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In this 'Security' inspired episode of Tech Talk with Divit, Oracle's Chief Information Security Officer and SVP David B. Cross talks about life as an Army Veteran and shares tips on IT security. He talks about Oracle's Identity and Access Management offerings, Oracle Universal Authenticator, Oracle’s big leap in the Access Governance space, and how it is solving real-world challenges. Our amazing IAM & Access Governance team is led by Eleanor Hayes Meritt, Pavana Jain, Sandeep Banerjie, Ghufran Ahmed, Bryon Ford and David Price. #security #Oracle #Cloud #Technology #IAM #MFA #entrepreneurship #marketing #SEO #management #trust #development #OCI #divit #sales Rohit Rahi

I'm seeing more companies create Chief AI Officer roles. It's easier said than done, however. Unsurprisingly, determining the role's objectives and responsibilities is still a work in progress in many organizations. To ensure that the CAIO role does more than provide short-term marketing benefits and avoids becoming a figurehead with little actual impact, it's crucial to design it thoughtfully. Here are some key areas where a CAIO can make a significant difference: 1. Alignment and Coordination: The CAIO should provide strategic direction and vision, helping to coordinate resources and find the right balance between the risks and rewards of AI adoption. This can prevent extreme outcomes like a free-for-all system or total paralysis due to IP, privacy, and security concerns. 2. Governance and Oversight: AI implementations come with potential risks, and the CAIO must work closely with compliance, risk, business, and technical teams to strike the necessary balance. Organizations may ignore the risks without a leader navigating these complexities or become paralyzed. 3. Prioritization and Direction: The CAIO should suggest, triage, and prioritize AI initiatives, focusing on small, successful projects that generate excitement about job enhancement rather than replacement. This approach can foster a company environment that is friendly to AI adoption. 4. Center of Excellence (COE): The CAIO organization should host a COE to coalesce and develop the required AI competencies with available experts. The focus should be on quickly testing business outcomes and determining where to invest or cut back. To be effective, the CAIO role must pervade the entire organization over time without becoming a bureaucratic chokepoint that slows adoption. The ideal candidate should be a trusted insider with experience in senior roles and organization knowledge, reporting no further than one level below the CEO. How is your organization preparing to embark on its AI transformation journey?

We’ve partnered with Google Cloud to change the game in multicloud! Learn about the new Oracle Database@Google Cloud and our 11 new cross-cloud interconnect regions: https://lnkd.in/gBgVadpr

Today Oracle and Google Cloud announced a partnership that gives customers the choice to combine #OCI and Google Cloud technologies to help accelerate their application migrations and modernization. Google Cloud’s Cross-Cloud Interconnect will be initially available for customer onboarding in 11 global regions, allowing customers to deploy general purpose workloads with no cross-cloud data transfer charges. Later this year, a new offering, Oracle Database@Google Cloud, will be available with the highest level of Oracle database and network performance, along with feature and pricing parity with OCI. https://lnkd.in/gmsSDkVd