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The CISO must be – first and foremost – a Leader
The key challenges of the transformational CISO are not technological, but managerial. There is still a vast amount of debate across the cyber security industry about the role of the CISO, their reporting line, their tenure, the levels of stress they’re under, and the...
Data Governance Interview with James Shaw
James Shaw is a Data Governance, Protection and Management professional with experience in managing data risks and assisting data transformations. He is the Data Risk Lead at esure Group. How long have you been working in Data Governance? I started work in Data...
Remote Work, Leadership and Cyber Security
Transformational opportunity for firms, or tactical trap for the CISO? As the COVID crisis continues to develop, one thing is becoming clearer and clearer: Remote working is here to stay, in some form or another; probably as hybrid work. Technically, it has scaled,...
How do you manage data ownership on a big data platform?
In this blog we’re going to be looking at how to manage data ownership on a big data platform. Now, this question was asked to me on LinkedIn a while back, and it was a really good question in response to a debate I'd been participating in about my very strong belief...
Data Governance Interview with Emma McLeod
Emma McLeod is a Global Data Governance Controller at Watson-Marlow Fluid Technology Group (WMFTG). She is fairly new to this role, however, has been with WMFTG for nearly 6 years. Emma began as a Customer Service Representative within the UK Sales team then...
Where Can I Find a Standard Data Governance Framework?
I’ve been asked many times over the years, ‘Where can I find a standard data governance framework?’ and, as with a lot of Data Governance questions, my answer is always the same… I don't even know whether one exists. I have never looked into it because I know from my...
Is ‘hybrid’ your new normal operating mode?
I resisted the temptation this year to do any 2021 technology predictions. Although last year I was surprisingly accurate predicting that track and trace would be important. I just failed to anticipate that we would need to use it for people and their social...
A Real-life Take on the Cyber Security Skills Gap
The security industry must rebuild its narrative to attract more raw talent at all levels You don’t have to go far these days to find security professionals complaining about skills shortages, and countless media outlets relaying their views. But there are at least...
The tale of Dick Whittington and the missing data
2020 has been an odd year to say the least, and as we approach the festive season it’s hard not to think about all the things we’ll miss out on this Christmas. One of those things being the traditional British pantomime. For those of you who have no idea what I’m...
Budgeting for Cyber Security post-COVID: Three Golden Rules for the C-Suite
This is not just about tech, and there is no tech silver bullet which can buy you cyber resilience The COVID crisis is presenting most businesses with unprecedented situations – for good, bad or worse. Uncertainty still dominates but the recession ahead is likely to...
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