SAS, Microsoft get behind the 'AI for social good' movement; security risks in RPA

IT Strategy Digest Content from TechTarget's global network for CIOs and IT Leaders |May 9, 2018 NEWS AI for social good: Big tech spins a new narrative Nicole Laskowski, Senior News Writer AI for social good is a thing. SAS touts research on tracking cheetah populations, Microsoft showcases work on precision farming at the O'Reilly Artificial Intelligence Conference. (SearchCIO.com) Advertisement NEWS   Corporate IT rebrands its modern role: Reduce complexity The days of corporate IT as a back-end function with its practitioners relegated to the basement are long over. But IT strategy in 2018 has its own host of challenges. (SearchCIO.com)   Machine learning use case to ID unhappy employees Telus International CIO Michael Ringman analyzes the machine learning use case he launched to curb high attrition rates in call centers. (SearchCIO.com)   Experts identify RPA risks around security, privacy RPA security risks often take a back seat to the technology's promise of costs savings and reliability. HfS Research's Saurabh Gupta and KPMG's Martin Sokalski set the record straight. (SearchCIO.com)   Informatica deploys new tool Aporeto to bolster IT security To secure its immense cloud operations, Informatica looks to a new tool, a cloud workload protection platform by Aporeto, with a deny-all approach to server access. (SearchCIO.com) EXPERT ADVICE   Security awareness programs that work against human nature will fail Security awareness programs should take into account that humans are basically ''lazy, social, creatures of habit,'' said KnowBe4's Perry Carpenter at the CIO Boston Summit. Here are three tips. (SearchCIO.com)   Gen-V attacks: The next cybersecurity problem? During a recent online presentation, Check Point Software Technologies' Gil Shwed explained why Gen-V attacks are an emerging cybersecurity problem. (SearchCompliance.com)   Best practices for cloud security: Be cognizant of what's in the cloud In this Ask the Expert, Booz Allen Hamilton's Anil Markose offers the cloud security best practices organizations need to protect their cloud information. (SearchCIO.com)   The Wild Wild West of conversational design IBM's Bob Moore and Raphael Arar talk about the surprising lack of common ground in conversational design for AI agents. (SearchCIO.com) About This E-Newsletter This e-newsletter is published by the TechTarget network. To unsubscribe from IT Strategy Digest, click here. Please note, this will not affect any other subscriptions you have signed up for. TechTarget CIO and IT Management Media Group, 275 Grove Street, Newton, MA 02466. Contact: webmaster@techtarget.com Copyright 2018 TechTarget. All rights reserved.