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Predictive analytics is the use of data, statistical models, and machine learning to forecast future outcomes and trends based on historical patterns and current conditions. It can help IT operations teams proactively identify and mitigate potential risks that could affect the performance, security, availability, and reliability of their systems and services. In this article, you will learn how predictive analytics can help you monitor and report IT risks before they occur, and what tools and techniques you can use to implement it in your IT operations.

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Bethan Timmins

Leading Technology and Delivery as Chief Technology Officer at VND GLOBAL

1 Benefits of predictive analytics for IT risk management

Predictive analytics can help you improve your IT risk management in several ways. First, it can help you detect anomalies, outliers, and deviations from normal behavior that could indicate a threat or a vulnerability in your IT environment. Second, it can help you prioritize and rank the most critical and urgent risks based on their impact and likelihood, and provide recommendations for mitigation or remediation actions. Third, it can help you optimize your IT resources and budget by reducing the need for manual inspections, audits, and interventions, and by increasing the efficiency and effectiveness of your IT operations.

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Bethan Timmins

Leading Technology and Delivery as Chief Technology Officer at VND GLOBAL
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In my experience using machine learning and predictive analysis for risk management not only reduces your IT incident numbers but by looking at this as part of your software delivery lifecycle (rather than just at the time of operations) it can also help build in proactive fixing, reducing your TTR (time to restore) and importantly wonâ€™t have a negative impact on future change. All of the above will reduce the impact incidents can have on your business reducing your losses and improving customer satisfaction.

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Donald Presnell, Jr Executive MBA, MIT IDSS

Principal Managing Consultant | Machine Learning Engineer | Data Science | AI Startups | Generative AI @ TCG, LLC | Mentor Post-Graduate AIFL | Risk Solutions & Management | AI Use Cases Post-graduate | AI Upskilling
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Youâ€™ve pretty much covered the basic tenets for the benefits of predictive analytics when it comes to risk management where the context comes with empowering domain experts to participate in the feedback loop for the establishment of the ML pipeline. Perpetuity of data to the model(s) creates a necessary lifecycle to stay on top of an ever changing security threat! Anomaly detection as mentioned prior is about making accurate inferences about signatures housed in a database. The efficiency of the pipeline(s) ~ ML itself and feature selection/engineering as a pipeline too is predicated on AI automation of routine processes.

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2 Challenges of predictive analytics for IT risk management

Predictive analytics is not a silver bullet for IT risk management. It also comes with some challenges and limitations that you need to be aware of and address. First, predictive analytics requires a large amount of high-quality, relevant, and reliable data to feed the models and algorithms. You need to ensure that your data sources are accurate, consistent, complete, and updated, and that you have the proper data governance and security policies in place. Second, predictive analytics requires a high level of technical expertise and domain knowledge to design, develop, test, and deploy the models and algorithms. You need to have the right skills and tools to handle the complexity and diversity of your IT environment and the risks you face. Third, predictive analytics requires a continuous evaluation and validation of the results and outputs. You need to monitor the performance and accuracy of your models and algorithms, and adjust them as needed to account for changes in your IT environment and the risks you face.

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Challenges around using predictive analysis can be as follows - the right amount of data is needed along with the right quality of data to be predictive - some engineering teams can over engineer the preemptive fixing for the value it will bring to the organization. (Be careful to deliver what is needed for the value it will bring) - it wonâ€™t cater for all eventuality. Sometime the unexpected can occur. So it isnâ€™t a silver bullet

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3 Tools and techniques for predictive analytics for IT risk management

Implementing predictive analytics for IT risk management involves various tools and techniques, such as data mining, data visualization, dashboards and reports, and predictive modeling. Data mining can help uncover patterns, trends, correlations, and associations that can reveal potential risks. Data visualization can identify outliers, anomalies, and clusters that can indicate potential risks. Dashboards and reports are useful for monitoring the status of the IT environment and the risks you face. Predictive modeling can forecast the probability and impact of potential risks in your IT environment, as well as provide recommendations for mitigation or remediation actions.

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4 Best practices for predictive analytics for IT risk management

To make the most of predictive analytics for IT risk management, it is important to follow some best practices that can help ensure the quality, validity, and usability of data, models, and outputs. This includes defining objectives and scope, aligning stakeholders and expectations, testing and validating models and outputs, and reviewing and updating them regularly. Additionally, it is important to be mindful of the challenges and limitations of predictive analytics. By using data, models, and algorithms to forecast future outcomes and trends, detect anomalies and deviations, prioritize risks, and provide recommendations for actions, predictive analytics can be a powerful tool for IT risk management. However, it requires a lot of data, skills, and evaluation to ensure its accuracy.

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5 Hereâ€™s what else to consider

This is a space to share examples, stories, or insights that donâ€™t fit into any of the previous sections. What else would you like to add?

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