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A CISO’s guide to future-proofing security
Setting the stage: Why these conversations matter In today’s rapidly evolving threat landscape, security leaders are being asked to do more with less. Shrinking budgets, hiring freezes, and reduced access to critical tools are the new reality for CISOs and their teams. Yet, the expectations have never been higher: business resilience, regulatory compliance, and innovation
Your data is a differentiating asset, not a commodity
What makes data so valuable? The data that an organization collects is unique: data delivers an advantage that cannot be purchased, copied, or created by competitors. Consider it a non-fungible asset.
A Strategy for Health Plans: Activating Social Determinants of Health
The impact of Social Determinants of Health (SDoH) on member outcomes has loomed large with health plans for over a decade. Social Determinants of Health Source: www.cdc.gov Health Plans have realized that by mitigating the negative impacts of SDoH, they can achieve substantial benefits. These benefits will certainly improve access and outcomes for members.
The great transformation in healthcare: How it will impact patient experience
As we participate in Patient Experience Week, I take a pause to acknowledge that we are living and working in extraordinary times. The COVID-19 pandemic has created massive, yet necessary, shifts in our healthcare system, none like we’ve seen before.
Improving the Rare Disease diagnosis journey with Azure Health Bot
During the pandemic, we have seen dramatic shifts in technology usage: rapid acceleration of at-home shopping, a transition from in-person to online learning, and much more. In healthcare, telehealth visits have jumped more than 150 percent.
How fund companies can stay in compliance with SEC Rule 18f-4
What does it take for fund companies to stay in compliance within a shifting risk management landscape? Risk management has entered uncharted territory. Amid global disruptions caused by COVID-19, it’s essential for financial services institutions to review model strategies.
Unifying your data for resilience to a changing world
Digital Transformation is about understanding your industry, thinking about the future of your company, and owning your path as a digital company. Consolidating your data across the geographical diversity of your offices, workforce, and disparate data management platforms can be critical in your digital transformation journey.
Addressing Audit Log Storage for U.S. Federal Government Customers
At Microsoft, we offer a rich set of robust security and compliance capabilities in Office 365 and Microsoft 365. One of these is the ability to better understand account activity – like documents accessed, and mailboxes accessed – through audit logs to assess if, how, when, and to what extent a security incident has occurred. To be clear, audit logs don’t prevent attacks, but can be useful in retroactively examining how they occurred when an attacker is impersonating a user.
The next wave of AI innovation in financial services
The rapid pace of innovation in artificial intelligence has led us to the next stage of AI development, which we call “industry verticalization”: designing AI products to meet the needs of specific industries.
How financial advisors can build better client relationships on social media
Financial advisors know all about the value of developing relationships with prospects and clients. Whether you’re providing banking services, investment vehicles, or insurance products, you know that the number one way to get business is through personal connections and referrals. You rely on word of mouth and warm introductions to help you win people’s trust.
Contact centers: Intelligent bots can increase average handle time
All things being equal, reducing average handle time (AHT) in contact centers is a good thing. Any content center manager will tell you how critical this metric is. It is easy to understand why that is the case.
A new age in healthcare: How information technology can produce better patient outcomes and boost health worker motivation
Clifford Goldsmith | B.Sc., MBBCh (MD), US Chief Medical Officer, Microsoft I am proud to count myself among the cadre of physicians who incorporate healthcare informatics in their medical practice. We may have downsized our clinical practices, but we remain as strongly committed to the principles of the Hippocratic Oath as we were when we took the oath in medical school.