Executive Summary with Jeff Abbott

Executive Summary with Jeff Abbott

Surprising insights into IT, security and the future of work – and what they mean for your business strategy. Join host and former Ivanti CEO Jeff Abbott and a rotating cast of global executives and thought leaders as they unpack Ivanti's latest research and share their own perspectives and experiences.

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May 29, 2024 18 mins

Ivanti’s latest research found that cybersecurity teams are largely positive about the role of AI in protecting against and opposing AI-powered attacks. Yet, despite this optimism, many security professionals lack the proper understanding and defense strategy to address the risks today’s AI threat landscape poses.  

How can cybersecurity teams prepare themselves to fend off sophisticated AI-powered attacks and leverage AI effectivel...

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About the research 

See all Ivanti’s original research at ivanti.com/research. 

About the guest 

Sam Rad (Samantha Radocchia) is a lifelong student of humanity - futurist, anthropologist and entrepreneur. 
 
A charismatic speaker and performer, Sam has shared stories of radical change with global audiences on stages across 5 continents. She is a bestselling author, non-fiction and fiction writer for film, media personality and...

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Ivanti's recent research showed that IT workers are significantly more likely than other office workers to be anxious about the impact of AI on their jobs. IT workers are eight times more likely to say that the main beneficiaries of AI are employers rather than employees! Yet, IT workers also report record levels of burnout, which AI and automation have the potential to alleviate.​  

Rather than a feared future replacement, cou...

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Ivanti’s research shows that IT workers are 50% more likely than other office workers to report negative effects from working remotely. They report longer working hours and more tech problems about twice as often as their non-IT colleagues, and nearly one in three say they’ve had colleagues quit due to burnout. 

Could it be that the Everywhere Work revolution — a revolution they played a foundational role in making possible — has pl...

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Ivanti’s research into cybersecurity preparedness found that more than half of security professionals consider phishing, ransomware and software vulnerabilities to be the most important threats they face – but that likewise more than half of security professionals considered themselves well-prepared to deal with those threats. 

So why, when they are supposedly so well-prepared, do those same security leaders display such pessimism w...

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Ivanti’s research into remote work trends found that while 43% of office workers are allowed to work flexibly, 71% say they want to.

Why is that 28-point preference gap still with us even after several years of widespread — and widely successful — remote and hybrid work? What barriers are keeping leaders from chipping away at that preference gap, and why should they?

Host Jeff Abbott is joined by Nick Bloom, a professor of economics ...

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