Skip to content

GAVS – Global IT Consulting

Menu
  • Platforms & Products
    • Platforms & Products

      GAVS’ products will help change how you organize your IT Operations, bring meaningful and actionable insights to speed up network fixes, provide real data as quantifiable justification to adopt strategies that foster business improvements.

      • ZIF
      • Products
        • zDesk – Remote, Secure Desktop-as-a-Service (VDI+)
        • zIrrus
        • GTOps
        • TruOps
        • Close
    • Products & Platforms
      • Reimagining your Digital Infrastructure with Zero Incident FrameworkTM

        Read more
    Close
  • Services & Technologies
    • Services & Technologies

      GAVS is a global IT services provider with focus on AI-led Managed Services and Digital Transformation. GAVS’ AIOps platform, Zero Incident Framework ™ (ZIF), enables proactive detection and remediation of incidents and increases uptime, helping organizations drive towards a Zero Incident Enterprise™ . GAVS has transformed IT Enterprise delivery through ZIF’s Discover, Monitor, Analyze, Predict, and Remediate modules, to optimize business services continuity.

      • Digital Services
        • Auto Discovery and Dependency Mapping
        • Cloud Enablement
          • Cloud Advisory and Transformation
          • Close
        • Automation
        • Blockchain
        • Close
      • Cyber Security Services
        • Assessment & Advisory
        • Identity & Access Management (IAM)
        • Managed Detection & Response (MDR)
        • Managed Security Services (MSS)
        • Security Automation
        • Risk & Compliance
        • Close
      • Data Privacy Services
      • Consulting & Implementation Services
        • Cloud Advisory and Transformation
        • Data Center Assessment
        • Data Center-as-a-Service (DCaaS)
        • Infrastructure re-engineering
        • Data Center Consolidation & Migration
        • Close
      • Application Services
      • Enterprise Support Services
        • Managed Infrastructure Support
        • Remote Infrastructure Monitoring
        • End User Monitoring
        • Close
      • Microsoft Services
    • Services &Technologies
      • Reinforcement Learning- The Art of Teaching Machines

        Read more
    Close
  • Industries
    • Industries

      GAVS Technologies focuses on serving various industry verticals in their digital transformation through infrastructure solutions, adopting innovation and technologies in different domains. We offer services and solutions aligned with technology trends to enable enterprises to take advantage of futuristic technologies like DevOps, Smart Machines, Cloud, IoT, Predictive Analytics, Managed Infrastructure Services, and Security services.

      • Industries Overview
      • Healthcare
      • Banking & Financial Services
      • Manufacturing
      • Media & Publishing
    Close
  • Inside GAVS
    • Inside GAVS

      GAVS is a global IT services provider with focus on AI-led Managed Services and Digital Transformation. GAVS’ AIOps platform, Zero Incident Framework™ (ZIF), enables proactive detection and remediation of incidents and increases uptime, helping organizations drive towards a Zero Incident Enterprise™ . GAVS has transformed IT Enterprise delivery through ZIF’s Discover, Monitor, Analyze, Predict, and Remediate modules, to optimize business services continuity.

      • About Us
      • Client Speak
      • Alliances & Partnerships
      • Leadership Team
      • Social Responsibility
      • Events
      • Locations
      • Contact Us
      • Press Releases
      • Media Mentions
      • Awards and Recognitions
      • In Memoriam
      • Covid Care
    Close
  • Insights
    • Insights

      We bring you discerning insights on technology trends, innovation and organization culture, thru our collection of articles, blogs and more. Insights reflects our passion in driving advancements as we move forward creating new paradigms in business and work culture. You would find our thoughts on a variety of topics ranging from evolving technologies and ways it affects businesses and lives, transformational leadership, high impact teams, diversity, inclusion and much more.

      • Blogs
      • Articles
      • White Papers
      • Brochures
      • Videos
      • Case Studies
      • enGAge Magazine
    • insights
      • Seven Tips for Leading IT Modernization and Digital Transformation

        Read more

    Close
  • Work With Us
    • Work with us

      What it means to be a GAVSian?

      If you rate high on our SWAT test (Smart, Hardworking, Articulate, Technologically curious), GAVS’ hiring profile, we promise you excitement, inspiration and the freedom to succeed in our flat organization. Being a GAVSian, you would represent our cutting edge in technological advancement while we help you hone yourself into the person you aspire to be. That’s the level of personal interest we invest in you.

      • Career with GAVS
      • Company Culture
      • Diversity @ GAVS
      • Building a respectful workplace
    Close
Back to blogs

IT Risk Management in a Hyper-connected World

Oct 09, 2017
SHARE

In this blog post

  • OPTIMIZING PERFORMANCE – MANAGING RISKS IN INFRASTRUCTURE
  • ENABLING INFORMATION SECURITY – SHIELDING DATA FROM BREACHES
  • MANAGING TECHNOLOGY RISK IS NO LONGER OPTIONAL

The role of a Chief Risk Officer (CRO) is taking center stage in an increasingly hyper-connected and volatile business environment. In February 2014, Goldman Sachs made an unconventional move by including its CRO as part of the high profile management committee in its 145-year long history. Other than managing corporate and compliance risks, one of the significant responsibilities of a risk officer is managing technological risk aimed at protecting business value and optimizing performance. This includes minimizing potential infrastructure outages and taking strong measures to prevent information security breaches.

OPTIMIZING PERFORMANCE – MANAGING RISKS IN INFRASTRUCTURE

Today, you cannot afford to have even a brief outage as the corresponding financial risk can be quite high. For instance, every hour of downtime can cost businesses a whopping $700,000. The Information Technology and Intelligence Corp. survey states that one out of ten companies today need 99.999% availability for their IT operations. There are many options available to help you reach this exacting target.

One way to do this is to change your approach to operations management from a reactive to a predictive mode and pre-empt issues even before they occur. The huge volume of Big Data available in your IT environment offers many opportunities for leveraging predictive analytics. In addition, emerging technologies such as machine learning enable self-learning and self-healing by understanding the root cause of errors, correcting them, and learning in the process.

IT Operations Analytics (ITOA) plays a significant role here, bringing visibility and transparency into operations. Application performance monitoring is no longer just about IT engineers monitoring dashboards. There are advanced solutions at play here such as automatic spawning of servers and use of alternate data centers in case of an outage.

ENABLING INFORMATION SECURITY – SHIELDING DATA FROM BREACHES

Are you looking within the enterprise and scrutinizing every aspect of operations to ensure that there is no scope for security attacks? Basic malware prevention software is usually in place, but there may be procedural lapses that create opportunities for hackers. So, it is essential that you make a comprehensive checklist to prevent such occurrences. For example, a user account needs to be disabled as soon as the employee is no longer on the payroll. A common login credential cannot be used across users, even for convenience and simplicity.

With increasing Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) integration, training and sensitizing employees on how to handle data is essential given the multiple devices that are used to login to the office network. Mobile device security is climbing up to become the topmost concern for businesses.

A 2015 IDG report says that 74% of its respondents confirm experiencing a mobile security issue. To address this, you need to have a full-fledged BYOD strategy in place.

Any mobile device logging into an enterprise network should be compliant with specified versions of operating systems and applications. The device should have a strong password and allow only signed apps to access the network. Hybrid clouds that segment data into a public and private cloud are another alternative to tackle BYOD security. The private cloud adds another layer of security to sensitive data such as encryption keys.

Some large-scale information security breaches have rocked the business world in recent years. For example, in September 2014, Home Depot, a leading US retailer, experienced a cyber-attack on its payment terminals compromising the security of credit cards of 56 million customers. The point of entry of the malware was eventually attributed to theft of third party vendor’s login details. This instance shows that while most companies may take stringent security measures within the organization, it is also important to enforce the same for all partner organizations as well.

MANAGING TECHNOLOGY RISK IS NO LONGER OPTIONAL

Consider a company such as Facebook that is responsible for a significant share of internet traffic today. They have mammoth data centers – four in the US and one in Sweden. The impact of one of these data centers going down is likely to have a significant impact on its operations. In today’s context, technology is no longer just an accelerant for business growth, but is a core building block, without which companies are bound to fail. There’s little doubt that CROs have their task cut out in terms of mitigating financial and reputational risk to maximize business performance, and secure customer confidence and loyalty.



The Journey Beyond

A personal introduction during a business meeting or the reading of a speaker’s bio is a typical way to get to know someone in our business life. It’s fun to visualize the illustrious journey of our colleagues, leaders in companies, and famous guides and visionaries as we listen to their introductions and Bios.

Read More
The Hands that rock the cradle, also crack the code

It was an unguarded moment for my church-going, straight-laced handyman & landscaper, “ I am not sure if I am ready to trust a woman leader”, and finally the loss of first woman Presidential candidate in the US, that led me to ruminate about Women and Leadership and indulge in my most “ time suck” activities, google and peruse through Wikipedia.

Read More
Drones – Disruption Reimagined?

Oil prices were in for a shock on a mid-September Monday morning, when two of Saudi Arabia’s oil production facilities were attacked by multiple drones. Around 5% of the world’s oil supply was hit and it took the US’ reserves opening news to calm the oil price jump.

Read More
GAVS – Global IT Consulting

Copyright © 2022, GAVS Technologies.

  • Privacy Policy
  • Cookie Policy
  • Terms of use
  • Contact Us
  • Platforms & Products
    • Platforms & Products
    • Products
      • Zero Incident Framework ™
      • Products
      • zDesk – Remote, Secure Desktop-as-a-Service (VDI+)
      • GTOps
      • TruOps
      • zIrrus
  • Services & Technologies
    • Services & Technologies
    • Digital Services
      • Digital Services
      • Auto Discovery and Dependency Mapping
      • Cloud Enablement
        • Cloud Advisory and Transformation
      • Automation
      • Blockchain
    • Data Privacy Services
    • Cyber Security Services
      • Cyber Security Services
      • Risk and Compliance
      • Security Automation
      • Managed Security Services (MSS)
      • Managed Detection and Response (MDR)
      • Identity and Access Management
      • Assessment and Advisory
    • Consulting & Implementation Services
      • Consulting & Implementation Services
      • Cloud Assessment & Advisory
      • Data Center Assessment
      • Data Center-as-a-Service (DCaaS)
      • Infrastructure re-engineering
      • Data Center Consolidation & Migration
    • Application Services
    • Enterprise Support Services
      • Enterprise Support Services
      • Managed Infrastructure Support
      • Remote Infrastructure Monitoring
      • End User Monitoring
    • Microsoft Services
  • Industries
    • Industries Overview
    • Healthcare
    • Banking & Financial Services
    • Manufacturing
    • Media & Publishing
  • Inside GAVS
    • Inside GAVS
    • About Us
    • Industries
    • Client Speak
    • Alliances & Partnerships
    • Leadership Team
    • Social Responsibility
    • Events
    • Find us
    • Reaching us
    • Press Releases
    • Media Mentions
    • Awards and recognitions
    • In Memoriam
    • Covid Care
  • Insights
    • Insights
    • Articles
    • Blogs
    • White Papers
    • Case Studies
    • Brochures
    • Videos
    • enGAge Magazine
  • Work with us
    • Work with us
    • Career with GAVS
    • Company Culture
    • Diversity @ GAVS
    • Building a respectful workplace

Schedule a Demo