Application security is hard. We see headlines about data breaches almost daily. According to F5 Labs, web application attacks are the #1 single source entry point of successful data breaches. Additionally, the fallout from application attacks come with high costs. What is it about web applications that makes them so precarious? Insecure software. The challenges
Near Miss or Early Warning? You’ve tackled some big challenges recently. Huge legislative payroll changes plus the technical issues of trying to manage payroll remotely during lockdown, often using systems and processes that haven’t changed in years for many businesses, despite the enormous changes around you. Payroll matters and this is your chance to make
Today’s organizations rely on applications like never before. As a result, IT departments are often challenged to keep pace with rapid (and seemingly never-ending) deployments spread across a range of on-premises and cloud platforms. While these apps help organizations streamline operations and ensure customer satisfaction, they can also create a host of performance, privacy, and
Picture this: The long-awaited overhaul of your application is finally launched when, almost immediately, errors start popping up on the dashboard you and the app business owner are monitoring. You have no idea what’s wrong. It could be anything, from a networking issue, to a cyberattack, to a flaw in the application code. Fortunately, your
Speed and agility continue to be among the leading motives for enterprise cloud adoption, since slow has become unacceptable in this fast-paced world we live in. But as a DevOps practitioner tasked with accelerating app deployments while improving app performance and ensuring security, what does it take to modernize your systems and processes to overcome
The network team is made up of your colleagues, your co-workers, in some cases, your friends. They deserve to know the truth. And you’re just the person to bring them that truth. The truth about how automation is going to transform (in a good way!) much of what traditional NetOps does. Decisions around developing, testing,
We’re talking, of course, about your relationship with your cloud provider’s native application services for security and performance. Services which are, admittedly, perfectly fine—until you realize you need more. So, what are the signs that you’ve outgrown those cloud-native security and performance services? Before we go there, it’s worth remembering what attracted you to native
Employee engagement, when done well, can have a transformative impact on your business. Those that do it best know the importance of understanding their employees as individuals. They nurture the potential of their staff, they empower people to learn and develop, and they create thriving workplace environments that boost business productivity.
What is the global growth blindspot? When expanding across geographies, many businesses focus on obvious challenges such as strategy, leadership and market conditions. But when growing internationally, HR matters. Controlling costs, managing talent and developing skills all matter. Yet many miss a huge hidden advantage. When HR systems and processes are implemented properly across geographies,
A new people-centric, digital and social era of HR is shifting the world of work for all of us. This guide presents a modern way of approaching HR that befits the challenges being posed upon it – and adept enough to embrace the opportunities. With more than 70 years in the payroll business and 15