BAs are responsible for creating new models that support Business decisions by working closely with finance and IT teams to establish initiatives and strategies aimed at improving revenue and/or optimizing costs. Business analysts need a “strong understanding of regulatory and reporting requirements as well as plenty of experience in forecasting, budgeting, and financial analysis combined with understanding of key performance indicators,” according to Robert Half Technology. ... Business analysts need to know how to pull, analyze and report data trends, share that information with others, and apply it to business goals and needs. Not all business analysts need a background in IT if they have a general understanding of how systems, products, and tools work. Alternatively, some business analysts have a strong IT background and less experience in business but are interested in shifting away from IT into this hybrid role. The role often acts as a communicator between the business and IT sides of the organization, so having extensive experience in either area can be beneficial for business analysts.

Building GenAI data centers from a network perspective differs greatly from traditional data center buildouts -- or even those that were designed to support high-performance computing (HPC). ... After all, the pace of a GenAI application is only as fast as its slowest component. If properly built, the network can be eliminated as a potential performance bottleneck. Building a highly scalable network is also key to GenAI data centers as it enables future growth capacity. Network switch fabrics must include hardware that can expand horizontally and vertically, as well as use network OSes on switching hardware that include advanced features, such as packet spraying, load awareness and intelligent traffic redirection. These features provide automated rerouting of traffic within the network and between GPU processing units that may become overloaded. ... Early GenAI adopters have concluded that the use of multisite or micro data centers is the best option to accommodate this level of density. And, yet again, this puts pressure on the network interconnecting these sites to be as high-performing and resilient as possible.

Apple responded to an actively exploited zero-day flaw in iOS and iPadOS on Wednesday with the release of security patches. The identified vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2023-42824, exists in the kernel and may allow an attacker to elevate privileges. "Apple is aware of a report that this issue may have been actively exploited against versions of iOS before iOS 16.6," the company said. The update also addresses CVE-2023-5217, a WebRTC component issue. WebRTC is an open-source project that supports real-time computing between browsers and mobile applications, powering uses such as video and voice calling. ... Sony Interactive Entertainment alerted around 6,800 individuals about a cybersecurity breach. The intrusion resulted from an unauthorized party exploiting a zero-day vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2023-34362, in the MOVEit file transfer platform. This critical-severity SQL injection flaw, leading to remote code execution, was used by the Clop ransomware gang in widespread attacks in late May. 

Workplace experts say candidates can combat this by showing what efforts they've made to quickly pick up new skills and show enthusiasm for future learning. That might mean enrolling in extra training courses, getting new certifications and highlighting them in your résumé or interview, North said. Younger workers may need to show that they have taken proactive measures to learn new job skills they may lack. Older workers may want to show that they can keep up with fast-paced environments and various tech tools. ... "If you don't have to input this information, don't volunteer it," he said, adding that phrases like 40-plus years of experience also may not be best. Instead, stick to your skills and experiences. If you lack experience in one area, show how your skills are transferrable for this specific job. You can also be clear about any kind of transition, like a career change, or gap in employment by placing it in an executive summary section at the top of your résumé, Freeman said. Quantify your previous work's impact with numbers or qualify it by explaining how it affected the results.

With a new ransomware target being attacked every 14 seconds, organizations must prioritize ransomware prevention. With its developing sophistication, mitigating ransomware is increasingly more challenging. There's no silver bullet to eradicate attacks, and having to operate in a tight market adds a layer of complexity. CISOs and security leaders must focus on the best return on investment while building out a multilayered approach for improving their overall IT security. One strategy to accomplish this is managing attack vectors using encrypted channels with preventive technologies that can stop adversaries before they have a chance to compromise networks or while they are executing their multistep campaigns. ... Ransomware gangs also take advantage of legitimate websites encrypted with SSL/TLS to look secure, but have been infected with drive-by downloads. And cybercriminals leech onto browser vulnerabilities that can lead to infection when the entry point is encrypted, allowing encrypted threats embedded with malicious payloads to go unnoticed.