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    (Listen to an interview with the writer about “Cyber Threats and the Problem of Sharing” in a new episode of CFO Podcasts.)Long-running tensions between corporate defenders of data privacy and the federal government are heating up — or cooling down, depending on your point of view.In a case with ...

    By David Katz • Feb. 24, 2016
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    Apple Not Budging in Fight Over Data With FBI

    Seeking to avoid a legal showdown with the U.S. government, Apple on Monday called for a government panel to review the issues of data privacy and national security raised by the FBI’s demand that it unlock a terrorist’s iPhone.Apple said last week it would oppose a court order requiring it to he...

    By Matthew Heller • Feb. 22, 2016
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    The CFO Strategy for Artificial Intelligence

    Artificial intelligence’s impact on the office of the CFO continues to evolve, and finance chiefs must be aware of the opportunities it will create for growth. 

    By CFO.com staff
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    Cyber Risk Demands All Hands on Deck: Proofpoint CFO

    In the view of Paul Auvil, the CFO of Proofpoint, a cybersecurity firm, no single way of fighting online attacks against companies is infallible.Hence, on January 20, the company announced that it had formed a partnership with Palo Alto Networks, which builds firewalls to defend clients against c...

    By David Katz • Feb. 10, 2016
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    U.S. Data Breaches Almost Match Record High

    U.S. data breaches in 2015 dropped only slightly below 2014’s record high, with hacking incidents accounting for more than one-third of the breaches, according to a new survey.Organizations reported 781 breaches last year, the Identity Theft Resource Center said, compared with 783 in 2014. The IT...

    By Matthew Heller • Feb. 8, 2016
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    Easy on the Ears

    It Is hard to identify the moment when podcasting took off, because it keeps having them. In June last year Barack Obama showed up at a Californian man’s garage to tape a podcast (“WTF with Marc Maron”) while “Serial”, a podcast series about disputed real-life stories launched in 2014, has surpas...

    By Economist Staff • Jan. 20, 2016
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    Self-Driving Cars Less Prone to Crashes

    Self-driving vehicles may crash less often than those with a driver behind the wheel, according to a new study by the Virginia Tech Transportation Institute.The research was commissioned by Google and compared national crash data and data from naturalistic driving studies to data from Google’s fl...

    By Matthew Heller • Jan. 11, 2016
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    Cybersecurity CFO Hustles to Foster Firm’s Growth

    As the new CFO of CrowdStrike, a firm zeroed in on preventing other companies’ worst fears about cyberattacks from coming true, Burt Podbere has a persistent worry of his own. Could the company somehow lose its advantage in what he sees as a market with huge growth potential?Burt Podbere Asked wh...

    By David Katz • Dec. 30, 2015
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    Five Musts to Avoid in Moving IT Systems to the Cloud

    CFOs with information technology oversight responsibilities must inevitably weigh the merits of moving some or all of their company’s IT infrastructure to the cloud. Cloud computing replaces many of the IT technology assets a company owns on-premises with a leased Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) mod...

    By James Eliason • Dec. 29, 2015
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    Apple Warns of Weakened Security of Personal Data

    Apple warned that the security of personal data for millions of people would be weakened and the tech sector “paralyzed” if a British proposal to give intelligence agencies extra online surveillance powers is enacted, Reuters reported today.The U.S. technology company voiced opposition to the so-...

    By Katie Kuehner-Hebert • Dec. 22, 2015
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    Oracle Settles FTC Charges Over Java Security

    Oracle has agreed to settle charges that it misrepresented the effectiveness of security updates to Java Standard Edition by failing to notify consumers that the widely-used software could still be vulnerable to hackers.The U.S. Federal Trade Commission said Oracle promised consumers its updates ...

    By Matthew Heller • Dec. 21, 2015
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    Wyndham Settles FTC’s Data Security Charges

    Hotelier Wyndham Worldwide has agreed to a landmark settlement in a case that challenged the U.S. Federal Trade Commission’s authority to bring enforcement actions against companies for failing to protect consumer data.The case arose from three data breaches at Wyndham that affected more than 619...

    By Matthew Heller • Dec. 9, 2015
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    Moody’s Says Cyber Risk Relevant to Ratings

    Moody’s Investors Service may start giving the implications of cyber attacks a higher priority in its credit analysis.The ratings agency said in a report that it views material cyber threats in a similar light as other extraordinary event risks, such as a natural disaster, with any subsequent cre...

    By Katie Kuehner-Hebert • Nov. 27, 2015
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    Transforming Finance’s Back-Office Functions (video)

    CFO Research, working with Hewlett Packard Enterprise, interviewed transformation leaders at a variety of large companies in the U.S. and Europe. Here are some insights on successful approaches to transforming the finance back office into a truly value-adding function that supports today’s comple...

    By 10Rule • Nov. 23, 2015
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    Critical Flaws Found in SAP Business Software

    Security experts said they have uncovered 21 vulnerabilities in the widely used SAP HANA computing platform that hackers could use to steal information from businesses or shut down the system.About 87% of Forbes Global 2000 companies use SAP, according to the German software provider’s website. O...

    By Matthew Heller • Nov. 10, 2015
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    Business-Backed Cyber Bill Passes Senate

    The U.S. Senate has passed a major cybersecurity bill backed by business groups after rejecting amendments that sought to enhance its privacy protections.The Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act (CISA) shields companies from liability for sharing cyber-threat data with the federal government. Th...

    By Matthew Heller • Oct. 29, 2015
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    Death by Digital: Good-Bye to Finance as You Know It

    Digital technology is killing your finance organization as you know it. But there is no reason to mourn the loss.Accenture analysis shows that by 2020, cross-functional integrated teams will deliver 80% of traditional finance services. Finance-staff productivity will increase by two to three time...

    By David Axson • Oct. 27, 2015
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    Analyzing Big Data: A Finance Chief’s Guide

    When it comes to acquiring resources like talent and technology, CFOs usually have three thoughts: this is a “must have no matter the cost,” a “would like to have, but cost matters,” or an “only have if there is money left over.” Data analytics and Big Data projects are quickly moving up from the...

    By Paul M. Perry • Oct. 6, 2015
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    Experian Reveals Hack of T-Mobile Customer Data

    Experian has disclosed that a data breach stretching over two years compromised the personal information of about 15 million T-Mobile subscribers who had applied for credit.The credit bureau said hackers had stolen data including names, addresses, and dates of birth, as well as encrypted social s...

    By Katie Kuehner-Hebert • Oct. 2, 2015
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    Investment Adviser Fined Over Server Breach

    A St. Louis-based investment adviser has been charged with failing to adequately protect its web server, exposing it to a cyber attack that compromised the personal data of thousands of clients.The July 2013 breach has not resulted in any financial harm to a client of R.T. Jones Capital Equities ...

    By Katie Kuehner-Hebert • Sept. 23, 2015
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    U.N. Highlights Continuing Digital Divide

    The digital divide is proving “stubbornly persistent,” with Internet access reaching near-saturation in the world’s rich nations but only one in 10 people in the 48 poorest countries being connected, the United Nations Broadband Commission says in a new report.According to “The State of Broadband...

    By Matthew Heller • Sept. 22, 2015
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    Office 2016 for Windows to Be Released Sept. 22

    Confirming rumors about its productivity suite, Microsoft has officially announced that Office 2016 for Windows will be released Sept. 22.According to The Wall Street Journal, the new Office “leverages some of the major developments in social and collaborative work, with better multi-authoring an...

    By Katie Kuehner-Hebert • Sept. 14, 2015
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    Enterprise App Software Market to Grow 7.5%

    Organizations are increasingly investing in enterprise application software, with most of the spending going toward cloud-based programs, according to a new report by Gartner.The Stamford, Conn. research firm forecast worldwide spending on enterprise application software will grow 7.5% to $149.9 ...

    By Katie Kuehner-Hebert • Aug. 28, 2015
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    The CFO’s Role in Business Transformation

    Your company has committed to a major “transformation.” What does this mean, and where do you, as the CFO, come in? While I’m no expert on business transformation, I certainly confronted those questions when my company committed to transforming itself from a product-centric company to a services-...

    By Gary Crowe • Aug. 11, 2015
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    GE to Launch ‘Internet of Things’ Service

    General Electric is placing a large bet on the “Internet of Things,” announcing Wednesday that it plans to launch a cloud-based service for industrial customers.The Predix Cloud service, which GE billed as “the world’s first and only cloud solution designed specifically for industrial data and an...

    By Katie Kuehner-Hebert • Aug. 5, 2015
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    Dozens Arrested in Crackdown on Hacking Forum

    U.S. law enforcement officials announced Wednesday that they had shut down the computer hacking forum Darkode, describing it as a “hornets’ nest” of cybercriminals.As part of a multi-agency investigation of Darkode, which has operated as a marketplace to purchase and trade hacking tools since at ...

    By Matthew Heller • July 15, 2015