Global IT outage: The cyber resilience alarm heard around the world
The global IT outage in July 2024 was a reminder of the criticality of investing in cyber resilience across organizations and of reframing cyber as business critical.
Formerly: 1986-87, Fulbright Scholar; 1993-96, National Director, UK's Programme on Information and Communication Technologies; Professor, Annenberg School for Communication, University of Southern California; currently, Professor of Internet Studies, University of Oxford and current position. Fellow, Balliol College. Director and Principal Investigator, Oxford e-Social Science Project. Principal Investigator, Oxford Internet Surveys which study use and impact of the Internet in Britain. Author, Society on the Line (1999). Co-Editor, Transforming Enterprise, (2005).
The global IT outage in July 2024 was a reminder of the criticality of investing in cyber resilience across organizations and of reframing cyber as business critical.
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