Digital Marketing
How Frictionless Should Things Be?
A look at the downside of user-friendly platforms, the dark web, and more.
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#MITSMRChat: How to Build Trust With Data, Analytics, and AI
Join MIT SMR Connections and SAS for a Twitter chat on how to make sure your data is trustworthy.
Security & Privacy
The Internet of (Wonderful and Scary) Things
Investing in cybersecurity capabilities for IoT products is essential, but it requires resources.
Technology Innovation Strategy
Is Your Company Ready for a Cyberattack?
Many companies are putting themselves through military-inspired games to beef up their cyber resilience.
Leadership Skills
The Trouble With Cybersecurity Management
“Flight simulators” to prepare managers for cyberattacks lead to better cybersecurity decisions.
Security & Privacy
Will Consumer Privacy Concerns Limit the Use of Big Data?
The MIT SMR Strategy Forum examines whether privacy concerns limit the use of consumer data.
Digital Marketing
Your Customers May Be the Weakest Link in Your Data Privacy Defenses
Apps that encourage users to share contact information expose companies to a huge security liability.
Financial Management & Risk
Why Businesses and Governments Need to Stop Trying to Secure Their Networks
A zero-trust network, which hosts an organization’s services in the cloud, is the safest option.
Analytics & Business Intelligence
Seizing Opportunity in Data Quality
The cost of bad data is an astonishing 15% to 25% of revenue for most companies.
Boards & Corporate Governance
The Board’s Role in Managing Cybersecurity Risks
Within organizations, cybersecurity needs to be everyone’s business — including the board’s.
Analytics & Business Intelligence
Safeguard Your Organization’s IoT Initiatives
IoT-enabled devices are the new weakest link in data security — and companies need to address this now.
Analytics & Business Intelligence
The Coming Consumer Data Wars
Tough new EU data security laws mean that consumers’ data is about to become more valuable.
Analytics & Business Intelligence
Improving Customer Service and Security With Data Analytics
Though customer service is a key analytics focus, it offers potential for security improvements too.
AI & Machine Learning
Ethics Should Precede Action in Machine Intelligence
A featured excerpt from The Mathematical Corporation by Josh Sullivan and Angela Zutavern.
Financial Management & Risk
To Improve Cybersecurity, Think Like a Hacker
To combat cyberattacks, companies need to understand both hackers’ tactics and their mindsets.
Security & Privacy
A Bank On the Edge of a Deep River
South Africa’s Nedbank highlights the challenges for companies seeking to leverage vast data assets.
Data & Data Culture
Achieving Trust Through Data Ethics
Success in the digital age requires a new kind of ethical diligence in how companies use data.
Disruption
Four Reasons Your Company May Be Susceptible to Disruption
What’s happening this week at the intersection of management and technology.
Data & Data Culture
The Ethics of Wielding an Analytical Hammer
Organizations need maturity around analytics, including a better distinction between what “could” and what “should” be done.