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Dissecting The Twitter Hack With A Cybersecurity Evangelist

Dissecting The Twitter Hack With A Cybersecurity Evangelist

By Louis Columbus on July 26, 2020

Bottom Line: Shattering the false sense of security in tech, the recent Twitter hack blended altruism, fame, greed, social engineering via SIM swapping and insider threats to steal $120,000 from victims when the economic and political damage could have been far worse. Targeting the most influential celebrities on Twitter, hackers orchestrated a social engineering-based attack […]

Posted in Business, Featured Posts, Technology / Software, Trends & Concepts | Tagged AI, apple, Artificial intelligence, Artificial Intelligence Cybersecurity, Centrify, cybersecurity, Louis Columbus, machine learning, Machine learning cybersecurity, Privileged Access Management, SIM Swapping, twitter hack, Uber

The State Of Cloud Business Intelligence, 2019

The State Of Cloud Business Intelligence, 2019

By Louis Columbus on April 15, 2019

An all-time high 48% of organizations say cloud BI is either “critical” or “very important” to their operations in 2019. Marketing & Sales place the greatest importance on cloud BI in 2019. Small organizations of 100 employees or less are the most enthusiastic, perennial adopters and supporters of cloud BI. The most preferred cloud BI […]

Posted in Business, Featured Posts, Technology / Software, Trends & Concepts | Tagged Amazon Web Services, analytics, aws, business intelligence, Cloud BI Analysis, Cloud BI Forecast for 2019 Cloud Business Intelligence Cloud Computing, Louis Columbus, Microsoft Azure

Public Cloud Soaring To $331B By 2022 According To Gartner

Public Cloud Soaring To $331B By 2022 According To Gartner

By Louis Columbus on April 14, 2019

Gartner predicts the worldwide public cloud service market will grow from $182.4B in 2018 to $331.2B in 2022, attaining a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 12.6%. Spending on Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) is predicted to increase from $30.5B in 2018 to $38.9B in 2019, growing 27.5% in a year. Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) spending is predicted to grow […]

Posted in Business, Featured Posts, Technology / Software, Trends & Concepts | Tagged Amazon Web Services, cloud computing forecast, google cloud platform, iaas, IaaS Forecast 2018 – 2022, Louis Columbus, Microsoft Azure, PaaS, PaaS Forecast 2018 – 2022, Public Cloud Computing, Public Cloud Computing Forecast, SaaS, SaaS Forecast 2018 – 2022, Worldwide Cloud Service Revenue Forecast

How To Protect Healthcare Records In A Zero Trust World

How To Protect Healthcare Records In A Zero Trust World

By Louis Columbus on December 27, 2018

There’s been a staggering 298.4% growth in the reported number of patient records breached as a result of insider-wrongdoing this year alone according to Protenus. The total disclosed number of breached patient records has soared from 1.1M in Q1 2018 to 4.4M in Q3 2018 alone, 680K of which were breached by insiders. There were 117 disclosed health […]

Posted in Business, Featured Posts, Technology / Software, Trends & Concepts | Tagged Centrify, healthcare breaches Protenus Breach Barometer, Idaptive, Louis Columbus, privileged access credentials, Zero Trust, Zero Trust Privilege, Zero Trust Security, ZTP. ZTS

The Current State Of Cybersecurity Shows Now Is The Time For Zero Trust

The Current State Of Cybersecurity Shows Now Is The Time For Zero Trust

By Louis Columbus on October 25, 2018

41% of total breaches in 2017 targeted the healthcare industry, making it the most popular target for breach attempts. Personally Identifiable Information (PII) combined with user credentials tops the percentage of breaches with 29% according to Wipro’s report. 88 records were lost or stolen every second in 2017 according to Wipro’s analysis. Machine learning & […]

Posted in Business, Featured Posts, Technology / Software, Trends & Concepts | Tagged Centrify, Cisco, cybersecurity, F5, Louis Columbus, Palto Alto Networks, wipro, Zero Trust Privilege, Zero Trust Security

2018 Roundup Of Cloud Computing Forecasts And Market Estimates

2018 Roundup Of Cloud Computing Forecasts And Market Estimates

By Louis Columbus on October 14, 2018

Cloud computing platforms and applications are proliferating across enterprises today, serving as the IT infrastructure driving new digital businesses. The following roundup of cloud computing forecasts and market estimates reflect a maturing global market for cloud services, with proven scale, speed and security to support new business models. CIOs who are creating compelling business cases […]

Posted in Business, Featured Posts, Technology / Software, Trends & Concepts | Tagged Amazon Web Services, bessemer venture partners, Cloud Computing, cloud computing landscape, gartner, idc, Louis Columbus, Microsoft Azure, Public Cloud Computing, SaaS

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How AI & Machine Learning Are Redefining The War For Talent

By Louis Columbus on September 22, 2018

By 2020, more than 20 million job seekers will look for automated advice on how to improve their ranking in job-matching algorithms according to Gartner. More than 50% of large enterprises based in North America and Western Europe will include diversity and inclusion enablement criteria in their HCM technology selection processes by 2020. By 2022, […]

Posted in Business, Featured Posts, Technology / Software, Trends & Concepts | Tagged Artificial intelligence, Human Capital Management, Louis Columbus, machine learning, talent acquisition, talent management

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IoT Market Predicted To Double By 2021, Reaching $520B

By Louis Columbus on August 23, 2018

Bain predicts the combined markets of the Internet of Things (IoT) will grow to about $520B in 2021, more than double the $235B spent in 2017. Data center and analytics will be the fastest growing IoT segment, reaching a 50% Compound Annual Growth Rate (CAGR) from 2017 to 2021. IoT customers are planning and executing […]

Posted in Business, Featured Posts, Technology / Software, Trends & Concepts | Tagged Bain Internet of Things Forecast, Internet of Things, Internet of Things (IoT), IoT Forecast, Louis Columbus

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Global State Of Enterprise Analytics, 2018

By Louis Columbus on August 22, 2018

71% of enterprises globally predict their investments in data and analytics will accelerate in the next three years and beyond. 57% of enterprises globally have a Chief Data Officer, a leadership role that is pivotal in helping to democratize data and analytics across any organization. 52% of enterprises are leveraging advanced and predictive analytics today […]

Posted in Featured Posts, Technology / Software | Tagged analytics, Analytics and Big Data, Business Analytics, Cloud Computing, enterprise analytics, Louis Columbus, MIcroStrategy

IBM's 2018 Data Breach Study Shows Why We're In A Zero Trust World Now

IBM’s 2018 Data Breach Study Shows Why We’re In A Zero Trust World Now

By Louis Columbus on August 6, 2018

Digital businesses that lost less than 1% of their customers due to a data breach incurred a cost of $2.8M, and if 4% or more were lost the cost soared to $6M. U.S. based breaches are the most expensive globally, costing on average $7.91M with the highest global notification cost as well, $740,000. A typical […]

Posted in Business, Featured Posts, Technology / Software, Trends & Concepts | Tagged Centrify, cybersecurity, enterprise security, IBM 2018 Cost of a Data Breach Study, Louis Columbus, Next-Gen Access, security, Zero Trust Security

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