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Are Your Firewalls and VPNs the Weakest Link in Your Security Stack?

Network World

Zero Trust architecture was created to solve the limitations of legacy security architectures. It’s the opposite of a firewall and VPN architecture, where once on the corporate network everyone and everything is trusted. Access is authorized based on business policies informed by identity and context.

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Business continuity planning: A proactive approach to threat management

CIO Business Intelligence

Events like this highlight the importance of developing contingency plans based on events in the world that can impact businesses. Business continuity is an essential part of the planning process for CIOs and CTOs. Black swan events can impact businesses in significant ways. Emphasize written over verbal communication.

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Strong Business Continuity Management Brings Resilience

CIO Business Intelligence

Business disruptions happen every day and can cause companies to lose millions of dollars and suffer reputational damage. When astute executives, including CIOs, cheat disruption by focusing on business continuity management (BCM) programs that build resilience, the enterprise transformation can prosper. Dugan Krwawicz.

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Redefining enterprise transformation in the age of intelligent ecosystems

CIO Business Intelligence

What we consistently overlooked were the direct and indirect consequences of disruption to business continuity, the challenges of acquisitions and divestitures, the demands of integration and interoperability for large enterprises and, most of all, the unimpressive track record for most enterprise transformation efforts.

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8 reasons your cloud costs are too high

CIO Business Intelligence

Migrating to the cloud without fully understanding workload requirements or optimizing database architectures can lead to overprovisioning and resource sprawl, he warns. To avoid unnecessary expenses, its important to design with a clear understanding of workload-specific needs and align them with the cloud providers architecture.

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Dependability Demands Of Your VDI Infrastructure Are Skyrocketing

Forrester IT

Either of these approaches is a rushed response to an evolving business continuity risk, as a significant percentage of employees are now forced to work remotely. Your IT continuity risks are […].

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What CIOs should know when assessing Oracle 23ai

CIO Business Intelligence

Additionally, Oracle Database 23ai no longer supports the classic non-CDB architecture. At Rimini Street, we understand the importance of maintaining system stability, operational efficiency and business continuity. If your database is still non-CDB, brace yourself for the conversion to a pluggable database (PDB).

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