The 5 Steps To Digital Transformation

 

Digital transformation is not just a buzzword; it's a necessary evolution for businesses in the era of Industry 4.0. Today we outline a pragmatic five-step approach to embarking on this journey:

1. Acknowledge the Need for Change: The first step is recognizing the inefficiencies and wasteful practices within your organization. Admitting there's a problem is crucial to setting the stage for transformation.

2. Dream and Brainstorm Solutions: Imagine the ideal state of your business without the constraints of current technologies or processes. What does your optimal business model look like? Dream big – Industry 4.0 technologies have made what once seemed impossible, possible.

3. Seek Expert Guidance: Digital transformation is a complex process that requires specialized knowledge. Find a systems architect or a consultant with experience in digital transformation within your industry to help navigate this journey.

4. Collaborate and Architect Your Vision: Work closely with the experts you've enlisted to design your digital transformation strategy. This collaboration should focus on turning the dream you've brainstormed into a feasible, detailed plan.

5. Embrace a New Mindset: Success in digital transformation requires more than just technological change; it demands a shift in thinking. Openness to new ideas, flexibility, and a willingness to adapt are essential.

Digital transformation offers a pathway to enhanced efficiency, cost savings, and competitive advantage. By following these steps, businesses can align their operations with the demands of the modern industrial landscape.

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The above information is courtesy of our friends at 4.0 Solutions

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Cybersecurity 101 - What Is Defense-In-Depth?

 

Defense-in-depth is the term that we use to describe a strategy of defense that assumes attackers will evade or bypass some of the security mechanisms put in place to stop them. Attackers are clever human beings, and when they encounter impediments to their work trying to break into a network, they sometimes find ways to get around those.

That's why it's important not just to have one layer of protection or one layer of defenses protecting your sensitive data. It's important that if attackers get past, let's say, a password in order to log in remotely, that they don't then have free range to do anything they want on the network.

Therefore, the defenses that you put in place should assume if an attacker is gotten past one point of defense, that there is something else to catch them.

One of those pieces of defense-in-depth that's very important, is someone monitoring your logs to make sure that if an attacker does get through, anything that they do after that in terms of trying to gain access to other systems, elevate their privileges by getting an administrator account, or running unusual scripts or programs, gets detected by an analyst and responded to in a timely manner to keep that attacker from doing any more harm.

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How Do You Get A Better Cybersecurity System?

 

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Do You Understand The Concept Of Cybersecurity?

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15 Ways To Protect Your Business From A Cyberattack

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A Cybersecurity Action List Every Organization Should Follow

 

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The 7 Layers Of Cybersecurity

 

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Defense-In-Depth - A Layered Cybersecurity Defense Framework

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What Are The Features And Benefits Of SDWAN?

 Modern businesses seek flexible, scalable, agile, secure, and affordable network solutions to integrate branch offices and remote workplaces seamlessly.

Large enterprises encountering network issues with wide area networks are moving towards Software Defined Wide Area Networks to overcome the bottlenecks and deliver high performance. Managing large networks with multiple users, devices, and applications is no child’s play.

SD-WAN empowers enterprises to manage networks efficiently with centralized monitoring and management to simplify network administration across locations.

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What Is SDWAN...It's Purpose And Benefits?

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𝐃𝐢𝐠𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐂𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐭 𝐒𝐡𝐞𝐞𝐭 𝐯𝟏.𝟎 (INFOGRAPHIC)

 

Jeff Winter (https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeffreyrwinter/) of Hitachi Solutions America made it easy to remember key aspects companies should focus on as they 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐭 and 𝐒𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐞 their Digital Transformation Initiatives.

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The 5 Essential Elements Of A Digital Transformation

 By definition, a “transformation” is the process of a complete change, not an incremental modification.

This means technology upgrades/add-ons, technology migrations, process improvements, and even re-orgs aren’t “transformative.” To be truly successful, you need to completely reinvent yourself inside and out. The right people, processes, and technologies all need to be in place and work together to ensure key decisions and actions are strongly influenced by the right data at the right time.

Harvard Business Review developed this great graphic to highlight the journey to becoming a data-centric organization:

𝟏. 𝐏𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞 – Humans are at the start, and inevitably at the end of this journey. So, we need to start with the people. If Digital Transformation is successful, everyone’s job changes within the company, and as a result, even the way our customers and partners interact with us changes too. Is everyone ready?

𝟐. 𝐃𝐚𝐭𝐚 – This is where technologies play the biggest role. Collect, aggregate, and analyze data at a massive scale that allows you to change the way you look at all of your companies' current strategies (e.g. business, marketing, sales, customer service, operations, IT, engineering, supply chain, etc.).

𝟑. 𝐈𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐬 – Make use of all the data from step 2 to have a better grasp of what is happening. Now is your chance to identify new correlations to key outcomes (Both good and bad), make better predictions on what is about to happen, and guide you toward new areas you should be looking or paying attention to.

𝟒. 𝐀𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 – There is no point in getting insights if you don’t do anything with them. Have the right processes and culture in place to allow the insights to drive action, ideally in real-time.

𝟓. 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐬 – Successful Digital Transformation requires constant evaluation and modification. If things are working, changes are being made all the time. Make sure they continue to support the goals of the company.

For more information:
https://hbr.org/2021/11/the-essential-components-of-digital-transformation

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