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Join Us Now 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 […]
Join Us Now 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 […]
Join Us Now 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 […]
Join Us Now 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 […]
Join Us Now 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 […]
Join Us Now The death toll from the coronavirus continues to climb, serving as a clear reminder of our truly interconnected and rapidly evolving global economy. From an economic perspective, we have become one giant family. When a member of the family becomes ill, we all experience the consequences. For technology executives and decision makers, […]
Join Us Now China to Cut Tariffs by Roughly 50 Percent; Economic Impact of Coronavirus Remains Unclear China has announced that it would soon reduce retaliatory tariffs on $75 billion worth of U.S. imports. In related news, U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin says he isn’t overly worried about the coronavirus having a negative effect on […]
Join Us Now One of the challenges encountered by executives involved with innovation programs at their companies is how to keep them sustainable. In addition to other interests that are competing for attention within the organization, other impediments to innovation initiatives include cultural barriers such as bureaucracy. These obstacles help explain why 94% of executives […]
Join Us Now Companies succeed in different markets for a variety of reasons. Some companies are known for their products or services and others differentiate themselves through the customer experiences they deliver. But in today’s era of disruption, what truly separates industry leaders from the rest of the pack is their commitment to innovation. While […]
Join Us Now There was no shortage of news last week, but here’s an item that caught my eye: “The U.S. economy grew 2.1% in the fourth quarter, closing out a year in which gross domestic product decelerated to its slowest pace in three years amid a continuing drag in business investment,” writes Jeff Cox […]
Join Us Now For years, security teams have worried about new or unauthorized devices connecting to the corporate network. First it was laptops in the 80s, then smartphones in the 90s, but it wasn’t until the mid-2000s that security teams began to see where things were headed: a world that is increasingly dominated by “smart” […]
Join Us Now Clayton Christensen, the Harvard professor who elevated disruption into a fundamental force of modern business strategy, died last week in Boston. He was 67 and had been battling cancer. It’s virtually impossible to overstate the impact of Christensen’s research and published works. For many years, it seemed as though every organization’s business […]
Join Us Now Tesla Shares Soared; Market Reacts to Coronavirus Strong earnings drove Tesla stock to new heights this week, continuing the carmaker’s rally. Tesla’s fourth-quarter results beat expectations, and its stock rocketed 13% on the news after hours, according to CNBC. Tesla CEO Elon Musk shot back at analysts, telling one that “a lot […]
Join Us Now Business disruption is widespread and persistent. According to an Accenture study, nearly three-quarters (72%) of industry sectors experienced an increase in disruption over the past eight years, leaving $41 trillion in enterprise value exposed to disruption today. Since most organizations are vulnerable to disruption, it’s imperative that CIOs and technology executives partner […]
Join Us Now This year’s World Economic Forum Annual Meeting at Davos offered an array of fascinating and potentially transformational alternatives to the standard textbook approach for achieving economic expansion and prosperity. Issues such as stakeholder capitalism, climate change and income inequality took center stage, and there seemed to be a genuine sense of urgency […]
