The cyber security podcast from PwC UK covers the latest developments in cyber risk, resilience and threat intelligence. In each episode we’re joined by special guests to give you practical insight on how to improve your cyber security and create a more resilient business.
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This podcast is about you and your education about risk management. What the R*SK! is an interview-based podcast series that discusses risk management topics across business types. Your host is Larry Gordon, CAMS, has nearly 30 years of working within the financial services industry at organizations ranging from large banks to FinTech startups. Strong risk management cultures promote a holistic risk approach that goes beyond using a set of metrics on a dashboard to manage business operations ...
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Join Vasu Prathipati, CEO and Co-Founder of MaestroQA, as he interviews top industry leaders to uncover what sets exceptional leadership apart from the average. Tune in for insightful conversations and actionable takeaways from the best in the business.
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Interarbor Solutions' Briefings Direct: Unique B2B informational podcasts that offer the value of objective perspectives from leading industry analyst Dana Gardner. Briefings Direct delivers actionable knowledge on the latest enterprise IT subjects to those who need to know the most about the business of IT now.
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Hosted by CMS Pensions experts, this series looks ahead to the key issues developing in the pensions sector, with a specific focus on what you need to know, and practically, what you need to do.
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Experts from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) discuss important new drug information as well as urgent insights about approved drug products.
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Beyond the Dashboard: How QA Unlocks Hidden Insights
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Why does the CEO of a $2B company believe QA beats dashboards? Listen as Auren Hoffman, Chairman of SafeGraph and former CEO of LiveRamp (acquired for $310M), explains why top leaders are turning to QA to uncover hidden risks and make smarter, faster decisions. Auren and Vasu Prathipati, CEO & Co-Founder of MaestroQA, also explore how QA goes beyon…
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Why CEO of Bettercloud Didn't Trust Dashboards: How QA Was Mission-Critical to His Success
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In this podcast, David Politis, former CEO of BetterCloud, who sold his company for $1B, and Vasu Prathipati, CEO & Co-Founder of MaestroQA, reveal the hidden risks of trusting dashboards blindly. Learn how leaders can move beyond surface-level data to uncover the real drivers of business success. Discover why QA was mission-critical in identifying…
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Navigating Legal Risks When Using AI in Call Centers
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Protect Your QA, CX, and Customer Support Teams from Lawsuit Threats, Bias, and Compliance Issues. Join Vasu Prathipati, CEO and Co-Founder of MaestroQA, along with guest expert Stacey Chiu from Michelman & Robinson LLP, for an enlightening discussion on navigating the legal complexities of AI in call centers. Discover how organizations can leverag…
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Why Leaders Are Failing: Lacking Details in CX Can Cost You Customers
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Are you really in touch with what’s happening on the frontlines of your customer interactions? Most leaders aren’t—and it’s costing them big. In this podcast, Loren Padelford, CRO of Slice and former Chief Customer Officer at Bill.com, joins Vasu Prathipati, CEO and Co-Founder of MaestroQA, to reveal why so many leaders are failing—failing to get i…
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How The Open Group Portfolio of Digital Open Standards Supports Digital Business Transformation Journey
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The next BriefingsDirect enterprise architecture (EA) discussion explores how a comprehensive portfolio of open standards and associated best practices powerfully supports digital business transformation. As companies chart a critical course to adopt agility using artificial intelligence (AI)-driven benefits, they need proven and actionable structu…
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Make AI Adoption a Strategic, ROI-Focused, and Sustainable Transformation, Says HPE
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The next BriefingsDirect expert interview podcast explores best practices for deploying artificial intelligence (AI) with a focus on sustainability and strategic business benefits. As AI rises as an imperative that impacts companies at nearly all levels, proper concern for efficiency around energy use and resources management has emerged as a key i…
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How a Minnesota Law Firm Brings Mission Critical Security to Myriad Mobile Devices
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The next BriefingsDirect mobile devices security and privacy discussion examines how a new balance needs to be struck between giving users at the remote edge all the productivity they want, while protecting the most sensitive information. Listen to the podcast. Subscribe to it on iTunes. Read a full transcript or download a copy. Stay here to learn…
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How IT Security Teams Do More with Less When Economies Rapidly Change
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The next BriefingsDirect IT security best practices discussion examines how a leading German home builder has adjusted to a major economic market disruption. Germany’s home building demand has recently reversed, putting pressure on builders to reduce IT costs while remaining secure. Subscribe to the podcast on iTunes. Read a full transcript or down…
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110 - Gary Cokins - Financial Transparency
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Episode 110 features Gary Cokins, an expert in enterprise and corporate performance management. Gary emphasizes the importance of embracing accounting and finance practices that move beyond traditional methods to focus on financial transparency, risk management, and the strategic implementation of activity-based costing. The conversation explores m…
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109 - Jodi McPherson - Freelance Management
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Listen now to Episode 109 – Freelance Management– Jodi McPherson founder of Work Simplr shares experiences as a seasoned professional in talent management and Edtech. This episode explores freelance management's intricacies, emphasizing clarity, task-oriented approaches, and aligning talent with project needs. Jodi's insights offer actionable advic…
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How Accounts Payable Automation and Agility Drive Long-Term Business Productivity
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The next BriefingsDirect business modernization discussion focuses on how optimizing and automating accounts payable (AP) functions gives businesses improved insights and levers to better transform. We’ll examine how improved control and management over cash flow, payables, and related fiduciary functions elevate overall financial situational aware…
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108 - Scott Harkey - Advertising & Marketing
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During this episode, advertising and marketing expert Scott Harkey of The Harkey Group shares experiences as a leader of consumer-centric agencies determined to improve a brand's customer experience. Scott engages in a thought-provoking discussion on various marketing and advertising topics. The key takeaways include the importance of building stro…
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107 - Intellectual Property - Rachael Rodman & Matthew Schonauer
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During this episode, legal experts Rachael L. Rodman and Matthew J. Schonauer of the Ulmer & Berne law firm delve into the world of intellectual property (IP) law and discover how businesses can protect their valuable assets. Rachael and Matthew share their expertise on various aspects of IP law in a relatable and accessible manner. They explore th…
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106 - Dawn Cunningham - Consumer Insights
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Episode 106 with Dawn Cunningham, Chief Insights Officer & Customer Experience subject matter expert, delves into the significance of consumer insights as a powerful tool for understanding customer behavior and driving business success. Dawn explains how consumer insights go far beyond marketing, extending into product development, innovation, and …
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How Dashboard Analytics Bolster Security and Risk Management Insights Across IT Supply Chains
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The next BriefingsDirect security enhancement discussion examines how innovative managers are increasingly benefiting from interactive dashboard analytics. The resulting actionable knowledge elevates security situation awareness to the higher order value of overall business risk assessment and mitigation. Learn how Bruce Auto Group has gained such …
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During Episode 105 – Information Security we visit with James Azar, a CISO & CTO, Cyber 2021 40 under 40, and CyberHub podcast host. James is an Entrepreneurial CISO with 20 years of diverse background both startups and larger enterprises, leading information security and engineering teams. During this episode we discuss the role of cybersecurity i…
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104 - Mark November - Investment Evaluation
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During Episode 104 – Investment Evaluation we visit with Mark November, an impact investor that has been operating and investing in businesses for over 50 years. He is a Board Member, Founder, Accelerator, Mentor, runs his Family Office, and is a moonshot investor. Mark is currently the Founder of Venture Starters, the largest community of startup …
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103 - Bill Isaac - Financial Institutions in the Current Environment
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During Episode 103 – Financial Institutions in the Current Environment we visit with Bill Isaac who has had an unparalleled career serving as Chairman of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) during the banking crises of the 1980s as well as Chairman of Fifth Third Bancorp during the Great Recession. During this extended episode we will …
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Episode 102 is a Bonus episode that covers the foundational aspects of risk management. This will be useful during future episodes of WHAT THE R*SK! We cover: What risk IS and what risk IS NOT. As well as clarifying common misconceptions of risk. Nine characteristics of a strong risk culture, along with red flags to watch out for. How to measure ri…
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101 – The Basics About the WHAT THE R*SK! Podcast
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With nearly 30 years working within the financial services industry at organizations ranging from large banks to FinTech start-ups, I have had the opportunity to hold executive leadership roles across the three lines of risk defense. These experiences as a senior risk and compliance professional have enabled me to apply both breadth and depth of ex…
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How WFH Accelerated IT and Security Transformation at Global Publisher HBG
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The next BriefingsDirect security innovations discussion examines how the rapid shift to remote work has accelerated a rethinking of security and IT processes at a New York-based publishing organization. Rearchitecting the security posture of a business means adjusting work patterns and IT in ways that both reduce risk and heighten performance. But…
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The What The Risk Podcast is an interview-based series discussing risk management across different businesses. Hosted by Larry Gordon, a financial services professional with 30 years of experience, the podcast aims to educate and inform business leaders about various types of business risk. The focus is on identifying blind spots, which are high-im…
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Why today’s hybrid IT complexity makes 'as a service' security essential
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Amid rapidly growing IT security costs and the added complexity of distributed workforces, the challenges facing IT services providers are clearly outrunning past practices. That’s why more automation, integration, and acquiring security “as a service” are in hot demand. Subscribe to the podcast on iTunes. Read a full transcript or download a copy.…
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Anatomy of a ransomware attack - Lessons from the Irish Health Service Executive (HSE) - S4E4
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How prepared are you to respond to a ransomware attack? In this episode our host Chloe Seaton is joined by Fran Thompson from the Irish HSE and Pat Moran from PwC Ireland to discuss key lessons all organisations can learn from the ransomware attack on the Irish HSE in May 2021. The discussion covers crisis response in the heat of a ransomware attac…
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For UK MSP, Optimizing Customer Experience is Key to Successful Security Posture and Culture
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For managed service providers (MSPs), making the IT infrastructure as invisible as possible isn’t just a “nice-to-have" — it's also elemental to delivering the best customer experience. Securing IT for these tech services and support users is no different. The less complexity and interference with productivity from the underlying security apparatus…
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In this episode, Mark Atkinson and Simon Evans look at the Pensions Regulator’s draft Funding Code In particular, Mark and Simon will look at: Areas of the code relating to the regulations The differences that this code envisages for covenant advisors How some of the Regulator’s intended purposes may impact the substance of how valuations conclude …
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Hosted by CMS Pensions experts, this episode looks at what is meant by a residual risk and what options are available to trustees when considering a residual risk transaction In particular, Maria and Amanda take a look at: What is a residual risk The traditional due diligence approach Vendor due diligence report Insurer collective report Other key …
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Defending the Perimeter Evolves into Securing the User Experience Bubble for UK Cancer Services Provider
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An underappreciated aspect of enhancing IT security is the impact on an end user’s comfort and trust in the services provided. In the case of health care services and support, making the patient feel welcome and safe can be a game-changer as they seek access to needed services and care. The next BriefingsDirect security innovations discussion exami…
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A-Core Concrete Sets a Solid Foundation for Preemptive Security
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A special breed of company -- even though it has a relatively small number of employees -- does very big jobs with those lean and often distributed workforces. A perfect example of such a concentrated and efficient business is A-Core Concrete Specialists, which builds large and complex structures across the Western United States. When it comes to m…
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Episode #45 – What’s on the pensions agenda for 2023?
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In this episode, Kate Richards, Gerard Cole and Megan Murphy, provide an update on the year ahead across the pensions industry that will define 2023. In particular, the group looks at: DB Funding Code High Inflation Notifiable events and blogs Illiquid assets Exit agreements ICO and international transfers Single Code of Practice, and Equality, Div…
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CISO Spotlight on John White, Virgin Atlantic - S4E3
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In this episode, our host Chloe Seaton is joined by John White, Leader of Information and Cyber Security at Virgin Atlantic. In this episode John talks about how cyber security can support digital transformation, the importance of simplifying IT and getting the basics right, ransomware resilience, tackling the cyber talent gap - and his interesting…
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Episode #44 – Pensions Dashboards taskforce – what’s coming up in this area
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In this episode Jennifer Bell, Chris Ransom and Katie Becher, provide an update on the Pensions Dashboards and what's coming up in this area, followed by a brief Q&A. In particular, they look at: What are Pensions Dashboards? Connecting to Pensions Dashboards Matching the right person with the correct pension, and Information to provide to members …
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Episode #43 – Case law update and practical implications
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In this episode, Laura Clarke, Kirsten Thompson and Wills Crump provide an update on three recent cases and their practical implications. In particular, they look at: CMG Pension Trustees v CGI IT UK Folarin v Transport for London, and Beattie v 20/20 Trustee Services CMS have published more information on pensions investment and risk in their late…
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Hybrid Work is the Future, and Innovative Technology Will Define It
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We’re all now part of a massive worldwide experiment about the very definition of work. Remote, in-office — or tightrope walking along some sliding scale between the two? How each business and each worker finds the next new work-life balance remains an ongoing "work in progress." In the post-rapid adoption of remote work world -- a full two and hal…
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In this episode Jae Fassam, Thibault Jeakings and Chris Ransom discuss ESG and investing. In particular, they look at: A recap on the law as it stands An update from two recent cases, and A look across to some other jurisdictions to anticipate challenges to come CMS have published more information on Pensions Investment and Risk in their latest bri…
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How Deep Observability Forms the Gift that Keeps Giving for Hybrid IT Security, Performance, and Agility
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For those tasked with delivering unwavering performance of their apps and data, there have never been more unknowns to account for and manage. That’s because today’s hybrid clouds and mixed-network environments come with a multitude of dynamic variables -- and an unprecedented degree of complexity. Yet modern digital business demands that the entir…
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In this episode Pete Coyne and Kirsty Macdonald discuss GMP equalisation and where we are now. In particular, they look at: Brief recap on GMP equality What do schemes have to work with? How are schemes responding – any clear trends? Dual records – common issues Conversion Transfers out To find out more about our Pensions team or this podcast, head…
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How Deep Observability Powers Strong Cybersecurity and Network Insights Across Complex Cloud Environments
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The growing prevalence of complex multi- and hybrid-cloud environments has opened a Pandora’s Box of unseen risks around security and performance. But unlike when IT and network operators had the tools and access to track their own internal systems and data, the mixed-cloud model of today is much harder to know and secure. Pandora’s Box is open but…
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Why regulators are shining a spotlight on cyber resilience - S4E2
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In this episode, our new host Chloe Seaton is joined by Lucie Usher, EMEA Intelligence Officer for FS-ISAC and Luc Manfredi, a Director in our Cyber Security team in the UK to discuss what is driving cyber resilience up the regulatory agenda in sectors such as financial services, energy and utilities; the key cyber risks for organisations in regula…
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Episode #40 – Pension sharing on divorce In this episode Jennifer Bell and Simon Evans are joined by Emma Nash, a family law Partner from Fletcher Day, to discuss issues that arise in connection with pension sharing on divorce. In particular, they look at: Information that trustees can or should provide How to deal with a change in the underlying s…
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HPE Accelerates its Sustainability Goals While Improving the Impact of IT on the Environment and Society
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As businesses worldwide seek to maximize their value to their customers and communities, the total value equation has expanded to now include the impact on sustainability for the environment. The ways that companies, along with their partners, suppliers, and employees best manage and govern their resources and assets speaks volumes about their plac…
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How to increase cyber resilience in a heightened state of alert - S4E1
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In this episode, we’re joined by our UK Cyber Security Chair, Richard Horne and UK Cyber Security Director, Laura Duncan to discuss: What is a heightened state of cyber alert? How do you assess your vulnerability and respond to different levels of cyber alert? What scenarios do you need to plan for and what actions should you prioritise? How do you…
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Episode #39 – DC Schemes and Master Trusts and themes arising from recent consultations
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In this episode Johanna Clarke and Mukudi Nkanza are joined by Shabna Islam from Hymans Robertson to provide an update on DC Schemes and Master Trusts and themes arising from recent consultations. In particular, they look at: • Delivering the Stronger Nudge to Pensions Guidance • Open Consultations: Facilitating investment in illiquid assets • Mast…
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Episode #38 – Update on recent Pensions Ombudsman cases
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In this episode Emma Frost, Victoria Lee and Claire Bradwell provide an update on recent Pensions Ombudsman cases. In particular, they look at: • Overpayments • Awards for Distress and Inconvenience • Transfers and Scams To find out more about our Pensions team or this podcast, head to cms.law. To sign up for our Pensions Ombudsman and Law-Now upda…
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It’s Official—Flexible and Remote Work are Here to Stay, Say Empowered Employees
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The world’s office workers have more clout and influence now than ever over where and how they do their jobs. Those who have worked from home and want to continue are spurring on their employers to do more than just embrace hybrid work. They’re seeking to reinvent the very nature of employment. Subscribe to the podcast on iTunes. Read a full transc…
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In this episode James Parker is joined by Myles Pink from Lane Clark & Peacock to provide an update on the derisking market. In particular, they look at: Recap on the derisking market Themes and what to expect in the 2022 derisking market To find out more about our Pensions team or this podcast, head to cms.law.…
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How Low-Code Development has Entered a Maturity Spurt Thanks to New Process-Oriented Capabilities
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Closing the gap between the applications and services a company needs -- and the ones they can actually produce -- has long been a missing keystone for attaining digital transformation. For increasingly software-driven organizations, the speed by which developers produce the needed processes, data flows, and business transactions has been much too …
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In this episode Pete Coyne, Alex Tomlinson and Katherine Harnett provide an update on the year ahead. In particular, they look at: Scheme governance Scheme structure Scheme funding & member benefits To find out more about our Pensions team or this podcast, head to cms.law.By CMS
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When it Comes to API Security, Expect the Whole World to Be Testing Your Mettle, Says Twitter CISO
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Just as cloud computing initially seeped into organizations under the cloak of shadow IT, application programming interface (API) adoption has often followed an organic, inexact, and unaudited path. IT leaders know they’re benefiting from APIs -- internal, via third parties, and often outwardly exposed -- they just don’t know where they are, how mu…
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2022: The Year Technology and New Work Models Come Together to Enable Continuous Innovation
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Predicting the future took on a whole new degree of difficulty the past two years. And while we can’t always know what Mother Nature will throw our way, we can learn from what worked -- and what didn’t work -- in 2021. Clearly, adjusting swiftly to persistent change and leveraging digital -- and often virtual -- tools, environments, and processes w…
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