The COVID-19 pandemic highlighted to cities around the world the importance of smart city programs—the use of technology, data, and innovative solutions to address their social, environmental, and economic challenges. Indeed, 65% of city leaders surveyed in 2020 as part of ESI ThoughtLab’s Smart City Solutions for a Risker World reported that the top lessons […]
Read MoreDriving Cybersecurity Performance is the latest global research initiative to be released by ESI ThoughtLab, Econsult Solutions’ thought leadership arm. The study includes an in-depth global survey of CISOs in companies spanning the Americas, Europe, and Asia Pacific and represents firms of varying sizes, from $50 million to over $50 billion in revenue. Full findings are […]
Read MoreESI ThoughtLab and group of cybersecurity advisors release findings from study of 1,009 of the world’s largest firms. June 18, 2020 (Philadelphia, PA): A comprehensive study conducted by ESI ThoughtLab reveals that increased investment in cybersecurity can generate a significant ROI of 179% and provide greater protection as companies cope with the fallout from COVID-19. ESI […]
Read MoreFor this Present Value post, ESI’s thought leadership team sat down with experts participating in our Driving ROI Through AI research program to gain deeper insight into how companies around the world are currently using artificial intelligence, where the technology is headed, and how it will impact the future of business. Driving ROI Through AI […]
Read MoreAs the COVID-19 pandemic persists and more companies are placing greater reliance on digital systems, corporate cybersecurity systems are being put under pressure like never before. Companies have shifted to remote operations, disruption and increased attacks from opportunistic threat actors are mounting, and supply chains have been impacted on a global scale. This is creating vulnerabilities […]
Read MoreCybersecurity is constantly developing and evolving to new threats and increasingly sophisticated hacks and hackers, with the next decade set to present a host of new challenges. On average, companies spent $9.6m on cybersecurity last year. That ranged from $0.6m for those with less than $1b in revenue to a whopping $29.2m for firms with […]
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