The coming of Covid-19 two years ago presented a severe and increasingly complicated challenge that confronted the survival of most businesses. The urgency and relevance of business continuity management (BCM) to alleviate potential risks, quicken recovery, and provision of customer needs became very relevant and important for any company despite…
As we celebrate International Girls in ICT Day (28 April), we look at how access to STEM education empowers the next generation of women. Scientific careers of any kind are becoming ever more accessible in the 21st century and the future looks promising and bright for aspiring girls and young…
Earth Day can galvanize unparalleled collaboration for protecting future generations by building a zero-carbon future. Climate change and biodiversity loss are intricately linked. Today, around a million animal and plant species are threatened with extinction – more, and at a faster rate, than ever before in human history. Nature and…
As the world becomes more and more unpredictable, the frequency and severity of disruptions, be them natural or human-caused, increases drastically. Considering these circumstances, it is essential for organizations to ensure the continuity of their business operations and processes. The importance of business continuity and resiliency has increased the demand…
We are living in a modernized technology-forward world. Technology has been playing a big role in our lives, making everything more efficient in our personal lives, as well as our organizations much faster and more effective in performance. However, knowing how to keep up with information and making sure that…
Can AI help us to protect our data? The answer is more or less straightforward as there are already examples of applied AI algorithms in this topic. I suppose the first online data protection technique is well known to the reader. The purpose of this tool is to typically prevent…
The Trust in Technology Adaption Cloud Computing, 5G, IoT, edge computing, and AI are all driving innovation, but widespread adaption is hampered by a basic lack of confidence. The hesitation derives from a lack of trust in the capabilities of each technology to preserve data. However, a new data security…
Before the pandemic, business continuity was defined based on how organizations can run their operations without impacting their overall productivity/deliverables. When there were any natural calamities or outages such as network or infrastructure, most organizations would be prepared with a plan for it and would conduct mock drills regularly. Then…
The traditional concept of IT Disaster Recovery (DR), i.e. the solution where an organization sets up an alternate site where servers, applications, and data can be used in case the primary data center burns down, floods, loses power, or otherwise fails, needs to be re-thought completely due to two major…
With the changing economic context that relies more and more on information technologies which need to be secured, the title Information Security Expert has become shiny and luxurious that many have become quite curious about this category of professionals. In the following, I will share with you what the life…
