Top 5 Must Reads: 5/19/23

You already know that every day at?InformationWeek?there will be original reporting from our team of journalists and unique commentary you won’t see anywhere else. But in case you missed them, here are some of our favorites from this month:

1. Is Generative AI After Your Job?

Story by?Joao-Pierre Ruth

Key Points:

• A panel on AI and machine learning applications was comprised of Bhupinder Bhullar, managing director and co-founder of Swiss Vault; Jason Cooper, CTO with Paradigm; Amitabh Patil, co-founder and CTO with Whiz AI. Rashmi Jain, professor of business analytics and information systems at Montclair State University, moderated.
• Speakers shared insights on how they are making use of AI, ways it can be beneficial across organizations, and a few caveats for the technology that continues to build up momentum.
• Check out the story above for more.

2. Data Out of This World

Story by?John Edwards

Key Points:

• China has proposed?building Moon bases?using lunar soil and 3D-printing technology.
• Meanwhile, last year, NASA awarded a contract to a Texas firm to develop construction technologies that could help?build infrastructure,?such as landing pads, habitats, and roads on the lunar surface.
• The Moon’s extreme environment will also play a major role in any data center construction project. Challenges include wild temperature fluctuations, radiation, and poor heat dissipation.

3. Cloud Budgets

Story by?Shane Snider

Key Points:

• A Delaware court has ruled in favor of Oracle's Larry Ellison.
• The lawsuit alleged that Oracle overpaid for NetSuite by a sum of $3 billion.
• Ellison co-founded NetSuite in 1998. He co-founded Oracle in 1977.
• Check out the story above for more.

4. Fallout from Data Breach Cover-Up

Story by? Carrie Holt

Key Points:

• While data breaches and regulatory repercussions are not new, the prosecution of a prominent senior executive is novel.
• Joseph Sullivan, the former chief security officer of Uber, was sentenced to?three years of probation and ordered to pay a $50,000 fine?for covering up a 2016 data breach at the rideshare company.
• What happened following the 2016 data breach, and what lessons can other security executives learn from the case against Sullivan?
• Check out the story above for more.

5.?Latest Layoff Announcements

Story by? Joao-Pierre Ruth

Key Points:

• As more industrial and infrastructure assets become connected, organizations must prepare for more than hackers armed with ransomware just out to make a buck.
• Last week, Honeywell Connected Enterprise held a small gathering in New York to discuss its Honeywell Forge industrial connected software solution that offers insights on asset performance and the supply chain as well as provides cybersecurity among other things.
• Check out the story above to find out what CTO Jason Urso had to say.

Latest Layoff Announcements

Original Story by?Jessica C. Davis, Updated by?Brandon J. Taylor

Key Points:

• As COVID drove everyone online, tech companies hired like crazy. Now we are hitting the COVID tech bust as tech giants shed jobs by the thousands.
• Updated Thursday, May 18, 2023?with layoff announcements from? dbt Labs ,? TuSimple , and? Cerner Corporation .
• Check back regularly for updates to our IT job layoffs tracker.

Treasures from the Archives

Story by Lisa Morgan, CeM, J.D.

Key Points:

• The volume and types of data describing individuals and organizations continue to expand, and this trend will continue as sensors make their way into more of the everyday items we use.
• Although obvious offenses such as fraud are clearly unethical, there is a lot of gray area when it comes to the collection, use, and analysis of data.
• To learn more about some of the basics that companies should consider when measuring their own data ethics - Click the story above to view the slideshow.

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"Best Practices for Effective IT Alerting" Webinar on 5/31 - Sponsored by? LogicMonitor

On Wednesday – May 31, beginning at 1pm ET – tune into our online webinar featuring? Beth Winters and? Taylor Coppock , who are both Product Marketing Managers at LogicMonitor ?as our speakers. This live webinar will be moderated by our colleague? Terry Sweeney .?REGISTER now at the link above.

"Best Practices for Effective IT Alerting"

Are you managing your alerts, or does it feel like they’re managing you? Smooth operations and downtime prevention require alerting on critical issues. It is possible, however, for incorrectly tuned alerts to result in alert system failure.

In addition, managing alerts can be time-consuming, diverting your attention from what's most important - actually resolving the issues.

In the long run, proper setup and tuning of alerts will save you time and help ensure that you receive useful, actionable alerts.

In this webinar, you’ll learn best practices for optimizing your alerting strategy including:

• Setting alert routing and thresholds.
• Avoiding alert and email overload.
• Learning from missed alerts.
• Managing downtime effectively.

"Identifying Blind Spots Through External Attack Surface Management" Webinar on 6/13 - Sponsored by? Bitsight

On Tuesday – June 13, beginning at 1pm ET – tune into our online webinar featuring Olivia Bilodeau , Senior Product Marketing Manager and Brian Mulligan VP of Product, Security Performance at Bitsight ?- as our speakers. This live webinar will be moderated by our colleague? Terry Sweeney .?REGISTER now at the link above.

"Identifying Blind Spots Through External Attack Surface Management"

Did you know that 69% of organizations have experienced some type of cyber attack in which the attack itself started through the exploit of an unknown, unmanaged, or poorly managed internet-facing asset?

Understanding the scope of your organization’s external attack surface is essential. The key to protecting your digital footprint is to continuously manage it in order to identify risks and prioritize vulnerable areas. Make informed decisions to reduce exposure and empower the growth and success of your organization by gaining visibility into what an attacker sees.

In this webinar, you will learn how to:

• Identify and assess your evolving attack surface.
• Prioritize and remediate vulnerable areas of infrastructure.
• Monitor your digital footprint and protect for the future.

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