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8 Certifications Worth Pursuing in 2024

Strategy Driven

By acquiring the APA® certification, accountants gain a competitive edge, positioning themselves as experts capable of addressing the unique challenges inherent in energy accounting and contributing significantly to the financial success of companies operating in the petroleum sector.

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Three Key Strategies Any Business Can Adopt in 2016 to Boost Profitability

Strategy Driven

Previous to our technological advancements, the only way businesses could manage their multiple consumer platforms, numerous transactional tasks, and recover from data emergencies was to outsource to a variety of vendors. Engage Customers. Richard Milam is the president and CEO of EnableSoft. Consider leaving a comment!

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10 Important Cybersecurity Tips

Strategy Driven

Cybersecurity, information technology security or computer security is the process of the protection of computer systems, programs, and networks from digital attacks or the theft or from the damage of the hardware, software, electronic data or misdirection or disruption of the services they provide. Keep software up to date.

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Is Anyone Really Responsible for Your Company's Data Security?

Harvard Business Review

Protecting a company''s critical information is a value proposition. Trade secrets, confidential business plans, and operational security depend on it. Losing that kind of information can mean a plunge in stock price and market share. So who''s responsible for information security in your company?

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Who’s Managing Your Company’s Network Effects?

Harvard Business Review

Comparable challenges exist for supply chain management and external partnerships: their collective intelligence may be ripe for algorithmic harvesting, but how well will it link to the rest of the enterprise? Network effects, not unlike risk management, transcend traditional enterprise functions and silos.

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Companies Are Reimagining Business Processes with Algorithms

Harvard Business Review

In the early 1990s, executives and managers welcomed information technology — databases, PC workstations, and automated systems — into their offices. Predictive powers gained by machine-reengineering are fundamentally improving the safety of operations. They saw the potential for significant business gains.

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11 Things the Health Care Sector Must Do to Improve Cybersecurity

Harvard Business Review

This turmoil led to huge operational shifts in the financial services sector, where there’s more focus than ever on consumer education, industry information sharing, and stronger forms of authentication, among other things. In the risk management world, that is known as taking a holistic approach. Update HIPAA.