Recent Posts by Greg Jensen

Organizations are continuing to evolve their security strategies around the realization that the user is the new perimeter. Gone are the days of placing security enforcements primarily on the network edge.Today, organizations are embracing and implementing an identity-centric security model to manage risk and mitigate threats to the enterprise.  In the Oracle and KPMG Cloud Threat Report, 59% of organizations cite that they have had privileged cloud credentials phished...

An award-winning, 2017 documentary called All The Queen’s Horses, tells the story of small town Dixon, Illinois. In the documentary we see just how susceptible organizations of any size are to fraud, when ineffective controls and processes are in place. While some organizations may be under the assumption that shifting their business-critical information to the cloud will mitigate risks or fraud, many are realizing that when you start with poor security and risk controls, you...

2020 was a year that didn’t start off with the traditional drum beat of risks and threats. Since our global survey of 750 participants concluded, we have seen various events take place that have dramatically changed the way we work, the way we remain competitive in these global conditions, and how we look for new business opportunities in the midst of uncertain times. Digital Transformation (DX) is not a new term for most businesses, but it is one that is quickly...

The debate continues on who actually said the phrase: “Culture eats strategy for breakfast.” Was it Peter Drucker or was it former-CEO of Ford Motor Company, Mark Fields?  Never the less, it is a phrase that can be attributed in today’s world of security. The best of intentions and planning can never equal the commitment and aptitude to execute. It is the security culture of today’s modern businesses that has the greatest impact to their success over all the strategic...

How the ‘fast and furious’ pace of cloud is increasing risks to data protection As we look back across 2019, organizations saw a tremendous increase in not only the use of cloud for business, but the valuation of the data and applications hosted in the cloud. According to Oracle and KPMG’s annual Cloud Threat Report for 2019, seven out of 10 indicated they use more business-critical cloud services than in 2018. Businesses have been utilizing cloud services in their business for...

Contributed By: Chris Pickett, Senior Director, Manageability & Security Experts, Oracle APAC With Star Wars: Episode IX - The Rise of Skywalker about to hit the big screen, fans may be looking back to where The Last Jedi left off.  This was a film where nothing seemed to go to plan. But more than being a story about failure, it was about what it means to fail and how it’s what you do about it afterwards that counts. This must be a feeling that anyone in business with a...

When midsize and medium businesses start moving their on-premise applications to the cloud, they often start with enterprise resource planning (ERP). This makes sense because ERP essentially manages the core of business activity—financial assets. But what doesn’t make sense is using the same security model for the cloud that was used for on-premise applications. Doing so leaves your essential systems exposed to risk of fraud or data loss. With cloud, finance workflows are no...

Medium and midsize businesses often are less risk-averse than big companies when it comes to shifting applications to the cloud. This means they can transform into more agile organizations faster, but it can also mean they sometimes adopt cloud strategies without fully understanding how they differ from previous approaches—and how that impacts the goals of IT operations and SecOps across the organization. Security is a critical area where this misunderstanding can cause...

McAfee CEO, Chris Young with Oracle’s SVP of SaaS Security, David B Cross. On the heels of Oracle’s highly attended OpenWorld Conference in San Francisco, Oracle was invited to co-present within McAfee CEO Chris Young’s keynote address at their annual McAfee MPower Cybersecurity Summit. This is part of a series of announcements where the industry is seeing Oracle continue to extend our strategic partnerships on the heels of announcements with Cisco, VMware, Microsoft...