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Illuminating the black box: why CIOs should consider publishing an annual IT report

CIO Business Intelligence

One vehicle might be an annual report, one similar to those that have been published for years by public companies—10ks and 10qs and all those other filings by which stakeholders judge a company’s performance, posture, and potential. Such a report has a legacy already, if only a short one. Good question. Let’s start with Performance.

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The history of ESG: A journey towards sustainable investing

IBM Big Data Hub

1 Slowly but surely, institutional investors started to recognize that companies could potentially improve financial performance and risk management by focusing on ESG issues like greenhouse gas emissions. The CDP encouraged institutional investors to ask companies to report on their climate impact.

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Sustainability trends: 5 issues to watch in 2024

IBM Big Data Hub

Advanced technologies, more stringent reporting standards and stronger support from stakeholders are building momentum for eco-friendly initiatives and the incentives that encourage them. Sustainability reporting: Accountability on the record This may be the biggest year yet in sustainability reporting.

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Middle Eastern CISOs work internationally to tackle security issues

CIO Business Intelligence

trillion annually by 2025, up from $3 trillion in 2015, according to Cybersecurity Ventures. In its State of Ransomware 2021 report, Sophos reported that that 38% of the UAE tech executives polled said they were attacked with ransomware during the past year. Middle Eastern countries are not immune to cybercrime.

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Accelerating sustainability to build stronger businesses

CIO Business Intelligence

A poll of public and private sector leaders in the latest World Economic Forum’s Global Risk Report 2022 found that environment-related threats, including climate action failure and extreme weather events, topped the lists of short and long-term global risks. About the Author: Katrina Rymill Green IT

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12 most popular AI use cases in the enterprise today

CIO Business Intelligence

To gain a better understanding of how companies are putting AI to practical use, consultancy Deloitte surveyed 2,620 global business leaders, across 13 countries, as part of its Fueling the AI Transformation report. For other companies, AI use in customer service has also been driven by consumer’s increased expectations.

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Users, not Hackers, are the Biggest Security Risk

Jim Harris

Other reports project cybercrime costs to exceed two trillion dollars by 2019. Out-of-date systems and budget shortfalls leave many government agencies vulnerable, which is why, as the National Journal reported , the U.S. In many cases, it’s users, not hackers, that are the biggest security risk.

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