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5 upcoming WhatsApp features: New call interface, quick replies and more – The Indian Express

WhatsApp is adding a number of features to the app to remain competitive against other instant messaging apps and services Thanks to leaks, we have a glimpse of some of the features WhatsApp is set to bring to the app in the future.

Here are five such features including a new call interface, end-to-end encryption indicators, quick replies shortcuts, and more.

WhatsApp Calls are one of the apps most popular features, allowing users to make voice calls directly from the app via a cellular or WiFi connection. The new interface looks more compact and modern and will look better especially during group calls. The buttons on the bottom remain the same though.

The update is set to come to both Android and iOS users in a future beta update. The leaked screenshot above is from WhatsApp on iOS, so we expect iOS devices to get the change first.

WhatsApp is adding new indicators to the apps chats and calls which will let users let users know that communication via the platform is end-to-end encrypted.

The indicators are visible in a leaked iOS screenshot, as seen below, but the feature is set to also come to Android devices later. The change will first come to beta users for Android and iOS before it begins rolling out to stable users.

WhatsApp is adding a quick replies shortcut for WhatsApp Business. The WhatsApp Business app will soon add an extra option that will let users select one of a few preset quick replies to send to customers.

To use quick replies, WhatsApp Business users will be able to type / in the chat and select a preset message. The feature is set to come to beta users on both iOS and Android, and could eventually make its way to stable versions.

WhatsApp will soon add more abilities for group admins, allowing them to delete messages from other members of the group. This will allow admins to further control and regulate any unwanted behaviour in the group, and will also help avoid confusion.

Messages deleted by admins will feature a different deleted message notice compared to the usual notice. The feature is set to come to both Android and iOS users.

WhatsApp is also adding the ability to create new Communities. Communities will reportedly grant admins the ability to invite new users via a Community Invite Link and then start messaging other members.

Communities will also allow admins to create groups within groups. It seems that a subtle design change will allow users to distinguish Communities from regular group chats. This feature too is expected to come to both Android and iOS users later.

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Cloud Encryption Technology Market Growth Opportunities, Driving Factors by Manufacturers, Regions, Type and Application, Forecast Analysis to 2027 -…

Cloud Encryption Technology Market valued approximately USD 529.5 million in 2016 is anticipated to grow with a healthy growth rate of more than 30.3% over the forecast period 2021-2027.

Cloud Encryption Technology Market report contains detailed information on factors influencing demand, growth, opportunities, challenges, and restraints. It provides detailed information about the structure and prospects for global and regional industries. In addition, the report includes data on research & development, new product launches, product responses from the global and local markets by leading players. The structured analysis offers a graphical representation and a diagrammatic breakdown of the Cloud Encryption Technology Market by region.

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This report analyzes the global primary production, consumption, and fastest-growing countries in the Information and Communications Technology(ICT) market. Also included in the report are prominent and prominent players in the global Information and Communications Technology Market (ICT).

According to Statista, as of 2021 data, the United States held over ~36% of the global market share for information and communication technology (ICT). With a market share of 16%, the EU ranked second, followed by 12%, China ranked third. In addition, according to forecasts, the ICT market will reach more than US$ 6 trillion in 2021 and almost US$ 7 trillion by 2023. In todays society, continuous growth is another reminder of how ubiquitous and crucial technology has become. Over the next few years, traditional tech spending will be driven mainly by big data and analytics, mobile, social, and cloud computing.

Increasing Adoption of Cloud-based Solutions among Small and Medium Size Enterprises Favors Market at the forefront of driving the global cloud encryption market is the dire need to encrypt data before it is transferred to the cloud for storage. Growing demand for security capabilities offered by cloud encryption solutions is leading to the increased penetration and growth of cloud encryption market globally. Further, the increasing adoption of advanced data storage technology and data storage architecture by small and medium enterprises (SMEs) is leading to the increased penetration of cloud encryption solutions. The trend is noticeable among SMEs in countries such as China, India, and Japan due to the rising adoption of software as a service (SaaS) distribution model. SMEs are increasingly switching from in-house data center to cloud for various applications that helps saves running and managing cost of their data centers. The use of cloud also helps accelerate the application delivery process.

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The objective of the study is to define market sizes of different segments & countries in recent years and to forecast the values to the coming eight years. The report is designed to incorporate both qualitative and quantitative aspects of the industry within each of the regions and countries involved in the study. Furthermore, the report also caters the detailed information about the crucial aspects such as driving factors & challenges which will define the future growth of the market. Additionally, the report shall also incorporate available opportunities in micro markets for stakeholders to invest along with the detailed analysis of competitive landscape and product offerings of key players.

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By Component:> Solution> Services

By Service Model:> Infrastructure as a Service> Software as a Service> Platform as a Service

By Cloud Deployment:> Public> Private> Hybrid

By Organizational size> Small and Medium> Large Scale Organization

By Vertical:> BFSI> Healthcare and Lifesciences> Media and Entertainment> Retail and E commerce> Automotive and Manufacturing> IT and Telecom> Others

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By Regions:> North Americao U.S.o Canada> Europeo UKo Germany> Asia Pacifico Chinao Indiao Japan> Latin Americao Brazilo Mexico> Rest of the World

Furthermore, years considered for the study are as follows:Historical year 2015Base year 2016Forecast period 2017 to 2025

Some of the key manufacturers involved in the market are Gemalto N.V, Sophos Group PLC, Symantec Corporation, Sky High Networks, Netskope Inc. Acquisitions and effective mergers are some of the strategies adopted by the key manufacturers. New product launches and continuous technological innovations are the key strategies adopted by the major players.

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a large number of indigenous manufacturers of syringes and needles have managed to come up. However, it does not mean that imports are low for this market. Imports, as in the case with other medical devices, are quite high but the domestic manufacturers have been able to tap foreign markets through increasing exports. The target base of consumers is growing steadily which is expected to significantly boost sales in the market.

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An analysis of the drivers explains the factors leading to the growth of the market which include increasing need of insulin doses, increasing demand for vaccines, improving health infrastructure, growing incidence of diseases, changing demographics and health check-up packages. Some of the major challenges to the market are illegal recycling of syringes and needles and problems associated with usage. Government legislation in the market has been discussed in the next section.The competition section highlights the features of the major players operating in the market. A brief profile of the major domestic and foreign players in the market along with their financials has been included in this section.

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Geographical regions covered in the report include North America, Europe, Asia Pacific, Latin America and Middle East and Africa region.The report consists of detailed region-wise analysis of current and future market trends, providing information on product usage and consumption.The growth rate of the market in every region, including their countries over the forecast period is included in the market report.Based on what factors are the key market players assessed in this report?The report offers detailed analysis of leading companies in the market across the globe.It provides details of the major vendors involved in the Market including Key PlayersA comprehensive overview of each company including the company profile, generated revenue, pricing of goods andthe manufactured products is incorporated in the report.The facts and figures about market competitors along with standpoints of leading market players are presented in the report.The recent developments, mergers and acquisitions related to mentioned key players are provided in the market report.

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Texas public universities to partner for data science camp – The Cougar – The Daily Cougar

By Susana Arreola December 16, 2021

Five universities will partner for a five-week data science camp. | File photo

With a high demand for a data science workforce that has a broad understanding of conventional energy, five major Texas public universities, including UH,are setting up a path to the industry.

The University will be leading a project in collaboration with UH-Downtown, UH-Victoria, UH-Clear Lake and Sam Houston State University. Next summer, all five schools, and several energy industry partners will train students in a five-week data science camp aimed at transitioning to cleaner energy.

Students will get useful training on basics of data science as well as topics on geoscience and public policy, all under the theme of energy and energy transition, said principal investigator for the program Mikyoung Jun. The goal here is to prepare them to be a future workforce for the industry and community.

Jun and 11 other faculty members fromthe five universities will serve as senior personnel. The projects faculty affiliates will also teach and mentor student participants.

Energy industry partners for the project include companies like ConocoPhillips, Schlumberger, Fugro, Quantico Energy Solutions, Shell and Xecta Web Technologies.

We have a website to inform people about our program as well as to take applications, Jun said. But we plan to utilize social media and other available channels to advertise. We have 40 spots available for each year, and so there may be some selection process depending on how many applications we get.

The program starts with a five-week summer boot camp. After, students will take more advanced courses on some of the topics in the fall at their home institution. They would then participate in team research projects with real data provided by the industry partners in the spring. The end goal is for students to get a summer internship the following summer, concluding the program.

The program is open to any major and no prerequisites are required. Both undergraduate and graduate students can apply.

Any student interested in learning about data science and how data science techniques can be applied to various energy-related problems would be welcome, Jun said.

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Lecturer/Associate Professor in Computational Environmental Science and Data Analytics job with UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON | 275934 – Times Higher…

School of Ocean and Earth Science

Location: National Oceanography Centre SouthamptonSalary: 39,739 to 65,107 - per annumFull Time PermanentClosing Date: Monday 31 January 2022Interview Date: To be confirmedReference: 1648921HN

Join us and be part of the future of Ocean and Earth science.

We are seeking to make a Faculty appointment in the area of Ocean and Earth as part of a series of 4 new appointments to further enhance our research-led education and extend the international reach of our research and enterprise activities. This will be the first part of a series planned appointments over the next five years. You will have an exciting opportunity to influence the Ocean and Earth sciences agenda within a world leading school at the University of Southampton. Our School takes pride in research that spans marine biology and ecology, physical oceanography, palaeoceanography and paleoclimate, marine biogeochemistry, geology and geophysics and geochemistry. We lead the prestigiousNERC INSPIRE Doctoral Training Programme (DTP) and are home to one of the largest graduate schools in Ocean and Earth Science in the world, with >150 PhD students. We are integral to both the interdisciplinary Southampton Marine and Maritime Institute and Institute for Life Sciences. We are home to the only Regius Chair in Ocean Sciences in the country. Based at the National Oceanography Centre Southampton site we have a range of unique and world class facilities. We collaborate broadly both nationally and internationally, including our close collaborative relationships with the independent National Oceanography Centre.

We seek applications from individuals using innovative computational approaches to pursue outstanding research questions at the interfaces among earth, ocean, climate and life sciences. You will have a growing international profile that adds a new dimension to the thriving research programs across our interdisciplinary School of Ocean and Earth Science (SOES). Based at the National Oceanography Centre Southampton, home to the Marine Autonomous Robotic Systems fleet, and with strong links to the Southampton Marine and Maritime Institute, GeoData institute, and world-class supercomputer facilities across the University, SOES is ideally located to support innovative research agendas in this field.

You will take a data and/or computer science approach to exploit the opportunities presented by vast data sets. For example datasets generated by increased deployment of autonomous systems featuring high-resolution sensor and imaging capability, or large equipment arrays. You might leverage those data to answer outstanding research questions spanning geospatial, climatic, geohazards, biological tracking or oceanographic fields. Your specialisms in data analytics might include the analysis of big data through Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence, uncertainty quantification, and/or data assimilation and integration.

You will demonstrate a passion for education and an ability to enhance our undergraduate and postgraduate curriculum in Ocean and Earth science.

Strong applicants should demonstrate:

These posts are offered on a full-time, permanent basis.

We welcome applications from all candidates with an interest in the role, and those who are committed to helping us create an inclusive work environment. We encourage applications from candidates from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic communities, people who identify as LGBTQ+ and people with disabilities.

Interviews will take place in person or online in February 2022. In the event that interviews are online, applicants who are made an offer will be invited to campus for further discussion.

What we can offer you

We are an ambitious, mutually supportive academic community and passionate about creating an environment where everyone can achieve their full potential in education, research and enterprise. As such, we hold both a departmental Athena SWAN bronze award. We value diversity and equality and recognise that employees may wish to have working patterns that fit with their caring responsibilities or work-life balance. Due consideration will be given to applicants who have had career breaks for reasons including maternity, paternity or adoption leave, disability or illness. We offer a generous holiday allowance and additional University closure days, subsidised health and fitness facilities and access to the Universities Superannuation Scheme (USS).

For further details about the post you are invited to contact the Head of School, Professor Mark Moore cmm1g06@soton.ac.uk 44 (0) 2380599006

This vacancy is for Lecturer / Associate Professor, please see the job descriptions showing the different levels of responsibilities and state in your application which Level you wish to be considered for.

Application procedure:Please include details for up to three referees, your full CV, your publication list and a 500-word research plan.

Application Procedure

You should submit your completed online application form at https://jobs.soton.ac.uk. The application deadline will be midnight on the closing date stated above. If you need any assistance, please call Sam Stubbs (HR Recruitment Team) on +44 (0) 23 8059 4043 or email recruitment@soton.ac.uk Please quote reference 1513821BJ on all correspondence.

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Lecturer in Data Science job with VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON | 275167 – Times Higher Education (THE)

M Te Herenga Waka - About our University

Te Herenga Waka - Victoria University of Wellington is a global-civic university with our marae at our heart. This iho draws off our heritage and is further defined by our trangawaewae, in particular Wellington, Aotearoa, and the Asia-Pacific, all of which are expressed in our position as Aotearoa New Zealand's globally ranked capital city university.

Our core ethical values are respect, responsibility, fairness, integrity, and empathy. These core ethical values are demonstrated in our commitment to sustainability, wellbeing, inclusivity, equity, diversity, collegiality, and openness. With, and as, tangata whenua, we value Te Tiriti o Waitangi, rangatiratanga, manaakitanga, kaitiakitanga, whai mtauranga, whanaungatanga, and akoranga.

Krero m te tranga - About the role

Te Herenga Waka - Victoria University of Wellington is currently recruiting a Lecturer in Data Science.

We seek a dynamic academic with a developing record of research in some branch or branches of a computational field within Statistics and Data Science. The successful applicant will contribute to the Data Science programme at Victoria University of Wellington, interacting with disciplines across the university who are users of Data Science, including bioinformatics, health sciences, and the humanities. The successful applicant will also contribute to the School's engagement with the wider Data Science community in the capital city and NZ-wide.

The appointee will undertake undergraduate and postgraduate teaching in data science at all levels. They will promote learning among students with a wide range of applied and computational domains within the subjects of Statistics and Data Science. They will undertake supervision of postgraduate research students on both theoretical and applied topics, including students in the workplace seeking to advance their qualifications. They will conduct an ongoing research activity of international standard, in keeping with the university's emphasis on high-quality scholarship and will contribute to building on the University's engagement with stakeholders, including through externally funded research.

pmanawa - About you

Our Ideal candidate will have the following:

The university is committed to building a diverse workforce and the School encourages applicants who are women, other gender minorities, Mori, Pasifika and from other groups underrepresented in the STEM sector.

tahi krero hai whina i a koe - Why you should join our team

The School of Mathematics and Statistics is well connected within the University, supporting opportunities to work with colleagues in biological, physical, health, social, earth and information sciences, engineering, business and the humanities. It also sustains strong connections with employers and researchers in the government, private and not-for-profit sectors, enabling work placements for students in our programmes.

Please go to our careers site to view the role description.

Contact details for vacancy: If you have any questions regarding this role please get in touch with A/Prof Ivy Liu, Head of School at ivy.liu@vuw.ac.nz but applicants should follow all steps listed below.

Important - Application steps and information

For applicants who are not NZ Citizens or Permanent Residents, we recommend you check the NZ Immigration website for updates related to Covid19 restrictions on entry to New Zealand:https://www.immigration.govt.nz/about-us/covid-19

Download and complete theUniversity Application Form.

Click the apply now button at the base of the advert, follow the process to enter your contact details and add your CV in the online form.

Please include a cover letter in your application, telling us why you're a great fit for this position then email the completed application form, cover letter and any other supporting documentation to erecruit@vuw.ac.nz stating the reference number and position title from the advert in the subject line.

Applications close Friday,25 February 2022.

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The Top MIT SMR Articles of 2021 – MIT Sloan

The past years most popular articles offer insights on managing through an unpredictable environment of disruption and change.

In December 2020, the first highly anticipated doses of COVID-19 vaccines arrived, sparking hope that 2021 might bring a fresh new start less burdened by the pandemic. Since January, the world has made huge strides in managing the pandemic but coronavirus variants have advanced as well. Thanks to the delta variant, the Great Office Return expected in September seemed to peter out before it began, landing us at the end of another year characterized by constant adjustment, reorientation, and shifting plans.

In 2021, readers unsurprisingly gravitated toward articles about leading through a pandemic-changed world, understanding an unpredictable supply chain, and managing remote and hybrid teams. As the year progressed, readers focus shifted toward content about optimizing return-to-office plans, driving culture change, mitigating burnout, delivering on data science projects, and, of course, the always relevant issues of strategy and leadership. The following are 12 of the most widely read articles SMR published in 2021.

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The shift to hybrid virtual and in-person work models requires a fundamental change in the skills team leaders need to succeed in 2022 and beyond. Leaders will need to play four roles Conductor, Catalyst, Coach, and Champion as they adapt to managing a hybrid post-pandemic workforce.

Todays leaders need best practices for dealing strategically and operationally with a distributed, diverse workforce that crosses internal and external boundaries. The best way to address the shift to managing all types of workers is through the lens of a workforce ecosystem a structure that consists of interdependent actors, from within the organization and beyond, working to pursue both individual and collective goals.

The Culture 500 research team studied the attributes that contribute to a strong organizational culture and found that 10 specific factors most influence employees positive or negative views of their companies. With the labor market upended by the pandemic, corporate leaders may need to pay attention to some previously invisible issues if they wish to retain valued employees.

The pandemic has had a major effect on the mental health and well-being of employees, with many reporting that they feel stressed and stretched too thin at work. Companies that dont help their people feel a sense of purpose, belonging, and progress amid these forces will see burnout persist or worsen. Leaders and managers can take seven specific steps to create a healthier work environment.

As organizations make their post-pandemic plans, they should take advantage of the opportunity to rethink how and where work is best done and how they can combine the best aspects of remote and colocated work.

Having the wrong culture undermines the best-laid strategy and organizational development plans, but many leaders have yet to be proactive in building the types of culture required for successful transformation. Describing seven elements of adaptive culture, the authors share a set of eight culture transformation principles that maximize the likelihood of success.

Organizational network analysis a methodology that maps employees working relationships can help guide decision-making for hybrid work plans and enable employees to improve their own effectiveness.

Its hard to understand why successful leaders suddenly fail to meet expectations what the authors term leader derailment. While personalities are sometimes to blame, organizational context plays a significant role. Companies can help prevent derailment by identifying the most challenging demands leaders must overcome early on and providing better support systems.

Employee data shows that people find virtual meetings draining because of their scheduling and structure. Leaders can make meetings more effective and less fatiguing by incorporating feedback from their teams.

Many companies are unable to consistently gain business value from their investments in big data, artificial intelligence, and machine learning. A study of the data science functions and initiatives in three of Indias largest private-sector banks identified five obstacles to successful data science projects and suggests remedies that can help companies obtain more benefit from their data science investments.

The ongoing global supply chain crisis shows no sign of abating. And although many media outlets have blamed pandemic shortages on companies practice of just-in-time inventory management, abandoning it would do little to help solve current supply chain problems.

Implementing strategy becomes a way of life when leaders follow six key practices drawn from examples of soulful business leaders.

Deborah Milstein is associate editor at MIT Sloan Management Review.

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Data science in the civil service: How to build capability to rewire government – Civil Service World

The Declaration on Government Reform set out a commitment to put data at the heart of our decision-making. There are already some pockets of data-excellence in government, thanks to many years work developing skills and capability both in centres of deep expertise such as the Office for National Statistics Data Science Campus, and through wider reforms such as rolling-out data training for perm secs.

But how do we move from the current landscape where the benefits of data and analytics are broadly understood but only play a key role in certain policy areas to the ultimate goal of a landscape where data is used not just to improve decision-making but to design better policies and processes right across government?

This session broughttogether data leaders from government and the private to ask how we can bridge the divide between governments data scientists and its policy and operational teams, building capability and skills across government to lead a data-driven revolution.

We considered what work has already been done as well as lessons government could learn from other sectors, with discussion on the latest thinking from academics and the private sector.

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Top 5 trends in business analytics: Heres how ISB Executive Educations Applied Business Analytics progr – Times of India

It is no secret that data has the potential to power businesses of all kinds. It can instantly give organisations a competitive edge in solving problems, increasing efficiency, boosting revenue, cutting risks, and various other preventive and predictive benefits. The power of data and analytics is so immense that today businesses, irrespective of their size, are leveraging analytics tools to determine how data can be used for innovation to stay ahead in a constantly changing corporate landscape. To understand how business analytics work in real life, one can look at the Covid-19 pandemic when businesses that were data-adept could stay ahead because they could minimise risk and monitor remotely for seamless operations.'; var randomNumber = Math.random(); var isIndia = (window.geoinfo && window.geoinfo.CountryCode === 'IN') && (window.location.href.indexOf('outsideindia') === -1 ); //console.log(isIndia && randomNumber A recent report published by The Economic Times also states how 83% of India's data-driven companies are more resilient and confident during the pandemic than non-data-driven companies. This indicates that analytics is one of the biggest buzzwords in the business world right now, and it is set to get more significant in the coming years. With customers becoming more data-aware, there is also additional pressure on businesses to come up with smart analytics solutions to stay ahead of the rest. This puts the spotlight on the need for data analysts and business analysts who can drive the growth of an organisation by tapping into the various aspects of data. These professionals are expected to help companies create better roadmaps by predicting what their customers want and helping them become more responsive.Congratulations!

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Data Security: Providing secure solutions is one of the top-most ways to gain a customers trust and move up the success ladder. This explains why many companies invest in security solutions to stay competitive and relevant. Data security is a huge asset for both small and large organisations as it adds to the overall reliability and integrity factor. It also prevents unauthorized access to a companys equipment and systems and helps avoid the unnecessary expenditures that often occur when data loss occurs.

Natural Language Processing (NLP): NLP is another big trend that data professionals should pay close attention to develop optimized business solutions. When applied together with business analytics tools, NLP can allow users to interpret data in their native languages. Through this, NLP converges people, data, and analytics tools to provide insights to organisations for the best business results.

Real-time Data and Analytics: This trend has tremendous potential in the post-covid reality where things are continuously in flux. There is an immense need for real-time and accurate updates for developing solid business strategies to respond to unpredictable situations. This is why businesses have to be adept at accessing real-time data to stay on top of changes and challenges. It can go a long way in cutting risks and developing effective business responses by immediately accessing relevant data whenever the need occurs. High-speed real-time data access is one of the best ways companies can go ahead of competitors.

Data Literacy: As data becomes the foundation of success for businesses of all sizes, the need to use and understand data as a collaborative tool is at an all-time high. This makes data literacy a top requisite for both professionals and companies as it is a critical tool for success. As a textbook definition, data literacy is the ability to understand, read, write, and communicate data in the context of organisational benefit. As per Gartner, the lack of data literacy skills is one of the biggest roadblocks in companies and also for professional growth in the current time. As trends like predictive analysis become popular in the world of data, analytics-related work will not be done only by experts, thus emphasizing the need for digital literacy!

In this business landscape, professionals need to be aware of the latest data analytics trends, and one of the best ways to attain it is withISB Executive Educations Applied Business Analytics programme. The 12-week programme is designed in collaboration with Eruditus Executive Education to help you explore in-demand ML techniques in business and their applications. No prior coding experience is required, and at the end of the programme, you will gain actionable insights from an industry-oriented curriculum and real-world examples taught via video lectures from the renowned faculty at ISB. The programme also includes live online sessions with Eruditus programme leaders.

Some of the ways in which ISB Executive Educations Applied Business Analytics programme will help you

Designed for a wide range of professionals This cutting-edge programme is best suited for professionals who are:

1. Looking to upskill in data analytics to manage data science and analytics teams and improve functional performance through analytics.2. Interested in leveraging business analytics to outpace the competition and develop data-driven growth strategies.3. Seeking to sharpen their strategy offering for clients by providing data-driven solutions to their problems.

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ISB Executive Network comes with various benefits such as: ISB Newsletters with the latest updates Learning and Networking opportunities via ISB Executive Education Network Group on LinkedIn Exclusive invitations to Online and Offline events like Webinars, Conferences, and Master Classes Scope to facilitate as a Guest Speaker at ISB Executive events Preferential pricing with 10% discount on programme fee on ISB Executive Education Open programmes Upgrade to ISB Executive Alumni Group with 100+ learning hours

Learn a range of data-related subjects This programme has 12 modules to offer, starting from the introduction to Business Analytics to Data Preliminaries for Analytics. These modules will help you learn from the basics to more advanced Business Analytics applications. Other modules include topics like Regression Descriptive and Predictive Analytics, Visualisation Perceptual Mapping for Business Analytics, Decision Trees for Business Analytics, Network Analytics for Business Analytics, Experiments, and Causal Inference.

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We’re starting to see a national response to ransomware, says Mandiant CEO – CNBC

Kevin Mandia testifies during a Senate Intelligence Committee hearing on Capitol Hill on February 23, 2021 in Washington, DC.

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As the recent Log4j breach demonstrates, U.S. businesses and government organizations have been taking a pounding from cybercriminals. It's coming in the form of ransomware, data breaches, distributed denial-of-service (DDoS), and other damaging attacks.

Now, many are saying enough is enough.

"I think more people are taking advantage of the United States and our openness and our true global workforce than in any other nation," said Kevin Mandia, CEO of cyber security company Mandiant, in a session on cybersecurity at CNBC's recent Technology Executive Council (TEC) Summit in New York.

Rather than simply bolstering traditional defenses such as firewalls and waiting to be the next potential victim of a cyber assault, companies are beginning to take a more proactive approach to security. They're going on the offensive, actively seeking out cyber threats and disabling them before they can wreak havoc on systems and networks.

The increase in ransomware, one of the more insidious and damaging types of attacks, is a major driver for going on the offensive. An August 2021 report from research firm International Data Corp. showed that more than one-third of organizations worldwide have experienced a ransomware attack or breachthat blocked access to systems or data in the previous 12 months.

Weary of the ongoing assaults, organizations are fighting back.

"What you're starting to see is a coordinated national response maybe even a coordinated international response because [of] ransomware," Mandia said. "Quite frankly everybody hates it except for people doing it and the people harboring those who do it."

A good example of an effective coordination was the takedown earlier this year of REvil, a ransomware-as-a-service operation linked to Russia. A group of countries and law enforcement organizations used technical and legal methods to knock the operation off the Internet.

While it's uncertain exactly how REvil was taken out of commission, the collaboration by multiple entities is a positive development in the effort to minimize or eliminate threats, Mandia said. With ransomware becoming a national security issue as well as a criminal one, the U.S. needs to consider bringing military assets to bear in the fight to stop these attacks, he said.

"We can do a lot of different things rather than just constantly making it a clean-up on aisle nine after the crime," he said. Military action "doesn't mean drone strikes, it means proportional response" to the attacks, he added. That can only happen when the sources of the attack are identified.

A strong step would be the creation of a national "doctrine" that states how the U.S. will deal with creators of ransomware and other cyber threats, as well as the nations that harbor them, Mandia said.

"There could be some vagueness to that doctrine, but people need to know that the nation is going to have a coordinated response" to attacks, he said. "There comes a time where you just can't stand there and take it anymore."

Technology executives expect the high level of external threats to continue, with TEC members responding to a recent CNBC survey saying that state-sponsored cyber warfare (32%) and criminal organizations (25%) remain the most dangerous cyber threats. They give the Biden administration decent marks in its cybersecurity efforts so far, with less than 5% of TEC members saying Biden has done a "poor" job on cybersecurity during his first year in office. Thirty-nine percent of respondents said the Biden administration has done a "good job," while another 9% described its efforts as "excellent." Another 35% said the administration has done an "average job" when it comes to cybersecurity.

On an individual basis, businesses can take steps to get ahead of cybercriminals. For example, they can deploy threat hunting and threat intelligence tools or services.

With threat hunting, companies' security teams proactively search through networks and systems to find and isolate advanced threats that can evade older security tools such as firewalls, intrusion detection systems, and security information and event management products. The latest threat-hunting offerings can be at least partially automated via technologies such as machine learning, so companies don't need to rely on time-consuming manual hunting processes.

Threat intelligence is also effective at detecting and stopping cyber attacks. Security teams can tap resources such as open source intelligence, social media intelligence, and services from a number of vendors to track existing and emerging threats.

Threat intelligence lets companies develop a more proactive approach to cyber security, in large part because it's predictive. Another key benefit of using such resources is that they promote the sharing of knowledge and experiences among the cyber security community, which supports the idea of a broad effort to "attack" cybercriminals before they strike.

Identity technologies such as multi-factor authentication (MFA) and advanced endpoint security tools, both of which support the concept of "zero trust" security, can also help companies be more proactive.

"Multi-factor authentication is a phenomenal thing for breaking lateral movement," Mandia said. MFA is the first step toward a zero-trust network, he says.

The recent TEC survey finds more than half (52%) of respondents saying their firms are in the initial stages of implementing zero trust security; another 27% say they already have implemented the approach and are seeing the benefits.

Monitoring of networks and endpoints, such as mobile devices, will continue to get increasingly sophisticated and effective with the addition of AI, machine learning, and data science, because security teams can better predict when suspicious activities are actually the beginning of an attack.

Aside from technology, employeetraining in security awareness is essential for building a proactive security program.

Tactics such as phishing, malware, and social engineering in many cases succeed because employees are not properly trained or not trained at all in how to recognize these incidents.

With the proper mindset, tools, and training, companies can create a proactive cyber security program that thwarts cybercriminals before they can do damage.

Bob Violino, special to CNBC.com

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