October 29, 2022

7 ways to ruin your IT leadership reputation

Be mindful of the decisions you make. “One careless choice can ruin your reputation and your career,” warns Jim Durham, CIO of Solar Panels Network USA, a national solar panel installation company. “By being aware of the risks and taking responsibility for your actions, you can minimize the damage and learn from your mistakes,” he advises.?A careless decision can be anything from selecting the wrong technology to mishandling sensitive data. “Not only are these actions career-destructive, but they can also have lasting negative effects on your enterprise,” Durham notes.?CIOs are always pressured by management to make the right decision. It’s important to remember, however, that even the best strategies and intentions can sometimes lead to disastrous results. “If you’re unsure about a decision, it’s always better to err on the side of caution and consult with your team before making a final call,” Durham suggests.?Failure is never an option, particularly major failures. “It shows that you’re not capable of handling important tasks,” Durham states.?

Cyber Skills Shortage is Caused by Analyst Burnout

Data shows skilled and experienced professionals are leaving the industry due to burnout and disillusionment. In the UK, the cybersecurity workforce reportedly shrank by 65,000 last year, and according to a recent study, one in three current cybersecurity professionals are planning to change professions. According to ISACA’s State of Cybersecurity 2022 report, the top reasons for cybersecurity professionals leaving include being recruited by other companies (59%), poor financial incentives (48%), limited promotion and development opportunities (47%), high levels of work-related stress (45%) and lack of management support (34%). When discussing the skills shortage, many, by default, think of businesses struggling to recruit for their internal cybersecurity vacancies. However, this is equally challenging for specialist providers of consulting and managed cybersecurity services. Businesses increasingly rely on third-party managed services, particularly mid-size organizations, where outsourcing to a Managed Security Service Provider (MSSP) represents a much more commercially viable solution with considerably less up-front investment.

Data privacy is expensive — here’s how to manage costs

“The true cost of data privacy, broadly, is their trust with their customers,” said Akbar Mohammed, lead data scientist, Fractal AI. “In this era of customers increasingly becoming tech-savvy, as soon as they realize that their data isn’t secure, the company will risk loss of trust from consumers. This eventually results in a lot of business disruption.” Almost all companies that need to collect data for their operations should have a data privacy infrastructure in place. Companies should also set up dedicated security and compliance teams surveying data and technology assets along with maintaining an aggressive threat detection policy. It’s imperative for companies today to have a data strategy and have policy and procedures governed by a data governance entity. “For large organizations, it’s best to have regular audits or assessments and get privacy-related certifications,” Mohammad said. “Lastly, train your people and make the entire organization aware of your activities, your policies.”

Architectural Patterns for Microservices With Kubernetes

Kubernetes provides many constructs and abstractions to support service and application Deployment. While applications differ, there are foundational concepts that help drive a well-defined microservices deployment strategy. Well-designed microservices deployment patterns play into an often-overlooked Kubernetes strength. Kubernetes is independent of runtime environments. Runtime environments include Kubernetes clusters running on cloud providers, in-house, bare metal, virtual machines, and developer workstations. When Kubernetes Deployments are designed properly, deploying to each of these and other environments is accomplished with the same exact configuration. In grasping the platform independence offered by Kubernetes, developing and testing the deployment of microservices can begin with the development team and evolve through to production. Each iteration contributes to the overall deployment pattern. A production deployment definition is no different than a developer's workstation configuration.?

High data quality key to reducing supply chain disruption

With so many obstacles to overcome, the supply chain needs a saviour – and many experts are pointing to big data to fill the role. Prince believes data will become more important in this new era. He says that after Brexit, “there is uniquely new importance placed on master data, given the customs and other regulatory impacts of moving goods between the two markets”. Also, the greater risks posed in global trade and the need to be resilient mean that the predictive capabilities of data could be crucial. ... The potential of big data is clear – but to get the best results, the data involved needs to be accurate. “Data quality takes on many forms, including accuracy, completeness, timeliness, precision, and granularity,” says Laney. He points out that most organisations don’t have n-tier visibility in their supply chain, which means they don’t understand what is happening beyond the first tier of suppliers in the chain. They may also have incomplete data on where items are in the supply chain or when disruptions will happen.

Privacy assembly in Istanbul calls for adaptation to new necessities

Explaining that new challenges and needs emerged with the development of artificial intelligence (AI) and the metaverse, Ko? underlined that protecting personal data should be a requirement. "Unfortunately, we pay the price for the comfort and efficiency provided by technology in the age of data, with privacy," he said. KVKK Chair Faruk Bilir, for his part, said that since the foundation's membership to the assembly, Türkiye has given significant importance to international efforts in the field. KVKK leads initiatives for the protection and awareness of personal data and privacy in line with the laws and regulations adopted since 2016, he added. "The protection of individuals' privacy emerges as an unchanging fact of the changing world," Bilir said. The protection of privacy is an indicator of civilization, Bilir said underlining the importance of a human-oriented approach. Law and ethics are complementary elements to the human-oriented approach, he added. "Technology is indispensable for us, our privacy is our priority," Bilir said.

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