Enterprise IT

Squeezing the Threat Response Curve

In a world where IT systems cannot practically be locked-down, organizations must accept that there is no such thing as perfect prevention, and that breaches will occur. Rather than trying to prevent every single breach – something likely to hinder the organization’s ability to do business – companies should instead strive to manage cyber threats as an ongoing business risk. And countering determined, well-resourced and innovative attackers calls for an imaginative, well-resourced response.

Timing and context is everything. The faster you identify a problem, and the faster and deeper you understand it, and its relevance to your business, the more effectively you can respond to it.

We call it squeezing the threat response curve.

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Enterprise IT / IT Operations

The Competitive Analysis Template from MECLABS

The research scientists at MECLABS Institute, parent research company of MarketingSherpa, always perform a competitive analysis for our research partners prior to designing experiments. They analyze:

  • Which companies are competing for the same attention, interest and clicks
  • How competitors express their value proposition
  • How the competition’s value proposition compares to the research partner’s value proposition
  • What revenue driving strategies competitors are not doing that we can take advantage of

By completing this template, you will be armed with the necessary intelligence to inform strategic decision making. You will illuminate your own strengths and weaknesses and reveal opportunities where you can gain competitive advantage. Most of all, you will enable your team to better understand your industry in order to effectively achieve your objectives.

In addition to this download, you will also receive a free subscription to a weekly digest of the top marketing strategies, tactics, and results from your most successful marketing peers from MECLABS and MarketingSherpa.

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Enterprise IT / Featured Tech / InfoTech

6 Best Practices to Influence Your Internal Communications Strategy

Businesses today dedicate many resources towards outward-facing priorities—customer acquisition, communication, brand image and so on. While it’s crucial to keep a pulse on these external factors, there’s another equally important factor to monitor: Internal communication. Here’s what you need to know.

After reading this guide, you’ll have a better grasp on:

  • Key business goals you should define in order to create the framework for your engagement strategy
  • How to deliver relevant and targeted information to each department (and how to do it efficiently)
  • Methods that shift workplace communications into something employees want to invest in
  • Which metrics are most important to measure, analyze and optimize your program

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Enterprise IT / Featured Tech / InfoTech

Java NIO Programming Cookbook

java.nio (NIO stands for non-blocking I/O) is a collection of Java programming language APIs that offer features for intensive I/O operations. It was introduced with the J2SE 1.4 release of Java by Sun Microsystems to complement an existing standard I/…

Enterprise IT / Featured Tech / InfoTech

Squeezing the Threat Response Curve

In a world where IT systems cannot practically be locked-down, organizations must accept that there is no such thing as perfect prevention, and that breaches will occur. Rather than trying to prevent every single breach – something likely to hinder the organization’s ability to do business – companies should instead strive to manage cyber threats as an ongoing business risk. And countering determined, well-resourced and innovative attackers calls for an imaginative, well-resourced response.

Timing and context is everything. The faster you identify a problem, and the faster and deeper you understand it, and its relevance to your business, the more effectively you can respond to it.

We call it squeezing the threat response curve.

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Enterprise IT / Featured Tech / Sales & Marketing

The Value Proposition Toolbox from MECLABS

The most efficient way to grow your sales is by converting more of the prospects you already have in your pipeline. To communicate value, you need everyone who works on your marketing campaigns to have a clear understanding of your value proposition — not just for your company as a whole, but for every action you want a customer to take.

In this toolbox, you will get four tools to help you clearly communicate an effective value proposition:

  • 5-step value proposition crafting worksheet
  • 30 Minute Marketer: Value Proposition
  • Appeal/Exclusivity scoring tool
  • Discovery framework tool

In addition to this download, you will also receive a free subscription to a weekly digest of the top marketing strategies, tactics, and results from your most successful marketing peers from MECLABS and MarketingSherpa.

Request Free!
Enterprise IT

6 Best Practices to Influence Your Internal Communications Strategy

Businesses today dedicate many resources towards outward-facing priorities—customer acquisition, communication, brand image and so on. While it’s crucial to keep a pulse on these external factors, there’s another equally important factor to monitor: Internal communication. Here’s what you need to know.

After reading this guide, you’ll have a better grasp on:

  • Key business goals you should define in order to create the framework for your engagement strategy
  • How to deliver relevant and targeted information to each department (and how to do it efficiently)
  • Methods that shift workplace communications into something employees want to invest in
  • Which metrics are most important to measure, analyze and optimize your program

Request Free!
Enterprise IT

The Value Proposition Toolbox from MECLABS

The most efficient way to grow your sales is by converting more of the prospects you already have in your pipeline. To communicate value, you need everyone who works on your marketing campaigns to have a clear understanding of your value proposition — not just for your company as a whole, but for every action you want a customer to take.

In this toolbox, you will get four tools to help you clearly communicate an effective value proposition:

  • 5-step value proposition crafting worksheet
  • 30 Minute Marketer: Value Proposition
  • Appeal/Exclusivity scoring tool
  • Discovery framework tool

In addition to this download, you will also receive a free subscription to a weekly digest of the top marketing strategies, tactics, and results from your most successful marketing peers from MECLABS and MarketingSherpa.

Request Free!
Enterprise IT / IT Operations

Process Mapping Basics

Many people find process mapping a useful way to introduce Business Process Management concepts to an organization and help people think about their work from a process perspective. This white paper helps you get started with process mapping basics.

When you first try process mapping, the trick is to keep it simple at first and save the difficult details for later. This introduction will help you with the hardest part: getting started.

In it, you will learn how to:

  • Choose the right processes to begin with
  • Identify and organize tasks
  • Assign and define roles
  • Distinguish between “hassle” v. “value” & more

 

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