The Always-On Continuum

Author: Spiros Alexiou

Business processes involve performing a sequence of tasks, such as registering a sale, computing value-added tax, sending an invoice, packaging and sending the product, updating the inventory and accounts receivables, etc.

Authors: Jacob Nix and Pascal A. Bizarro

Even before the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) brought attention to the issue of data privacy, the United States already had one of the most complex regulatory approaches to privacy, having implemented different laws and regulations by industry...

Author: Brett Bonin

One of the most visible results of the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic has been the mainstream transition from traditional office-based work to remote work-at-home arrangements. Government officials worldwide mandated that nonessential employees stay home.

Author: Muhammad Asif Qureshi

Privacy is the right to be free from interference or intrusion. Information privacy is most often associated with digitization, but information privacy has been an issue ever since personal information started to be stored on and processed by mainframe and mini-computers.

Author: Paul Frenken

A cybersecurity culture is more than physical barriers of entry into a building, multifactor authentication system access or least privilege authorization. It is a collective mindset of the people in the organization working every day to protect the enterprise.

Author: Chris Sanders

The following statement sounds like it could have come from today’s news: “54% (of [chief executive officers] CEOs) are funneling money toward growth initiatives, including emerging technologies in mobile devices, social media, and data analytics.”

Author: Demetrio Carrión

The world is undergoing constant transformation, and IT is the powerhouse of this process. Data are produced in high volumes every day, and the pace is increasing in areas such as social media, for example, which has evolved from text to images and from images to videos and soon will move from videos to augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality (VR).

Authors: Dan Blum and Laura Voicu

Swisscom is Switzerland’s leading telecom provider. Due to strategic, operational and regulatory requirements, Swisscom Security Function (known internally as Group Security) has implemented quantitative risk analysis using Factor Analysis of Information Risk (FAIR).

Author: Rajul Kambli

In today’s environment, decision-making has become more challenging than ever, and the ability to adapt is vital. The availability of real-time digital reports allows management to form strategies and adjust them to meet changing conditions. The foundation of such decisions...

Author: Pierina Guizado

Desde el Lunes 16 de marzo del 2020, Perú viene afrontando una cuarentena obligatoria designada por el Gobierno, a raíz de la pandemia mundial por COVID-19, lo cual ocasionó que se declare “Estado de Emergencia” a nivel nacional.

Author: Ian Cooke

I have previously discussed sitting and passing my Certified Information Systems Auditor® (CISA®) exam back in 2005.1 I tend to remember that one of the hot topics at that time was continuous online auditing.

Author: Dustin Brewer

Those of us who have been in this industry for a while have seen amazing accomplishments and growth within the technology sector. We have also seen security breaches happen, usually paired with quick knee-jerk reactions and a “slap-a-Band-Aid-on-it” mentality as a response.

Authors: Vasant Raval and Edward A. Morse

The technology for remote communication through distributed networks existed in rudimentary form during the 1990s,1 but sophisticated applications for distance learning, video teleconferencing, online chat and telemedicine developed modest acceptance in the early 21st century.

Author: Steven J. Ross

As I write this piece in June 2020, the world has been facing the COVID-19 outbreak for nearly seven months. Millions have been infected; hundreds of thousands have died. Millions more people have lost their livelihoods, at least in the short term.

Author: Sunil Bakshi

We are a service organization providing IT-based services to customers. Because of containment efforts and stay-at-home orders, most of our personnel are working from home, and only essential support staff who reside near the office are managing support from the office location.