Karen A. Frenkel

Mobile, IoT Face More Sophisticated Attacks in 2015 Stealthier Stealers Cyber-espionage attacks will continue to increase. Long-term hackers will use stealthier information-gathering techniques. Newcomers will try to outdo adversaries by looking for new ways to steal sensitive information. Small nation-states and terrorist groups will increasingly use cyber-warfare. More Internet of Things Attacks The proliferation of […]

Questions That Result in Actionable Cost Analyses Capturing What You Need How much of what you capture is what you intend to measure? Are you getting 100% of IT costs per the general ledger? Does it include cost drivers for an application, such as software licenses and development projects? If not, you could understate your […]

Wearables Will Increase Enterprise Risks Consumers Concerned About Breaches The majority of respondents to the survey said recent prominent data breaches have increased their concern about the privacy of their personal data (U.S.: 55%, UK: 63%, Australia: 61%, India: 45%). Disconnect Between Knowledge and Habits In the U. S., less than half of respondents changed […]

11 Tips for Creating an OSS Policy Get Management Buy-In Development teams usually have an in-depth understanding of OSS benefits, but management may not, so tell them about the efficiencies and advantages OSS affords your business. Identify Key Shareholders Gather a team with cross-functional responsibilities: software architects, developers and engineers, QA and release managers, legal […]

Data Analytics Spurs Growth and Innovation The Rise of Data Analytics 67% of senior executives and business decision-makers surveyed said data analytics is important to their companies. Of those, 69% are in the U.S. and 65% are in Europe. Data Analytics and SMBs Data analytics are important to 60% of small companies. That includes 57% […]

A Customer Advisory Board (CAB) is a group of a vendor’s existing customers that is convened to provide feedback on the state of a product or service. Serving on a CAB can also benefit the individual members. Here’s 10 Customer Advisory Board benefits for serving CIOs. Top 10 Benefits of Customer Advisory Boards Influence Vendors’ […]

11 Reasons to Choose an Automated Security System Why Intruders Compromise Networks Enterprises are vulnerable because they identify risks—such as rogue devices, noncompliant systems and other vulnerabilities—too slowly. Their security systems were not designed to operate at the speed organizations need. Built-in Assumptions of Security Systems Most security systems are based on weekly, monthly or […]

Hackers Increasingly Spoof Authentic Identities Attacks Across Industries 57% of transactions were account logins. 3.1% of those were attacks. 39% of transactions were payments. 3.4% were attacks. Only 4% of transactions were account creation. 4.6% of those were attacks. Fraud to Move From POS to Online As the U.S. moves toward end-to-end point-of-sale (POS) encryption […]

12 Lessons Learned From Software Meltdowns Code Spaces: A Killing in the Cloud Hackers broke into the administrative console of Code Spaces’ Amazon Web Services account in June 2014 and deleted all the company’s files, including backup. Code Spaces never recovered and went out of business. LESSON: Store disaster recovery materials in a different cloud, […]

The Disaster Recovery Blame Game Downtime Devastates Productivity 84% of respondents cited employee productivity as the greatest impact of unscheduled downtime, followed by 74% for less efficient business operations and 57% for damage to the firm’s reputation. Lost Revenue Plagues Majority 53% of respondents said business revenue would be lost during unscheduled downtime, and 49% […]

More Companies Choose Hybrid Cloud Solutions Who Drives Cloud Strategy? Top-level executive team: 26%, To be determined/don’t know: 25%, Storage or data center management: 22%, Team with people from different levels:18%, Storage administration: 9% Future Cloud Storage Initiatives 35% plan to build a hybrid cloud during the next two years, but 31% don’t have a […]

Demand for Self-Service BI Tools Expected to Grow Liberating Business Users 90% of respondents said it is important for business users to access data and information they need without IT. 24% of businesses have bought BI tools without IT’s help—a growing trend. DYI BI Offers Flexibility 88% of business users want to accomplish tasks on […]