India leads APAC in CX tech investment: Study
Customer Experience (CX) is a growing priority among APAC organizations with one in five (19%) of them identifying CX to be the most exciting opportunity for 2020, according to a report by Adobe and Econsultancy, titled ‘2020 Global Trends’. However, CX maturity lags behind the rest of the world, with only 7% of APAC organizations saying they are mature in delivering CX as compared to 11% for... By CIO&Leader
Adopting an agile and continuous learning mindset a key workforce principle for COVID-19 pandemic: WEF
As organizations address the longer-term implications of COVID-19, it is imperative to focus on the needs of all stakeholders, from customers to suppliers to shareholders and, specifically, employees. In the current environment, most businesses have to put in place new measures for their workforces rapidly – often with no previous comparable experiences. To help guide chief human resource... By CIO&Leader
Ransomware remains top cyber security threat for businesses
Ransomware attacks skyrocketed in 2019, according to the latest Beazley Breach Briefing, an annual update on cyber trends produced by leading cyber insurer Beazley. Beazley’s in-house team of breach experts, Beazley Breach Response (BBR) Services, reported the number of ransomware attack notifications against clients increased by 131% compared to 2018. With the growth in frequency, the sums... By CIO&Leader
Rising bot attacks: Why are organizations failing to deal with them
The need for bot management is fueled by the rise in automated attacks. In the early days, the use of bots was limited to small scraping attempts or spamming. Today, things are vastly different. Bots are being used to take over user accounts, perform DDoS attacks, abuse APIs, scrape unique content and pricing information and more. In its “Hype Cycle for Application Security 2018,” Gartner... By Nikhil Taneja
Adware accounts for majority of mobile malware: Study
Adware now accounts for the vast majority of Android mobile malware, according to Avast. Statistics gathered between October and December 2019 by Avast’s Threat Lab experts show that adware was responsible for 72% of all mobile malware, and the remaining 28% consisted of banking trojans, fake apps, lockers, and downloaders. Mobile adware is software that hijacks a... By CIO&Leader
Data security and compliance top factors in hybrid cloud adoption for healthcare organizations: Study
Healthcare organizations around the globe are under pressure to drive digital transformation to meet increasing patient care demands, according to Nutanix’s Enterprise Cloud Index Report. Overall 2019 ECI data found digital transformation significantly impacted cloud implementation across various industry verticals, and healthcare organizations were no different with 68% citing this trend. In... By CIO&Leader
Secure data backups need of the hour: Study
42% of companies experienced a data loss event that resulted in downtime last year, according to Acronis’ 2020 World Cyber Protection Week Survey. That high number is likely caused by the fact that while nearly 90% are backing up the IT components they’re responsible for protecting, only 41% back up daily – leaving many businesses with gaps in the valuable data available for recovery. The... By CIO&Leader
More than 1 in 5 SMBs lacks proper data protection
58% of C-level executives at Small and Medium Businesses (SMBs) said their biggest data storage challenge is security vulnerability, according to Infrascale research. Nearly half (49%) of top leaders at SMBs said cyberattacks are their biggest data protection concern. Yet more than 20% of SMB leaders said they do not currently have a data backup or disaster recovery solution in place. The... By CIO&Leader
Organizations embracing cloud-based security tools but risk and deployment concerns remain: Study
While many companies are beginning to migrate security tools to the cloud, a significant number have concerns, according to Exabeam’s Security Practitioner Survey. The survey, conducted at the Cloud and Security Expo in London, highlights data privacy, unauthorized access, server outages and integration as key concerns. The survey shows a mixed picture when it comes to firms migrating security... By CIO&Leader
More and more APeJ enterprises moving to AR/VR: IDC
APeJ spending on augmented reality and virtual reality (AR/VR) will be USD 3.7 billion in 2019, an increase of 34.0% from the previous year, according to IDC’s Worldwide Augmented and Virtual Reality Spending Guide. The spending on AR/VR products and services will continue this strong growth throughout the forecast period (2018-23), with a five-year compound annual growth rate of 62.0%. This... By CIO&Leader
