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PodChats for CISO: Raising SecOps efficiency in 2024
11 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
A 2023 Deep Instinct report claims that the increased adoption of emerging technologies like generative AI is a cause for concern among cybersecurity ...
PodChats for FutureCISO: Why we need to worry
11 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The WEF Global Cybersecurity Outlook 2024 reveals a divide between those who are resilient and those who aren’t. Emerging technologies will only wid...
PodChats for FutureIOT: The intersection of IoT and SASE in OT security
11 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Securing IoT in the enterprise is complex because of the varying of IoT devices and their diversity in form, function and purpose. While some IoT devi...
PodChats for FutureCISO: The next evolution of cybersecurity
10 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The Global Cybersecurity Outlook 2024 paints a grim picture: there is a growing inequity between cyber-resilient organisations and those that are not....
PodChats for FutureCISO: Narrowing the gender gap in cybersecurity
10 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
While the underrepresentation of women in cybersecurity is starting to improve – 20% in 2019 compared to 10% in 2013, that trend isn’t translating...
PodChats for FutureCIO: The Generated future
09 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In 2023, the desire to benefit from tech-driven innovation got a boost in the arm, thanks to the perceived potential of emerging AI technologies. Argu...
PodChats for FutureCIO: C-Suite strategies to unlock the value of cloud-native initiatives
24 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Mary Johnston Turner, research vice president for the Future of Digital Infrastructure — Agenda at IDC says the majority of organizations globally e...
PodChats for FutureCIO: Delivering on the promise of a national AI strategy
21 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In 2019, Singapore announced a national blueprint that would direct the use of AI to transform the economy. The government reports that since then 15...
PodChats for FutureCIO: The future of custom applications
14 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
For decades custom applications were the norm. It allowed organisations to create applications that were designed to the very minute requirements of t...
PodChats for FutureCFO: The role of finance in driving strategic imperatives in 2024
09 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Fragmentation, uncertainty and volatility are constants. Anywhere you go in Asia (and the world) these are the same constraints that businesses and th...
PodChats for FutureCISO: Strategic imperatives for CISOs in 2024
09 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Generative AI may have hijacked its top strategic predictions for 2024, but Gartner says CEOs must empower a single responsible executive, such as t...
PodChats for FutureCFO: The evolving partner role of finance in 2024
22 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In recent years, the role of chief financial officer (CFO) has never been more challenging as it is fulfilling for those who hold this position. From ...
PodChats for FutureCFO: Innovations, lessons learned, what’s trending in 2024
21 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
There are many words to describe the economic environment of 2023 and dull is definitely not one of them. 2023 remains a particularly challenging per...
PodChats for FutureCIO: The evolving future of low code/no-code
19 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In a joint Harvard Business Review and Google Cloud report 97% of business leaders surveyed believe that democratising access to data and analytics ac...
PodChats for FutureCIO: Use AI to power growth objectives for 2024
19 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Gartner’s VP analyst, Bart Willemsen says technology disruptions and socioeconomic uncertainties require a willingness to act boldly and strategical...
PodChats for FutureCIO: Mitigating fraud risks (in the banking sector) with AI
19 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In a blogpost on Finextra, Thomas French, a senior financial industry consultant on fraud at SAS writes that routine investment in the best technologi...
PodChats for FutureCFO: Talent strategies for the finance function for 2024
18 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Talent shortage continues to persist in many parts of the world including Asia. In Singapore, for example, the shortage of accounting staff is most fe...
PodChats for FutureCIO: Reducing the time to action with autonomous AI agents
07 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Digital transformation, automation, and artificial intelligence are all connected through their shared goal of optimizing business processes and decis...
PodChats for FutureCFO: Capturing opportunities under an evolving payments landscape
30 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
As economies in Asia move towards some semblance of post-pandemic normal, one observable trend is the continuing shift away from traditional cash and ...
PodChats for FutureCISO: Data immutability for regulatory compliance
30 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
It is said that the best-run organisations prioritize cybersecurity spending as a business decision first. Gartner’s Hype Cycle for Data Security 20...
PodChats for FutureCIO: The CIO of the future
19 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In the WW C-Suite Tech Survey by IDC, 59% of respondents acknowledged that digital initiatives are now co-owned by C-Suite/LOB. More and more c-suite ...
PodChats for FutureCISO: The future state of passwordless authentication
18 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Clifford Stoll, author of The Cuckoo’s Egg, an investigation into the hacking of the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory that led to the capture o...
PodChats for FutureCIO: Transitioning AI from hype to intent
11 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Forrester predicts that 2024 will usher in the era of intentional AI where gimmicks and technical experimentation of GenAI will give way to more focus...
PodChats for FutureCIO: AI’s impact on data centres in Asia
03 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The Global Data Centre Outlook report from JLL suggests that the mass adoption of cloud computing and artificial intelligence (AI) is driving exponent...
PodChats for FutureIoT: Smarter ways for modernising urban development
31 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The Future of Asian & Pacific Cities Report 2023 entitled, Crisis Resilient Urban Futures, describes countries and cities across Asia and the Paci...
PodChats for FutureCISO: AI defence on both sides of the fence
30 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency Jen Easterly warns that AI is “the most powerful capability and weapon of our time”...
PodChats for FutureIoT: Precision-timing in the intelligent era
08 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In Formula One races, the expression, timing is everything’ carries significant meaning. Drivers and teams need to know exactly how fast the cars ar...
PodChats for FutureIoT: Mitigating OT/IoT cyber risks
07 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The 2023 SonicWall Cyber Threat Report claims that IoT malware globally was up 37%, resulting in 77.9 million attacks compared to the 57 million attac...
PodChats for FutureCIO: Disrupting the foundations of business models and operations
07 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Change is the new normal. Disruption is a natural state anywhere in the world today. How should established organisations address these new conditions...
PodChats for FutureCISO: Counter-tactics against artificially intelligent ransomware
07 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
A 2023 Beyond Identity survey of 1,010 cybersecurity specialists one in six had worked for companies that experienced an AI-fuelled cyberattack, with ...
PodChats for FutureCISO: 2024 AI-powered cyberthreats – a Board perspective
05 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In the report, The Emergence of Offensive AI, Forrester revealed that 80% of cybersecurity decision-makers expected AI to increase the scale and speed...
PodChats for FutureCISO: Mitigating deepfakes in the enterprise
05 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Fraud, stock-price manipulation, damage to reputation and the brand, sextortion scams that sabotage employee morale, misinformation and disinformation...
PodChats for FutureCIO: Fixing vulnerabilities and misconfigurations before they happen
05 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Continuity's State pf Storage and Backup Security Report 2023 reveals that on average there are 14 security risks found in a typical enterprise s...
PodChats for FutureCISO: Securing corporate online relationships
05 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
One of the characteristics of the recent decade is an increasingly connected global community with some events that occur in one region that would imp...
PodChats for FutureCIO: Overcoming Challenges in Automation and Integration
17 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
We continue to hear that digital transformation remains a priority for many business leaders in Asia. That said, transformation means different things...
PodChats for FutureCIO: Drawing the most value from SASE
17 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Coined in 2019 by Neil McDonald, Gartner defines single-vendor secure access service edge (SASE) offerings as those that deliver multiple converged-ne...
PodChats for FutureCIO: The possibilities of AI in financial services
16 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The Gartner report, Emerging Tech Impact Radar: Artificial Intelligence in Banking, reveals that 67% of banking institutions (surveyed) are currently ...
Podchat for FutureCISO: Securing Generative AI for enterprises
03 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Artificial intelligence has been immortalised in movies with hits like "Bicentennial Man", "Upgrade" and its namesake "Artifi...
PodChats for FutureCIO: Improving CRM's value in customer engagement
02 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In a Forrester survey of 250 IT and marketing professionals, CRM or customer relationship management topped (63%) the list of technologies used by mar...
PodChats for FutureCIO: Securing and optimising hybrid cloud backups in Asia
02 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Many of the concepts and practices for data protection in general, and backup/recovery (B/R) in particular, have not changed since they were developed...
PodChats for FutureCIO: Time for cyber resilience as a security posture
02 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Backup and disaster recovery solutions came into the market in 1978. At the time, however, the primary concerns were driven by power outages. In some ...
PodChats for FutureCIO: Considerations for digital infrastructure
02 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The digitalisation of operations and the increasing use of streaming and internet usage drive demand for data and boost the data centre market with ...
PodChats for FutureCIO: Planning for quantum computing today
02 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Mention quantum computing and we get immersed in discussions around optimization, cryptography and research. There is also growing speculation on how ...
PodChats for FutureCISO: Incorporating enterprise-wide GenAI strategies
02 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Gartner says the mass availability of generative AI has become a top concern for enterprise risk executives in the second quarter of 2023. It was ment...
PodChat for FutureCIO: Hurdles to the digitalisation of healthcare
29 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Picking from the lessons learned during the COVID pandemic, the Singapore government is undertaking what it describes as a long-term healthcare reform...
PodChats for FutureCIO: Strategies for more effective real-time security
24 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Only a few years ago, IT teams and their security counterparts worked in separate silos. But as organizations face escalating threats and breaches, th...
PodChats for FutureCIO: AI design and integration considerations for CIOs
12 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The 2023 Gartner CIO and Technology Executive Survey noted that even before ChatGPT, one-third of CIOs say their organization had already deployed art...
PodChats for FutureCIO: Kickstarting the possibilities of AI at the edge today
10 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Alan Turing, a British polymath who explored the mathematical possibility of artificial intelligence, suggested that humans use available information ...
PodChats for FutureCIO: Overcoming resistance to digital transformation adoption
30 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
A digital adoption platform (DAP) is a software layer integrated on top of another software application or website to guide users through tasks and fu...
PodChats for FutureCIO: Helping manufacturers to thrive against future adversity
21 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Rockwell Automation's 8th annual State of Smart Manufacturing Report reveals that the number one obstacle manufacturers face in 2023 is balancing...
PodChats for FutureCFO: How finance should embrace AI
20 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Without a doubt, Artificial Intelligence is now a topic of interest among CFOs. How to properly channel this interest into the finance function remain...
PodChats for FutureCFO: Charting your path to finance automation
06 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In an autonomous finance function, processes and activities are partly governed and majority operated by self-learning software agents that optimize f...
PodChats for FutureCISO: Addressing the gaps in network and security system
31 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Network security consists of the policies, processes and practices adopted to prevent, detect and monitor unauthorized access, misuse, modification, o...
PodChats for FutureCIO: Picking up the data after staff turnover
31 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
George Leung Siu-kay, CEO of the Hong Kong General Chamber of Commerce, reveals that companies in Hong Kong are struggling with an emigration wave tha...
PodChats for FutureCIO: Modernising network management for the hybrid enterprise
31 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Network operations teams are struggling with the rapid change in the cloud and dynamic resource orchestration, rendering older technology inadequate f...
PodChats for FutureCIO: Excelling in customer experience measurement
21 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
History tells us that the ideals of customer experience can be traced to the development of market research as a method of improving advertising in th...
PodChats for FutureCIO: How to design experiences that drive loyalty
13 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
According to Forrester, a customer experience (CX) leader, is in charged of aligning the organization around customer value. From the C-suite on down,...
PodChats for FutureCISO: Getting board buy-in for cyber security in 2023
13 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In the meantime, however, CISOs need to acknowledge that is important to the board. This means not only showing how the cybersecurity program prevents...
PodChats for FutureCIO: Taming the complexity of digitalization
09 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Digital transformation is easy to say, arguably hard to implement and failures continue to occur even as we learn from our own experiences and those o...
PodChats for FutureCIO: How a data-driven strategy enables AIA to deliver on its customer promises
29 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
PodChats for FutureCIO: How a data-driven strategy enables AIA to deliver on its customer promises The COVID-19 crisis continues to have a significan...
PodChats for FutureCIO: Turning cloud complexity into a competitive advantage
15 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The cloud infrastructure and platform services (CIPS) market consists of standardized, highly automated offerings in which infrastructure resources su...
PodChat for FutureCISO: Architecting security for an unknown future
09 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Gartner says the endlessly expanding digital footprint of modern organizations is introducing new security challenges. The pandemic response has accel...
PodChats for FutureCIO: Futureproofing your database strategy
09 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
A database is a collection of structured information, or data, typically stored electronically in a computer system. A data architecture is a framewo...
PodChats for FutureCIO: The what, why, when and how of FinOps
09 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The explosion in cloud computing adoption, including compute, storage, connectivity, has led to some finance leaders asking what are we doing.Costs of...
PodChats for FutureCISO: Risk quantification strategies in 2023
08 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
We are all familiar with the concepts of risks and uncertainty. Risk is a quantifiable element of doing business, whereas uncertainty is something we&...
PodChats for FutureCIO: Generative AI and its impacts on software development
08 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Gartner says businesses are challenged to bring value and innovation wherever their customers are. For CIOs and infrastructure and operations (I&O...
PodChats for FutureCFO: Better ways to manage capital in times of persistent instability
31 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The three years since 2020 saw organisations focus on digitalisation, payment efficiency, security, and cash forecasting.With continuing uncertainty i...
PodChats for FutureCIO: Banking modernisation in 2023
31 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Gartner says application modernization services address the migration of legacy to new applications or platforms, including the integration of new fun...
PodChats for FutureCIO: FSI CIO challenges in 2023
31 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The IBM Institute of Business Value report, 2023 Global Outlook for Banking and Financial Markets, paints three themes facing banks and financial mark...
PodChats for FutureIoT: Industrial automation trends in Asia
31 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The total commercial and industrial robot base is currently estimated to be 3.5 million units in 2022, according to the International Federation of Ro...
PodChats for FutureIoT: Accelerating IoT in Asia
31 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The Omdia report, Asian IoT Megatrends Report, posits that APAC offers great potential for IoT applications, but fragmentation presents complex challe...
PodChats for FutureCIO: CMO strategies that deliver value and trust
05 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
“Against a backdrop of unrelenting social and economic pressures, marketing leaders look toward a future where smarter marketing leads to deeper, mo...
PodChats for FutureCFO: Excelling in finance shared services
05 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Shared services are the consolidation of business operations that are used by numerous parts of the same organisation, or different business units tha...
PodChats for FutureCFO: The continuing transformation of finance reporting
29 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
S&P forecasts that Asia-Pacific will achieve real growth of 3.5% in 2023 while Europe and the U.S. will likely face recession. But Asia, being a s...
PodChats for FutureCIO: Infrastructure trends for Asia Pacific in 2023
18 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
2022 was a colourful year for Asia Pacific with the continuing pandemic and the Ukraine-Russia war combining to strain even further the global supply ...
PodChats for FutureCISO: How to recession-proof cybersecurity strategies
18 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
“In the midst of every crisis, lies great opportunity” Albert EinsteinIn times of recession, the often approach taken is cutting corners. Budget c...
PodChats for FutureCIO: The makings of a great CTO
06 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The chief technology officer, also known as a chief technical officer or chief technologist, is an executive-level position focused on the scientific ...
PodChats for FutureCISO: Narrowing the cybersecurity leadership gap
05 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
A Cybersecurity Ventures report, Women in Cybersecurity 2022, estimates that women held about 25% of cybersecurity roles globally, up from 20% in 2019...
PodChats for FutureCISO: Predicting the unpredictable
30 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The impact of the pandemic and the rapid acceleration of digital initiatives in a short time forced organizations to control and manage disruptions to...
PodChats for FutureIoT: Why monitoring is essential in IoT adoption
22 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Any device that is connected to the internet is susceptible to some form of cyberattack. Apart from the fact that IoT devices inherently have very lit...
PodChats for FutureIoT: Changing the future of global supply chains
22 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
IoT Analytics says the digital supply chain market is accelerating. The firm identifies eight supply chain technology innovations that are helping to ...
PodChats for FutureCIO: Evolving corporate learning for the hybrid workforce
22 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The workplace of the digital economy can be described as the convergence of old practices with new technologies, with the winner likely to be influenc...
PodChats for FutureCIO: Narrowing the work execution gap
22 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
IDC says Asia/Pacific organisations continue to refine hybrid working practices and organizational culture to accommodate new ways of working that enh...
PodChats for FutureCIO: Imperatives for CSCOs in 2023
18 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
A persistent pandemic around the world and global geopolitical conflicts continues to dominate headlines. Navigating uncertainties and managing supply...
PodChats for FutureIoT: IoT in Asia in 2023 and beyond
18 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Access to low-cost, low-power sensor technology, the availability of high-speed connectivity, the increase in cloud adoption, and the growing use of d...
PodChats for FutureCISO: Combating the rise of infostealers
18 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Ransomware remains one of the more dreaded cyberthreats of the decade. But for a ransomware attack to be initiative, the attacker must first have your...
PodChats for FutureCISO: How to be a successful CISO in 2023
17 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The role of the Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) is growing, and the scope of digital business intensifies. Among board directors, 64% say th...
PodChats for FutureCIO: Data trends for CMOs and CIOs in 2023
16 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Shifting customer behaviours amplify uncertainty, burdensome cross-functional collaboration yields worse organizational outcomes, and disruptive marke...
PodChats for FutureCISO: State of mobile security in Asia
11 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The prevalence and severity of mobile-related compromises continues to escalate in 2022. Perhaps even more interesting is that small and medium-sized ...
PodChats for FutureCIO: The CIO agenda for 2023
05 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
We’ve had two years of experiences dealing with unrelenting uncertainties. Some have come out stronger, others not so much. As we prepare for the ne...
PodChats for FutureCISO: Getting started as a security researcher
26 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
According to Check Point Research, global attacks increased by 28%in the third quarter of 2022 compared to same period in 2021. The average weekly att...
PodChat for FutureCFO: Finance as strategic enabler through analytics
24 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Hiring and retaining staff is the most difficult task facing CFOs over the next 12 months, according to a survey from Gartner. This is also reflected ...
Podchat for FutureCFO: Action items to accelerate finance transformation
23 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Exponential technologies such as artificial intelligence (AI), blockchain, and automation have sparked the next wave in enterprise transformation, off...
PodChats for FutureIoT: How Industrial IoT is transforming Asia’s manufacturers
21 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Southeast Asia has for decades been an export manufacturing hub to the world competing with another powerhouse manufacturer in the region – China.Bu...
PodChats for FutureCFO: Imperatives of a modern CFO's office
18 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Challenging may be the appropriate word to document the environment that will greet businesses in 2023. We are faced with continuing supply chain shor...
PodChats for FutureIoT: Understanding the fundamentals of secure IoT
17 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Insider Intelligence posits that there will likely be 64 billion deployed IoT devices worldwide within the next five years. However, expectations are ...
PodChats for FutureCIO: Ransomware preparedness: Why we must plan
01 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Enterprises are accelerating their adoption of digitalization and agile methodologies, dramatically changing their risk profiles. According to Gartner...
PodChats for FutureCIO: Securing data with key management systems
01 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Encryption is meant to protect information so that when it falls into the wrong hands, it is unusable.But what happens when your private key gets comp...
PodChats for FutureCISO: Calibrating cybersecurity preparedness for 2023
01 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The 2021 ISACA-Frost & Sullivan Survey: The Singapore Cybersecurity Landscape, revealed that 63% of respondent organizations were adopting cloud m...
PodChats for FutureCIO: C-Suite’s Masterplan for Post-Digitalization in 2023
01 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
With Asia on the course of economic recovery following over two years of volatility arising from multiple crises seemingly contriving to pose unrelent...