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KuppingerCole’s Advisory Notes are short reports that present information about a specific topic, company, or product. Advisory Notes are published on a regular basis and are aimed at the management of a company. An Advisory Note gives usage recommendations and helps decision makers solve specific problems.
Emerging Technologies Fostering Digital Business Innovation: Finance Industry
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Emerging Technologies Fostering Digital Business Innovation: Finance Industry
The relative success of FinTech drives the conversation surrounding finance and emerging technologies, and their products are capturing the hearts and minds of consumers. But despite the disruptive...
Blockchain Impact on the Financial Industry
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Blockchain Impact on the Financial Industry
The Financial industry is estimated to spend over US$1bn on Blockchain projects over the next two years. This report provides an overview of impact Blockchain is having within the Financial...
Implementing SASE
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Implementing SASE
Secure Access Service Edge (SASE) architectures promise to prevent multiple types of cyber-attacks, but deciding whether SASE is right for your organization will require understanding whether SASE...
Blockchains and Cybersecurity:  Augmenting Trust with Algorithms
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Blockchains and Cybersecurity: Augmenting Trust with Algorithms
From trusted third parties to algorithmic consensus: new cybersecurity opportunities and challenges with blockchains. Blockchains can provide distributed and decentralised improvements to the...
Rising to the Security Challenge of Heavy Cloud Adoption
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Rising to the Security Challenge of Heavy Cloud Adoption
Many enterprises have decided on a “cloud first” strategy, or have seen heavy cloud adoption evolve spontaneously as their business units embrace cloud for cost savings, agility or other...
GRC Reference Architecture
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GRC Reference Architecture
GRC covers the areas of Governance, Risk and Compliance and this report refers to GRC in the context of delivering IT services to meet organizational goals. GRC is concerned with setting...
Protect Your Cloud Against Hacks and Industrial Espionage
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Protect Your Cloud Against Hacks and Industrial Espionage
Hacks against on-premises and cloud infrastructure happen every day. Corporate espionage is not just the stuff of spy novels. Unethical corporate competitors and even government intelligence...
KRIs and KPI for Access Governance
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KRIs and KPI for Access Governance
This report provides selected Key Risk Indicators (KRI) for the area of Access Governance. These indicators are easy to measure and provide organizations with a quick overview of the relevant risks...
Blockchain and Risk
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Blockchain and Risk
A blockchain is a data structure, originally used by bitcoin, that maintains a growing list of transaction records in a way that is extremely resistant to tampering. This technology is seen by many...