Reporting line of the CISO: Why reporting to the CIO is increasingly a problem in large firms

JC GAILLARD·10 January 2017·People & Change

...In several articles last year, we explored how to organise InfoSec for success and how best to establish the reporting line of the CISO. Our view - built on years of direct field experience - is that the reporting line of the CISO has to be at board level and must be driven by clear underlying objectives shared unambiguously by the CISO and their boss - whoever that happens to be in the organisation. Read More...

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A Defining Year for Cyber Risk

Cyber Brokers·10 January 2017·Cyber Security

...Last year was a defining year for cyber risk! There were many events that contributed towards shaping cyber risk however there are a number of stand out “Influencers” that impacted on businesses during the year and will continue to do so in the future. This raised the awareness of cyber risk in the UK and within the business community as a whole. Read More...

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How to choose a Machine Learning algorithm

Sandeep Raut·5 January 2017·Enabling Technologies

...Some of the most common examples of machine learning are Netflix's algorithms which give movie suggestions based on movies you have watched in the past, or Amazon's algorithms that recommend products based on what other customers bought before. Read More...

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What is Perceptual Mapping?

Kevin Gray·5 January 2017·Data & Analytics

...Perceptual Mapping has been used in Marketing Research for more than 40 years and is now seen as standard practice by many marketing researchers. Once upon a time, however, it was cutting edge and there was a lot of hype about it. Some proponents touted it as The Answer to just about any marketing challenge as well as The Way to white space - unexploited opportunities. Read More...

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What is Regression Analysis?

Kevin Gray·29 December 2016·Data & Analytics

...Regression is arguably the workhorse of statistics. Despite its popularity, however, it may also be the most misunderstood. Why? The answer might surprise you: There is no such thing as Regression. Rather, there are a large number of statistical methods that are called Regression or grounded on its fundamental idea: Dependent Variable = Constant + Slope*Independent Variable + Error Read More...

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Terms of Use

Digital Transformation People·29 December 2016·The Case For Digital Transformation

...Welcome to The Digital Transformation People. Below are the Terms of Use (TOU) for those vistiting and using the website thedigitaltransformationpeople.com Read More...

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Three Lessons from the 2016 Global Retail Shopping Season

Tony D'Onofrio·15 December 2016·Customer Engagement

...The past couple of weeks were filled with the delivery of regionally customized presentations on the future of retail in Spain, UK, Portugal, and Switzerland.  As we are in the middle of the paramount shopping season, special focus was on three important retail holidays. Read More...

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5 Ways to Boost TRUST in Your Trades Services Business.

Logan Nathan·15 December 2016·Customer Engagement

...With so many Trades Services companies offering more or less the same services, what chance does your local business have to even get noticed, let alone be remembered and contacted for potential work?? The secret to finding long-term success lies in building a trusted relationship with your customers. Read More...

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Econometrics

Nigel Tebbutt·14 December 2016·Data & Analytics

...Econometrics is the application of statistical and mathematical methods to competing economic theories. This takes economic models and time-series data sets through statistical trials in order to test, verify and validate hypotheses which contribute towards forecasting future economic trends and predicting economic risk and fiscal shock events. Econometric Data Science methods, widely employed in finance, market risk and fiscal policy analysis, are now being developed based on Bayesian, clustering and wave-form analytics techniques. Read More...

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Making Digital Capability a Priority

Richard Chiumento·6 December 2016·The Case For Digital Transformation

...Almost half of business leaders in the UK believe technology will cause some disruption in their industry in the next two years, a study from Microsoft suggests. In "Digital Transformation: The Age of Innocence, Inertia or Innovation?" the software giant reports that the majority have not adequately embraced the need for change.  It states: "There is a sense that many organisations are tinkering around the edges of their business model" and cites slow decision-making, risk aversion, legacy investments and poor IT agility as "key blockers". Read More...

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Leading in a VUCA and digital age

Richard Chiumento·6 December 2016·The Case For Digital Transformation

...An approaching year end is always a time for reflection and the past 12 months has given those at the helm of UK businesses a great deal to think about. If leaders have learned one thing from the volatile, uncertain, complex and ambiguous (VUCA) operating environment of the past 10… Read More...

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Beacons – the future of Consumer engagement

Sandeep Raut·6 December 2016·Enabling Technologies

...Imagine a customer is looking at a smart LED TV in the electronic shop's window, and he/she gets a text with 10% off on that same TV, immediately purchases it and then pays automatically using their online  account. Read More...

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