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Regulations Mean Change

More complex regulations, such as the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), have came into play due to the rise of data breaches forces. As data today is viewed as a such an asset, it is also a tremendous liability. Understanding that, organizations has to consider both while they implement technologies that will both innovative their business, but also be cost effective.

Takeaways:

1. Understand the latest regulations, such as GDPR
2. How to tell business stakeholders that data protection can be a key differentiator for your organization
3. The steps needed to take to be regulatory compliant

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How Augmented Analytics Will Help Your Organization

Augmented Analytics focus on specific areas of augmented intelligence, using machine learning to enhance how data and analytics are presented and shared. As the capabilities of this technology advance rapidly, it is pivotal to understand these advancements. 

Takeaways:

1. Learn more about Augmented Analytics' role as a key feature of data preparation and management, process management, process mining and data science platforms
2. How to optimize the decisions and actions of all entire team, not just those of analysts and data scientists
3. Using Augmented Analytics to automate the process of data preparation, insight generation and insight visualization

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Preparing for the Inevitable

Employees are consumers of digital technologies such as IoT, AR and VR and the plethora of mobile devices has enabled them to work flexibly. This has raised the bar on employee expectations for tools and capabilities from their employers. In order for companies to retain the best and get the most out of their employees, it is vital to design and continually update the digital workplace. While defense is mandatory, preparing for that inevitable data breach is very critical for organizations' survival. 

Takeaways: 

1. As the role of the CISO has evolved, senior leaders and board of directors are now becoming aware of the impact of data breaches to the organization and they look up to the CISO for guidance. 
2. Cyber security responsibilities are also shifting and spreading as they are now part of Data Breach Response Teams. 
3. Where do you start on data breach preparedness? Who should be involved in planning? How frequent do we need to test or do exercises? Do we involve government agencies? Do we get retainer services? Do we need to hire someone? How much money do we allocate?

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Changing role of CIOs and CISOs

The role of the modern IT Executive is more complicated than it has ever been before, not only because the technology landscape has become more complex, but also because IT execs have increasingly had to become more business-focused. The role has moved from being merely a technologist to being a business change, process and transformation instigator. 

Long have we talked about and pushed for IT to be seated at the top table. Now modern businesses are demanding that their technology executives join them to leverage technology thus allowing the whole organisation to better position itself for market-place success, while at the same time ensuring they streamline processes, increase the time to market, be agile and reduce costs. To be successful, CxOs need to invest in themselves, in their staff and the right technologies thus allowing them to position the IT department to proactively address business needs as an innovator and driver, rather than order-taker and enabler. 

Takeaways: 

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Enhancing Your Edge

Edge computing is computing topology in which the content collection and delivery are placed closer to their endpoints. The goal of edge computing is to keep the traffic and processing local to eliminate delays and reduce traffic. Currently, edge computing is being driven by IoT and requires processing to be close to the end rather than on a centralized cloud server. However, rather than creating brand new architecture, cloud computing and edge computing will evolve into centralized service executing on centralized servers, on-premise servers and on the edge devices themselves.

Takeaways:

1. Review your organization's progress within edge computing.
2. How to adapt centralized service execution.
3. The future of edge computing and its potential capabilities

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The Solution for Your Legacy System's Security: The Cloud

Over the lifespan of an organization, CIOs/CISOs have developed and implemented technologies that have been key to the organization's success. However, CISOs and their security teams today find themselves stuck ensuring that legacy systems are secure. The solution is cloud-delivered security products that are more agile with the ability to implement new detection methods and services faster than on-site solutions.

While cloud security is an ideal solution, it is important to know that using the cloud is more than moving legacy management servers to the cloud.

Takeaways:

1. Review the status of legacy system security
2. What cloud solutions are the best fit for their business
3. What are the main needs in regards to system's scale, data telemetry, staff growth, machine learning, API-based access, and more

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Becoming More Decentralized

Today, increased centralization has put the power and trust into the hands of the few big players. This, of course, raises many security concerns. The risk of disruptions and undesirable outcomes increases as centralization opens the door to exclusive possession or control of commodities and services. As a result, technologies like Blockchain implemented to create decentralized alternatives as they move computing resources away from centralized servers. 

Takeaways:

1. Evaluating the risks of centralization on availability, confidentiality and resiliency
2. Exploring decentralized technologies like Blockchain and edge computing that offer visibility as well as enhanced security for your organization
3. Understand the fact or fictionalization of developing AI strategies and the cause for concern for decentralized AI models

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Where is the Top Talent?

One of the major challenges for CISOs is finding top information security talent. However, look at 2019 as an opportunity to begin your search with universities and colleges that are expanding their cybersecurity programs due to the shortage of cybersecurity professionals. This session will also cover how to recruit and hire top cybersecurity talent.

Takeaways:

1. Where to seek out the best cybersecurity talent
2. The red flags to watch out for with incoming applicants
3. The importance of focusing on retention

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Establishing Trust Through Digital Ethics & Privacy

With 2018's major hacks and breaches, people are becoming increasingly concerned about how organizations in both the public and private sector are using their information. More importantly, there is serious alarm as these organizations that are not proactively addressing these concerns. 

Takeaways:

1. How to learn from others' security mistakes
2. Cover the broader topic of digital ethics and the trust of your customers and employees
3. What steps your organization can take to establish trust

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GDPR Causing Confusion with Cloud Technology

Security is and will continue to be an issue within cloud technology especially with recent regulations such as the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). Because of the advantages and opportunities of the cloud, organizations will likely rush into cloud technologies without being fully aware of the security risks. After GDPR came into effect, there is now an even greater responsibility on organizations to manage their data compliantly as they continue transformations towards the cloud. 

Takeaways: 

1. How GDPR affects your organization's security and cloud services 
2. Discuss the threats that cloud technologies present and how your organization may be more vulnerable 
3. Regulations' impact on the future of cloud security