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Five Reasons Your M365 Configuration May Not Be Secure
Microsoft 365 (M365) is a powerful suite of productivity tools that has become widely adopted in life sciences organizations globally. As of February 2024, this SaaS (Software as a Service) offering has 30% of the market share and continues to grow. M365 offers numerous collaborative features with the cost-effective benefit of shared administration, patch management,…
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Strategy & Operations
Practicing Your Future: Using Scenario Planning to Envision Likely Business Outcomes and Competitive Performance
Executive Summary As the pace of change in economies around the world accelerates, many businesses struggle simply to keep up…
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Cybersecurity & Compliance
The IT Playbook: An Effective Tool for Security Governance
Any significant challenge is more easily faced when broken into a smaller set of steps–taxes, cleaning the house, reorganizing the…
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Strategy & Operations
Inflection Points — Opportunities and Challenges
“Just as a teenager can no longer wear the shoes or abide by the restrictions set out for a younger…
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M&A Services
Post-Merger Innovation: Using M&A as a Launching Pad for Renewed Innovation
Innovation is typically a strength for organizations that grow inorganically. But whether it started out of a garage like Medtronic,…
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Growth Acceleration
Taking a Strategic Approach to Information Security Risk Management
When many organizations think about information security, they think in terms of technology. “Do we have encryption? Are our passwords…
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Analytics & Insight Creation
How AI is Reinventing Medical Innovation
Does healthcare have anything to learn from military strategies? In his book “The Bomber Mafia,” Malcolm Gladwell describes how a…
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Cybersecurity & Compliance
The Vital Link Between Strategy and Innovation
For at least two decades, business executives have emphasized the value of innovation for their businesses. Even today, it is…
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Analytics & Insight Creation
Data Strategy Considerations for Bioanalytical and Clinical Labs
Recently, I had the opportunity to discuss the future of bioanalytical labs with Dr. Chad Briscoe, VP of Global Bioanalytical…
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Cybersecurity & Compliance
Data Integrity Requirements for Paper Based Records in a GxP Environment
As I noted in a prior article Establishing a Data Integrity Program in a GxP Environment, Data Integrity can be defined…