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A recent State of Data Governance Report shows that 98 percent of surveyed organizations consider data governance important, and ~50 percent have already started their implementation. They did so either through their own employees or via an external company providing data governance consulting services. Effective Data Governance usually spans across the whole organization, including Human Resources, Processes, and IT systems. …

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An opportunity to learn from the mistakes of others

The global Covid-19 pandemic has accelerated transformation projects in almost every walk of life – from businesses learning how to manage data distributed across the homes of all their employees to governments learning how to manage massive-scale testing, allocate exam results without pupils taking exams or implementing contact tracing.  The scale – and publicity – of these government projects is …

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10 steps your CI/CD pipeline needs

In modern software development, writing source code is just part of the journey of getting your ideas into the wild aka production. The ability to confidently build, package, test, validate, and deploy safely into production crosses several domains and disciplines. A common eponym describing the development and deployment pipeline is CI/CD. Continuous Integration (CI) represents all of the steps required …

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Working from home looks set to stay for public sector employees

Many public sector employees look set to remain working from home for the long-term as a result of the pandemic. Public sector leaders reported that working from home is here to stay with almost half of those surveyed believing that 70 percent or more of their formerly office-based employees would be allowed to continue to work from home in some …

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Remote workers risk GDPR fines by printing confidential documents at home

Remote working is adding another layer of complexity for companies looking to stay compliant with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). According to a new report from confidential shredding company GoShred, a fifth of remote workers in the UK have been printing out sensitive documents at home, averaging five documents per week. These documents include payroll data, addresses, medical information, …

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Technology is more important than ever for big business

Large companies believe technology will play an even more central role in their success this year, an analysis of annual reports from FTSE 350 companies suggests. According to consulting firm Accenture, technology was among the most discussed topics in reports these companies put out in 2019 and 2020, with discussions around technology growing by 50 percent year-on-year. Running the annual …

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UK firms set to prioritise tech training in 2021

With the Covid-19 pandemic forcing many large businesses into the digital realm, and most of their employees into a remote working environment, being tech-savvy has never been more important. For this reason, according to a new report from Studio Graphene, big businesses will prioritize tech training for their employees, as well as bringing in skilled workers. Polling 750 UK decision-makers, …

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Data leakage attacks saw huge rise in 2020

The number of data leakage incidents grew by an “unprecedented” rate in 2020, a new report from Imperva argues. Through online means alone, not counting leaks caused by lost hardware or word of mouth, Imperva researchers tracked a 93 percent rise. By the end of the year, Imperva had identified a total of 1.7 million leaks, with the the number …

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Cybersecurity among the biggest risks to enterprises in 2021

This year, cybersecurity will be the second most significant risk to enterprise, behind failure to comply with rules and regulations, according to a new report from analyst firm Gartner. The Gartner 2020 Board of Directors survey reveals that most chief information security officers (CISOs) are not confident in the state of cybersecurity at their organization. While that itself signals trouble, …

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