goals in the most basic terms were, 1. Plan, (decide standard) 2. Assessment, 3. Fix critical, 4. Identify data criticality, 5. Develop and implement DR plan, 6. Implement SIEM with automation.
Nikola regarding goals:
Sample goals for managing risks, security and compliance include:
Definition of levels of criticality above which we must act with a sense of urgency, authorization for risks above certain levels etc.
Ability to control access to different level of assets
Ability to monitor access to and usage of assets
Ability to exchange sensitive assets with partners in a secure and confidential manner
Ability to dispose of sensitive assets in a safe, unrecoverable manner
Compliance with requirements of specific frameworks to enable business with specific entities
This goes back to poll – if you said yes, but haven’t identified and classified your assets, you have a faulty cybersecurity plan!
Employee negligence is the main cause of data breaches, according to a state of the industry report by Shred-it, an information security company. The report found that 47 percent of business leaders said human error such as accidental loss of a device or document by an employee had caused a data breach at their organization.
Gamification: Running social campaigns such as USB drops, phishing simulation, are good practices to raise awareness and turn your greatest asset \ weakest link into security agents. Produce dashboards on outcomes of exercises – most phish prone department to least prone department; first 5 people to report phish mail, etc. reward with prices – can be a $25 voucher, a T Shirt, or just a mention in the weekly office memo / newsletter.
Highlight a few of these policies
Do you know where your data is being stored, processed or transmitted to? Who has access to your data?
Do they work onshore / offshore? Is their organization regulated?
Do they have logical and physical security controls?
Do they have a named individual responsible for information security?, etc.
Discuss the warning signs of a 3rd party that is struggling with their own security measures, and will likely put you at risk, too. It’s not impossible to determine like some organizations indicate across studies.