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Cyber risk intelligence is critical for businesses that operate in the digital world. It is the collection, evaluation, and analysis of cyber threat information by those with access to all-source information.

Like other areas of important business intelligence, cyber threat intelligence is qualitative information put into action to help develop security strategies and aid in identifying threats and opportunities.

In this episode of the EM360 podcast, Richard Stiennon, Chief Research Analyst at IT-Harvest, speaks to Caitlin Gruenberg Director, Risk Solutions Engineer at CyberGRX as the pair explore:

• Third-party cyber risk management vs self-assessments
• Cyber risk intelligence in the wake of huge, high-profile breaches
• The meaning of a true risk exchange

Full-stack Observability (FSO) allows real-time monitoring across the whole modern technology stack - bringing applications, software, storage, services and network under one roof transforming siloed data to allow for omniscient management and actionable insights.

Through FSO, IT teams can develop a deeper understanding of how the cogs of their application topologies turn, and can easily access and search data.

But why is full-stack observability so important?

In this episode of the EM360 podcast, Content Producer Matt Harris talks to Stuart Little, SHI International EMEA Commercial Director at Cisco Solutions, and James Harvey, Executive CTO EMEAR at Cisco App Dynamics, to discuss:

• FSO and the components that make it up
• Why organisations need to care
• Case studies of how FSO has turned enterprises around

Breaches are nothing new to the tech world. But since the beginning of the pandemic especially, the world has seen serious security attacks which have massively disrupted the functionality of enterprises. 

Moving to the cloud over the last two years has seen the world shook with some of the biggest and most unforgettable safety breaches like Accenture, Verizon and Kaseya - in fact, 40% of organisations experienced some sort of cloud-based data breach in 2021 (451 Research). 

Why are these cloud data breaches happening, and how serious is this issue?

In this episode of the EM360 podcast, Content Producer Matt Harris talks to Thorsten Geissel, Director of Sales Engineering, EMEA at Tufin, to explore: 

• The most common cloud misconfigurations that lead to security breaches
• Automation tech’s role in security policy management
• How companies can achieve end-to-end cloud network security

Data democratisation is the continuous process of enabling company-wide access to data, regardless of technical know-how, in a bid to spread a data-led decision-making mindset across all departments of an organisation.

It can be a big challenge - and serious investment - for companies as employee education and tool implementation is not trivial undertakings.

How can companies set up their data democratisation strategy?

In this episode of the EM360 podcast, Content Producer Matt Harris talks to Giuseppe Mura, Director of Solution Engineering at StreamSets, as they tackle:

• The steps companies should utilise to set up their data democratisation strategy
• How the demand for DataOps will be affected as businesses adapt their data integration processes
• Bringing in non-IT-native and non-DevOps experts and providing them with everything they need

Identity sprawl describes the growth in the many differing and incompatible accounts a user creates to access online services. 

As the number of accounts increase, a user’s identity and online presence spreads, or ‘sprawls’, which can be excessively confusing and even dangerous when compared to a more unified approach. 

So how can organisations help to consolidate identity to solve this access management issue? 

In this EM360 podcast, Head of Content Max Kurton talks to Chad McDonald, Chief of Staff at Radiant Logic, as they explore:

• The common challenges and pain points of identity sprawl for enterprises
• The best way organisations can go about implementing identity data fabric to reduce IAM stress
• How Radiant Logic’s intelligent identity data platform is changing the game

CIAM enables organisations to securely capture and manage customer identity and profile data, as well as control customer access to certain applications and services.

Usually providing a variety of features including customer registration, self-service account management, and 2FA/MFA, the best CIAM solutions ensure a secure and seamless customer experience.

But how can enterprises hit a balance between security and customer friction?

In the first of two EM360 analyst podcasts with Beyond Identity, Chief Research Analyst at IT-Harvest, Richard Stiennon speaks to Jing Gu, Senior Product Marketing Manager, about the role CIAMs play when it comes to managing end-user activities.

Cybersecurity has traditionally been the responsibility of the CTO and IT department, casting a company-wide forcefield to protect businesses from exterior attacks.

But in the modern age of heightened connectivity, as remote workers bring sensitive company information into their homes, the responsibility could - and should - fall upon every member of the team.

In this EM360 Podcast, Head of Content Max Kurton talks to James Hadley, Founder and CEO at Immersive Labs, to explore the benefits of every department having a hand in cybersecurity - and the risk of having ‘too many cooks’.

Social media offers an important outline for people of all ages and walks of life to connect, share life experiences and post pictures of their breakfast.

But oversharing - or not being wary of impostors - can lead to serious compromises in personal and professional security. 

In a press release on the report's findings, Phishlabs “enterprises must broaden their line of defense [in 2022,] starting with strong, cross-channel monitoring, and building relationships with technology providers in new areas.” 

“Fraud-related attacks made up almost half of all social media threats in 2021”

In this episode of the EM360 podcast, Head of Content Max Kurton talks to John LaCour, Founder & CTO of Phishlabs and Principal Strategist at parent company HelpSystems, about: 

• Where the concept of ‘social media as a threat channel’ comes from and what it concerns
• What the first steps towards the mitigation of social media threats look like and the route companies need to take
• How enterprises can turn social media into an actionable intelligence channel

The current state of wide data is that it is not as widely used for Artificial Intelligence as it is for analytics. While analytics needs a treasure trove of historical data, AI merely needs a variety of big data.

And big data needs AI, too. It's the most efficient and effective way for organisations to optimise their processes and identify their audiences.

But how can we use machine learning practices and AI to tackle critical business challenges?

In this 3 part EM360 Podcast series with Findability Sciences we have previously discussed 'What Big Data Discussions Ignore' In Episode 1. In this second episode, we are joined once again by the Founder and CEO Anand Mahurkar to talk about:

• The relationship between wide data, learning and machine learning
• Critical business challenges when it comes to AI mimicking a more human process
• Why we should be using wide data for AI

In this age of technological evolution and industrial resilience following the fallout of the Covid-19 pandemic, businesses have had to modernise working practices in a big way.

From installing unified communications software to ensuring cybersecurity as employees bring sensitive information and company data out of the working environment, businesses have been thrust into the 2020s.

But just how exactly can technology modernise working practices?

In this episode of the EM360 Podcast, Content Producer Matt Harris speaks to Russell Bristow, Senior Partner at Ampito, as the pair explore:

• Why working practices need to be updated
• How data sensitivity can be ensured and secured
• Real-world examples within the NHS and auto-repair industry