{"id":8099,"date":"2014-07-04T11:11:49","date_gmt":"2014-07-04T16:11:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mrc-productivity.com\/blog\/?p=8099"},"modified":"2022-11-22T11:31:00","modified_gmt":"2022-11-22T17:31:00","slug":"weekly-recap-why-your-application-security-program-may-backfire-how-to-deal-with-shrinking-budgets-and-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mrc-productivity.com\/blog\/2014\/07\/weekly-recap-why-your-application-security-program-may-backfire-how-to-deal-with-shrinking-budgets-and-more\/","title":{"rendered":"Weekly Recap: Why your application security program may backfire, how to deal with shrinking budgets, and more&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-725\" title=\"Education\" alt=\"Education\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mrc-productivity.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/Education.jpg\" width=\"76\" height=\"100\" \/><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><em>Summary: In this week&#8217;s article roundup, we learn one often-overlooked reason why good application security fails, how bad data hinders decision-making, a simple way to deal with shrinking budgets, and more.<\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<a name=\"20140701\"><\/a><!--more--><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #1772af; font: normal bold 12pt\/1.2em Arial, Verdana, Helvetica;\">Information overload hampers CFO decision-making<\/span><br \/>\nA recent report shows 47% of CFOs are being hindered by complex, inaccurate and out-of-date information. Most report that data inaccuracy is the biggest barrier to doing their jobs properly. For these companies,  <a onclick=\"_gaq.push(['_trackEvent', 'PDF Download', 'Business Intelligence', 'Blog']); \" href=\"https:\/\/www.mrc-productivity.com\/research\/BIPaper.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: red;font-weight: bold\">choosing the right BI tool<\/span><\/a> will make all the difference.<\/p>\n<p><a onclick=\"_gaq.push(['_trackEvent', 'Blog', 'Outbound Link', '20140704_SecurityEffortsBackfire_CloudComputing']); \" href=\"http:\/\/www.cbronline.com\/news\/cloud\/cloud-saas\/why-you-should-use-cloud-computing-4306472\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #1772af; font: normal bold 12pt\/1.2em Arial, Verdana, Helvetica;\">Why you should use cloud computing<\/span><\/a><br \/>\nA recent survey shows that those who adopt and leverage cloud computing for competitive advantage on average grow twice as fast and double their profit. However, before you jump to the cloud, make sure you  <span style=\"color: red;font-weight: bold\">answer this one question<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #1772af; font: normal bold 12pt\/1.2em Arial, Verdana, Helvetica;\">Operational analytics: A proactive approach to dealing with shrinking budgets<\/span><br \/>\nStruggling with a limited budget? Businesses are starting to recognize how data-driven efficiencies help them save money and improve efficiency despite their limited budgets. <\/p>\n<p><a onclick=\"_gaq.push(['_trackEvent', 'Blog', 'Outbound Link', '20140704_SecurityEffortsBackfire_SecurityBackfire']); \" href=\"http:\/\/www.darkreading.com\/operations\/why-your-application-security-program-may-backfire\/a\/d-id\/1278972\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #1772af; font: normal bold 12pt\/1.2em Arial, Verdana, Helvetica;\">Why your application security program may backfire<\/span><\/a><br \/>\nWhile you may implement the best <a onclick=\"_gaq.push(['_trackEvent', 'Blog', 'Inside Link', 'Security']); \" href=\"https:\/\/www.mrc-productivity.com\/blog\/2014\/06\/10-ways-to-strengthen-web-application-security\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: red;font-weight: bold\">application security<\/span><\/a> practices, your efforts will be derailed if you forget one often-ignored fact.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Summary: In this week&#8217;s article roundup, we learn one often-overlooked reason why good application security fails, how bad data hinders decision-making, a simple way to deal with shrinking budgets, and more.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","slim_seo":{"title":"Weekly Recap: Why your application security program may backfire, how to deal with shrinking budgets, and more... - mrc&#039;s Cup of Joe Blog","description":"Summary: In this week's article roundup, we learn one often-overlooked reason why good application security fails, how bad data hinders decision-making, a simpl"},"footnotes":""},"categories":[59],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8099","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mrc-productivity.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8099","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mrc-productivity.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mrc-productivity.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mrc-productivity.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mrc-productivity.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8099"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.mrc-productivity.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8099\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14026,"href":"https:\/\/www.mrc-productivity.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8099\/revisions\/14026"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mrc-productivity.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8099"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mrc-productivity.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8099"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mrc-productivity.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8099"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}