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Report highlights why data control is key for operational continuity
CIOs and CISOs will play increasingly crucial roles in enabling enterprises to ensure resilience and will need to prioritise their efforts to outfit their organisations with tools to lay a sustainable foundation for business continuity, and data control will be a prerequisite to achieving this goal, a new report has found. Keepit’s report: ‘ Intelligent data governance: Why taking control of your data is key for operational continuity and innovation ’ covers the foundational importance of data control in the age of AI, with a focus on ensuring modern enterprises’ cyber resilience and compliance. “Data is the foundation of innovation and preparedness,” said Kim Larsen, CISO at Keepit. “By focusing on data governance, CISOs and CIOs will lay the groundwork to effectively manage and grow their modern, data-driven enterprises. We hope our new report, with its practical approach to data governance, will give needed insights into data, its importance, and the crucial role intelligent data governance can play in today’s cybersecurity landscape.” Keepit interviewed 30 senior IT leaders across a range of industries and regions. These in-depth conversations revealed several trends that serve as context for enterprise IT organisations, including
cloud flexibility, the rise of AI and ever- increasing budget pressures. “Data governance paves the way for data resilience. Through data classification, companies will be able to detect any gaps in their business continuity plans, and, as an added benefit, enhance their current day-to-day operations,” added Kim. The report found that data governance is a key tool when striving to stay compliant as regulations such as NIS2, DORA, and GDPR are impacting organisations. “Data governance is the cornerstone of compliance. Knowing where your data is, what data is crucial for business operations, and who has access to it are all questions modern organisations need to answer to be cyber resilient,” says Kim. The report also found that CIOs and CISOs are ultimately accountable for ensuring data resilience so that users, applications and other entities can access company data as needed. The three primary components of resilience are prevention, detection and recovery. “A data loss or outage incident can stop an organisation in its tracks,” adds Kim. “Our report highlights that the ability to recover critical systems should never be left to assumptions or chance. Backup and recovery preparedness should be a board- level consideration at every company.”
Kim Larson CISO
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AllPoints Fibre Networks and Daisy Communications sign strategic partnership
AllPoints Fibre Networks (APFN) and Daisy Communications have signed a long-term strategic partnership for national full fibre services. Daisy Communications will benefit from APFN’s aquila wholesale platform. With aquila, Daisy can gain access to a national full fibre only network instantly, selling to millions of premises through a single,
easy-to-manage API-first platform. As part of the partnership, Daisy will acquire APFN’s B2B direct customer base, which was previously managed under the Giganet brand. APFN and Daisy have confirmed that all customers will maintain the same level of service at the same in-contract price point. Customers will also benefit from Daisy’s
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