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Supply and Demand: Closing the Growing Gap in Cybersecurity Skills

At a time when the threat landscape ever expanding, two out of three organizations worldwide claim to have a lack of the IT security staff needed. The need for cybersecurity professionals is at an all-time high. The deficit of qualified individuals has made the need for automated security tools more of a requirement than a desire in order to maintain a strong security foundation. Today's products and technologies can enable even small teams to appropriately secure multiple websites and applications, offering potential answers to the pressing recruitment issues. 

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Presented by:

Andy Kim, CISO eBusiness, Allstate

 

 

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Keeping Pace with Innovation, Chronologically and Economically

Today's digital evolution will take major enterprises twice as long and cost twice as much as initially anticipated. Companies will struggle with digital innovation as they realize the associated challenges, and the true cost of modernization. As such, leaders in smaller and more agile organizations have a great opportunity to be first to market, while those in larger organizations suffer through uninspiring, and potentially career limiting, short term results. 

Takeaways: 

• How to deal with the fact that digital innovation is not cheap or quick 
• Strategies for success in implementation planning 
• Lessons learned from smaller organizations, where they have an easier time testing out new technology

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Storytelling: Conquering Hearts and Minds to Enable Digital Transformation

Is it possible to drive transformation without imagination? Is it possible to get people to imagine without a story? Quite often what is rather obvious to IT professionals is far from clear to anyone else: jargon, acronyms, buzzwords, technical diagrams. How excited are your IT teams about the revenue potential their work can unleash? How well are they communicating this to their peers and stakeholders? In the age of connectivity, when it has never been so easy to communicate through video, audio, images, text and what have you, it is amazing how hard it is to build good teams, to keep your c-suite informed and engaged and to develop the kind of culture that allows a learning organization to flourish. 

Takeaways: 

1. What's the role of the CIO and how his teams can support him/her? 
2. How much communication is enough and how do we know it is actually working? 
3. Can digital transformation be pushed on an organization?

Presented by:

Ragnarok Rocha, Executive Director, Global IS Innovation, Integration & PMO, Ingram Micro Inc.

 

 

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Board Reports

Nowadays a CISO has to stand in front of a board and present that state of security. The challenge being that board may not have any knowledge about this topic but they recognize its importance. How do you present Information Security properly and appropriately. Instead of talking through methods and concepts come join and be a member of the board during one CISO's presentation. Will discuss not only the presentation, but the state of mind a board is in as you present. Questions, gotchas along the way, and feedback from others who have been in the hot seat are welcome.

Takeaways 

1. An actual (sanitized) presentation made to a 1B+ Enterprise presented
2. Awareness on what the board is thinking, and how to address
3. A risk approach to security for consideration

Presented by:

Ira Ham, Vice President Global Chief Information Security Officer, Orora

 

 

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Using Predictive Analytics: Social Determinants of Health

In recent years, health care stakeholders have come to realize that focusing solely on reducing medical risk through preventive and chronic care management will not produce desired population-level results. Predictive analytics involves sorting and weighing various types of data using an algorithmic model to forecast future outcomes. Health plans have traditionally used claims data to stratify members and identify higher-risk members in need of case management, such as those who frequently visit the emergency department (ED) or use a lot of other high-cost resources. 

Takeaways: 

1. Social Determinants of Health are key factors that can augment Predictive Analytics 
2. Environmental Determinants of Health are also as important as social determinants 
3. Combined these can be quite powerful in helping with prevention as well as outcomes.

Presented by:

Neil Bahroos, Chief Informatics Officer, USC Keck Medicine

 

 

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Combating the Rise in Cloud-based Threats

As the cloud migration continues, securing data and critical infrastructure is going to require new approaches. Organizations have struggled to maintain control of critical data and ensure real-time threat intelligence, giving cloudbased threats the ability to multiply. Data buckets being misconfigured, or inadequately secured increases the risk of a breach. Being able to manually manage security for large web application infrastructures has become a thing of the past. As such, organizations are being pushed to reevaluate their approach to web application security. 

 Takeaways: 

1.  The rise of cloud migration means security will need to adapt 
2. Many organizations have struggled to secure data  
3. Cybersecurity threats will only increase and become more complex

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2020 Focus: The People

Successful IT executives focus on the people. It's important for IT executives to partner with UX, HR and employee experience teams to aid with the shift in workforce dynamics, bringing emerging technologies or AI interactions to high-value business engagement. 

Takeaways: 

• Strategies for success through focus on the business software user
• How employee training contributes to software success
• Case studies for success building business engagement in the IT team

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