The impact of data transforming how business and society functions have progressed enormously over the last few decades, yet recent advances have fallen far short of their potential because only a very few – the data experts in our organizations – can “deal with data.” Organizations know that enabling their business professionals to be “information
Governed Cloud-Based Healthcare Data Lakes
When it comes to the digital transformation of the Healthcare Industry, our partner Informatica is leading the way with the technology, solutions, and partners to successfully facilitate this change. In this latest blog, Informatica’s Richard Kramer, Chief Healthcare Strategist at Informatica, explains our approach to data governance. We believe in managing the movement of data
Swivel Chair Syndrome: The Impacts of Repetition
In this 2-part series we will break down the physical damage that multiple redundant data entries can have on your workforce, and ways to mitigate these risks for a more accurate and resilient data foundation and human workforce. Repetition often manifests through ‘band-aid’ style fixes, leaving the data owners to sacrifice any combination of the
The Importance of Analytics to Cybersecurity
In part 5 of 6 Vlogs, CTI’s Director of Cybersecurity, Ben Thurston makes the connection between cybersecurity monitoring and analytics. Ben explains the importance of analytics in gathering data and information from multiple security sources to provide insight into what is going on from a security/risk posture. Security analytics, like the CTI CustomerUniverse, collects information
A Multi-layered Approach to Securing Data Assets
In this 3rd of 6 Vblogs, CTI’s Ben Thurston explains to Mark Janowicz that there is no one cybersecurity solution that will solve all problems when it comes to data security. The best approach, Ben explains is a multi-layered one. The data that is owned by your marketing team contains a lot of important and
CTI CustomerUniverse – Campaigns Across the Lifecycle
In this final (6 of 6) video blogs, Mark Janowicz, Product Director of CTI CustomerUniverse gives marketers insight into how, when and why to launch campaigns that match the needs of the customer based on where they are in the lifecycle journey. Mark explains how the CTI CustomerUniverse makes it easy to identify, target and
Triangulating and closing security compromises
But the CEO told me to wire $60K to the Caymans! We’ve seen a recent rash of e-mail exploits that blend “social engineering” with e-mail technology. These exploits use e-mail to impersonate respected leaders and authorities of an enterprise giving direction to subordinates or delivering malware payloads and links in what looks like a trusted
How to Value the Cost of a Data Breach
As the Founder and CEO of a technology consulting firm, there are many proprietary data concerns that we must consider and protect, not the least of which is our client information. While our firm, Corporate Technologies, Inc (CTI). may not be directly subject to data security regulations, providing services to many of our clients obligates
Higher Ed – Everyone is Trying to Solve the Same Problem
Data Governance and Student Success — I just attended the Higher Ed Data Warehouse (HEDW) conference, which this year was hosted at the University of Arizona in Tucson. This is our second year attending (as a sponsor). U of A is a sizeable institution with an excellent facility to accommodate the 300+ attendees. And Tucson
Analytics for Higher-Ed: A World of Opportunities, But Beware
Student Life-cycle at HEDW Conference — On April 23rd – 26th, CTI is once again sponsoring the Higher Education Data Warehouse conference. Last year at the conference we introduced the concept of the “Student Lifecycle” to drive recruitment, retention and success. The impact of analytics is driving improvements in University performance across a broad