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May 21, 2025Clarifies what CISOs must deliver to boards, what they shouldn’t own, and how to align accountability with authority.
June 03, 2025Writer has built a robust trust foundation reflecting where enterprise AI is heading.
May 14, 2025AI is the new attack surface—secure it with layered defenses, governance controls, and enterprise-wide accountability.
April 28, 2025AI is transforming cyber defense—enabling faster detection, smarter response, and a shift from reactive to anticipatory security.
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March 05, 20205G is well on the way to global deployment—but the Huawei question remains. Previous HFS work has outlined the advantages and disadvantages of 5G and the of
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February 17, 2020Unless you have been living in a cave, it will have become clear that Accenture has been leading CISOs on a feeding frenzy through its multiple security
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January 20, 2020You might think that Unisys was an out-of-date, irrelevant dinosaur with nothing new to offer—but think again! This solution is innovative and leading-edge, a
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January 02, 2020Do you have the expertise and systems to assess your own cybersecurity? Can you afford to miss out on the wider benefits of providers’ cyber ranges?
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November 21, 2019As the Industrial IoT expands, cybersecurity's importance must be translated across IT and OT departments, and new and legacy devices.
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November 19, 2019The increasing frequency of state-sponsored cyberthreats is a worrying prospect. The era of cyberwarfare has begun, and enterprises and industry are credible As
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November 11, 2019Security leaders must bridge the gap between policy, academia, vendors, service providers, and society... and do it quickly.
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October 18, 2019As we well know, Accenture is not afraid to make a few acquisitions to bolster its armory and it has once again demonstrated this buying power with the of BCT
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September 20, 2019As the number and variety of cybersecurity challenges continue grow for the modern enterprise, so does the understanding that security is a top priority, of
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September 19, 2019Gone are the days of wearing wristwatches to actually tell the time. Smart connected devices have made a huge public impact, becoming widely accepted as a part
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September 17, 2019Industry leaders must look to secure their enterprises from multiple cyber threats on a constant basis. Remote workers are an easy target for cybercriminals
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September 06, 2019With ransomware’s lethality continuing to grow, industry leaders must look to themselves as part of the problem.
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August 29, 2019As CIOs migrate more business data to the cloud, securing it will take up a much larger portion of corporate mindshare. To assure executives of their cloud’s
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June 27, 2019In this POV we outline the barriers to the CISO and the executive board working together and provide recommendations to both parties to improve the situation.
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June 25, 2019With 5G on the horizon, security officers and enterprise leaders must embrace the technology while acknowledging the risk with their eyes wide open.
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June 03, 2019This POV highlights the importance of monitoring internal security threats as they are more prolific than external threats within the enterprise.
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May 20, 2019Physical security is a key concern for any organisation, but are you spending enough to secure yourself? HFS data has revealed that many organisations physical
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May 16, 2019Enterprise leaders and the growing population of chief information security officers must act now to ensure their cybersecurity policy stretches to physical are
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May 13, 2019After a sobering review, it’s clear that security leaders must put the groundwork in now if they want to weather the impending Brexit talent crisis.
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April 26, 2019The cybersecurity space is a complex yet predictable headline generator for mainstream media. Enterprises are pushing their cybersecurity harder than ever to as
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