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Cyber trailblazers breaking barriers: Insights from women cybersecurity leaders at Gitex 2024

CIO Business Intelligence

While this represents notable progress, discussions at Gitex 2024 underscored that the journey toward gender parity is far from complete. Several targeted initiatives were highlighted, such as leadership development programs tailored for women and underrepresented groups.

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AI, cybersecurity drive IT investments and lead skill shortages for 2025

Network World

According to Skillsoft’s 2024 IT Skills and Salary Report , IT leaders are planning to invest in AI and machine learning in 2025 while also aiming to bring more AI/ML skills in house and recruit hard-to-find cybersecurity talent.

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How To Level-Up Your Creator Marketing Program

Forrester IT

Creator marketing programs have become a cornerstone of the social media marketing strategy across industries. As two-thirds of B2C marketing decision makers planned to increase investment in creator/influencer programs in 2024, teams from experimental to […]

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Consumers Crave More Than Discounts From Loyalty Programs

Forrester IT

Last week, my dentist invited me to join their loyalty program. Its official: the loyalty program is the go-to customer relationships marketing tactic. Most global consumers belong to at least one loyalty program, including 90% of online adults in the US, in Europe-5 88%, and in Australia 93%.

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Data center certifications target newcomers, experts, and sustainability pros

Network World

Uptime Education, for example, has a recertification program every three years. According to the 2023-2024 Skillsoft survey of over 5,000 IT decision-makers and professionals, 96% of respondents think that certificates have measurable monetary valueand 48% say that certified employees have an additional value of $20,000 or more.

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Global cybersecurity talent gap widens

Network World

CyberSeek is a data analysis and aggregation tool powered by a collaboration among Lightcast, a provider of global labor market data and analytics; NICE, a program of the National Institute of Standards and Technology focused on advancing cybersecurity education and workforce development; and IT certification and training group CompTIA.

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Chinese cyber espionage growing across all industry sectors

CIO Business Intelligence

Over the course of 2024, researchers from security firm CrowdStrike observed a 150% average increase in intrusions by Chinese threat actors worldwide, with some sectors experiencing two- to three-fold surges.

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