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Higher Ed’s Data Rush: Why Educators Are Rethinking Their Approach to Analytics
By Andy MacIsaac, Director Of Industry Solutions For Higher Education And Public sector, Alteryx The pandemic’s financial impact on U.S. higher education institutions is now reported to have surpassed a devastating $120 billion according to the American Council on Education. Still, some experts hold that many of the changes COVID-19 has imposed are long overdue.…
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Challenges and Opportunities in Digital Education
What happens when old-school teaching meets tech? Contributed by: Gibu Mathew, VP & GM, APAC, Zoho Corporation The traditional classroom model of teaching has remained largely unchanged for hundreds of years. The wise teacher stands facing a class of students, with a blackboard (nowadays of course a whiteboard) behind them, and imparts knowledge to hopefully…
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Are Digital Assets And Blockchain Poised To Become Mainstream in Singapore?
In 2019, it was reported that some 634 blockchain based businesses incorporated in Singapore, amounting to an estimated market capitalization of US$8.3 billion. More recently, it was reported that Singapore has emerged as a global leader of digital adoption through the COVID pandemic-stricken year of 2020. With government blockchain project ‘Project Ubin’ moving closer to…
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How COVID-19 Is Impacting Security
Contributed by: Rena Chua, Bug Bounty Advisor, HackerOne COVID-19 has thrown the entire world into chaos. Due to the pandemic, organisations worldwide were forced to go digital with their product offerings and services. Businesses scrambled to find new revenue streams, creating digital offerings for customers whose lifestyles had dramatically changed. Tens of millions of workers…
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4 Ways Privileged Access Management Secures Remote Workers
Contributed by: Jeffrey Kok, Vice President of Solution Engineer, Asia Pacific and Japan, CyberArk With the COVID crisis far from being over, the Singapore government is encouraging businesses to continue with work-from-home arrangements as the default mode of working to safeguard the health of employees. This means that many employees will continue to use personal…
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Three Ways Financial Services Can Benefit from a Cloud Data Platform
Contributed by: Geoff Soon, Managing Director, South Asia, Snowflake Financial services institutions (FSI) are embarking on digital transformation journeys. With the confluence of factors such as evolving consumer needs, the rise of new technologies and alternative business models, the industry as a whole is accelerating its migration to the cloud. Moreover, under tough economic conditions…
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How to Cyber Security: Pain in the *AST
Contributed by: Jonathan Knudsen, Senior Security Strategist, at Synopsys Software Integrity Group Language is tricky, especially in areas where it is evolving quickly. Software security is a young and volatile field where new terminology ebbs and flows continually. Part of the challenge of having a fruitful conversation is simply ensuring that both parties agree on the…
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5 tips to create a safer, better-connected Live-from-Home environment
Contributed by: Francis Lau, Engineering Manager of Seagate Technology Nationwide lockdowns meant to curb the spread of COVID-19 mean that an estimated third of the world’s population have had to shift to living, learning and working from home in the past few months. Every day, over a billion children headed to school – until now.…
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Reducing Risk with Responsible Disclosure
Contributed by: Rena Chua, Bug Bounty Advisor for HackerOne As a Chief Information Security Officer (CISO), you are responsible for your organisation’s information and data security. Your job is to reduce the risk of a security incident, protect your brand and assets, and ensure the security of your customers and their valuable data. You know…
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Defensible risk management can improve your job security
Contributed by: Taylor Armerding, Software Security Expert at Synopsys Software Integrity Group It’s lonely at the top, the saying goes. It can also be precarious. The rewards are big, but so are the risks. When things go well, the person at the top gets the credit. When they go wrong, that person frequently gets the blame.…