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Leadership Brief

KuppingerCole’s Leadership Brief provides condensed research and advice for executives and decision makers in organizations. These two-page documents cover business challenges and advise on how to address them, focusing on the key issues and allowing decision makers to quickly identify the right solutions.
Cyber Hygiene: The Foundation for Cyber Resilience
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Cyber Hygiene: The Foundation for Cyber Resilience
Most cyber incidents result from poor cyber hygiene. To avoid these, organizations must make sure that all the routine tasks needed to keep their systems, data, and applications safe are performed...
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The Business Value of Decentralized Identity
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The Business Value of Decentralized Identity
Decentralized identity and self-sovereign identity (SSI) are some of the most promising solutions using blockchain technology. The value for individual users is clear, bringing them privacy and...
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Working for the Business, not the Auditors
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Working for the Business, not the Auditors
Forward-thinking companies no longer see cybersecurity, governance, compliance and privacy as something they are just forced to do. Instead, a comprehensive alignment with applicable policies,...
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Hype vs. Reality in AI & ML: Where are the Concrete Business Benefits?
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Hype vs. Reality in AI & ML: Where are the Concrete Business Benefits?
The conversation on artificial intelligence and machine learning is still largely driven by hype. But concrete business benefits exist for narrow AI solutions, and it is time to separate hype from...
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EU NIS2 Directive
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EU NIS2 Directive
Every organization needs to take steps to ensure their cyber resilience and this updated directive provides a useful framework for this. This report provides a summary of the technical obligations...
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Why Vulnerability Management Is a Strategic Investment
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Why Vulnerability Management Is a Strategic Investment
Considering that the threat landscape is constantly changing, it is important to maintain a strong cybersecurity foundation. Organizations need security hygiene standards to increase security and...
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Cybersecurity Trends & Challenges 2020
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Cybersecurity Trends & Challenges 2020
2019 already has been a challenging year in cybersecurity. There have (again) been many severe cyberattacks and breaches, and there is no hope that this might change in 2020. Cyberattacks will...
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Security Fabric: A Methodology for Architecting a Secure Future
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Security Fabric: A Methodology for Architecting a Secure Future
Work from home, bring your own device, a professional cyber-crime industry, IoT & OT. We all have to face these challenges while fullfilling a zoo of endless requirements. It is complex to keep the...
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Identity Fabrics - Connecting Anyone to Every Service
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Identity Fabrics - Connecting Anyone to Every Service
Digital technologies are now influencing and changing all areas within organizations. This is fundamentally reshaping the way communication takes place, how people work together and how value is...
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