Category: Articles
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Coronavirus Outbreak Provides Key Lessons in Courageous Leadership, Candor and Collaboration
The coronavirus has become the focus of discussion and commentary across every media platform. The crisis is ongoing, and continues to impact communities, nations and global markets. “Health authorities in Washington confirmed a second death in the U.S. from the new coronavirus on Sunday,” according to CNBC. “The patient was a man in his 70s, who was hospitalized at…
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HMG Tech News Digest February 28
Impact of Coronavirus Spreads Across Global Markets Financial markets continued to drop sharply this week, fed by uncertainty over the coronavirus and its impact on the wider economy. “The selling could push major benchmarks in the United States into a correction,” writes Matt Phillips of the New York Times. “The collapse in investor confidence spread far beyond…
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Those Who Don’t Fight Worry Die Young
My title is from Alexis Carrel, the 1912 Nobel Prize winner in Medicine. While his warning was made a century ago, the message remains true: Worrying is not healthy. Sadly, in my work at TAG Cyber as an advisor to cyber security vendors, and as a coach to enterprise security managers, I find that worry is a…
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Hunter Muller Predicts: Rise of Tesla Will Continue, Driven by Unparalleled Levels of Innovation and Sharp Focus on Key Markets
As a technology leader, I am continually amazed and impressed by Elon Musk’s unique ability to innovate and achieve success in critical markets such as automotive, aerospace and energy. Tesla continues to generate positive headlines at a time when other manufacturers are either struggling for attention or wrestling with product issues. Last week, Consumer Reports highlighted the improved…
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HMG Tech News Digest February 21
Morgan Stanley to Purchase E-Trade, Accelerating Consolidation of Tech-Driven Brokerage Industry The unparalleled growth of financial services worldwide is increasingly driven by technology, and the announced acquisition of E-Trade by Morgan Stanley will definitely accelerate a new cycle of innovation in a rapidly evolving global industry. “Wall Street investment bank Morgan Stanley will acquire E-Trade for $13 billion, the companies said on Thursday,…
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Securing Digital Channels (and Executives)
When computer security was invented fifty years ago, there were no guideposts to assist technologists in their attempts to protect data and systems. Everything was new and confusing, which allowed time for the offense to build an advantage over the defense. Luckily, early visionaries like James Anderson and Peter Neumann eventually emerged to help to…
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CIO Leadership: Successfully Driving Cultural and Process Change in the Digital Era
As companies press forward with their digital strategies, one of the things that’s evident to CIOs and technology executives from a change management perspective is the degree to which cultural and process change factor into the success of these initiatives. They’re not alone in this assessment. In a study of more than 16,000 executives from…
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Hunter Muller Predicts: Instability in Europe May Compromise Cybersecurity Worldwide
When I write and speak about the specific impacts of geopolitical instability and global risk on the technology sector, I usually focus on Asia. In previous editions of my weekly HMG Strategy newsletter, I’ve discussed the potential effects of the coronavirus on global supply chains, the dangers of IP theft and the uncertainty generated by…
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Using AI to Scan an Attack Surface
Student Assignment: Document all attack vectors to your enterprise. Use MITRE ATT&CK as a guide, and include all meaningful permutations. List all assets, including every dependency. Multiply the two sets, starting with a Cartesian product, but extend the domain to include groups of assets. Analyze each result and develop a risk-based plan to prioritize desired…
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HMG Tech News Digest – February 14
Airbus Moves Quickly as Boeing Copes with Ongoing Challenges; Tesla Shares Drop After Announcing New Common Stock Offering Airbus plans to build more planes as its main rival Boeing continues to deal with problems stemming from the crashes of its 737 Max jetliner. “Europe’s Airbus is planning to ramp up production of its A320neo single-aisle jet, putting…