Why security needs to involve the Cloud

Blogpost by Erno Doorenspleet, Executive Security Advisor |  The days when the boundaries of corporate networks were clearly defined, are over. This is one of the starting points of IBM’s approach to IT security in the cloud. The reason being that the cloud enables you to better control the increasing complexity of IT systems and […]

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Seven Data Breach Lessons from research studies: What does a data breach cost?

Blogpost by Laura Begieneman, Senior Consultant Cyber Security & Data Privacy @IBM Security | Two questions keep coming back when I meet customers and partners in GDPR-related sessions. First, when it comes to preparing for GDPR: where to start? Second, what is the true financial impact of a data breach? On the first topic I recently […]

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Game of Drones: de impact van vliegende robots

Blogpost van Gerard Smit, IBM Chief Technology Officer Benelux – Distinguished Engineer & Reverse Historian | Dit artikel verscheen eerder in Dutch Cowboys Een aantal jaren geleden, het was een mooie dag in augustus, zittend in de tuin, werd ik bruut gestoord door een zoemend geluid boven mij. Ik dacht eerst aan een zwerm wespen die […]

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Yes or No? When to outsource security monitoring to a service provide

Blogpost by Erno Doorenspleet, Executive Security Advisor |  Who would not agree that in this day and age security monitoring is a must? As the market-leading SIEM vendor we have, however, no illusions about the amount of effort required to get a security monitoring platform up and running. Let alone, what it takes to keep […]

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Machines zijn er om de mens te helpen

Blogpost van Gerard Smit, IBM Chief Technology Officer Benelux – Distinguished Engineer & Reverse Historian | Dit artikel verscheen eerder in Dutch Cowboys Computers en robots kunnen straks meer dan wij ooit voor mogelijk hebben gehouden. Moeten we daar bang voor zijn of niet? Machines zijn er altijd geweest om de mens te ondersteunen en er […]

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Pact for Youth, achieving a new level of partnership

A recent McKinsey (2014) showed that in Europe about 7M youngsters are unemployed. Surprisingly, the same study stated that about 27 % of the European employers have jobs, but don’t find the right candidates to fill the vacancies. It’s a strange paradox that raises question on how we prepare our youth for employment. At the […]

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Big data analytics: deeper insights-driven financial performance

Blog by: Bart De Kempe Big data analytics: deeper insights-driven financial performance CFOs all used to rely on excel spreadsheets and past budgets in order to plan, budget and forecast. Answering questions such as: will customers pay on time; have we got too much stock; will production costs increase? Today, CFOs face challenges that no […]

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Big data analytics: acquire, grow

Blog by: Bart De Kempe Big data analytics: acquire, grow & retain customers The CMO’s role has never been so exciting. Nor so complex. Companies are operating in a more competitive, global market place, in which the customer has almost endless choice. Meanwhile, that same customer’s means of interacting with a company has changed exponentially. […]

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Big data analytics: optimizing operations

Blog by: Cedric Mullier Big data analytics: optimizing operations Global operations means global supply chains. Meanwhile, the integration of complex technology into almost every professional task means the risk of downtime and the threat of fraud are greater than ever. These areas all fall under the jurisdiction of the COO. As a result, the intricacy […]

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