Intelligent CIO Middle East Issue 54 | Page 38

TALKING business ‘‘ //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// connections status, application response time and, most importantly, security threats. Working from home will allow workers to connect remotely to critical business services and underlying infrastructure, possibly from an unsecured network and without the use of a trusted and regulated VPN. This will upsurge the chances for attackers and simultaneously compromise data centre servers and interface with malicious threats and attacks. Micro Focus offers Business Continuity services to combat Coronavirus The CIO and the security officer must implement further security controls to shield critical IT assets from cybersecurity assaults and abuse by expanding and increasing the system update refreshes and application fixing toward the endpoint level to proactively secure any vulnerability. As customary business movement requires interfacing and arrangement between representatives and clients, the CIO is required to provide a secure, reliable remote work platform with a collaboration system to power up remote work. This essential service will turn into the most critical function to equip the workforce and enable the everyday action. The CIO and his management group need to lead the change and be an excellent example for employees. Processes and methods should be amended and communicated back to the employees. The pressure on the customer service department will drastically increase as incidents and requests will increment and accomplishing the guaranteed administration level understanding will be intense. It’s a chance for the CIO to improve current frameworks and procedures, begin progressing and enhancing the customer service solution with more knowledge-based articles that will help and guide the employees. Micro Focus is helping organisations ensure continuity of service to their customers in response to the Coronavirus global pandemic. The company is placing an emphasis on helping its customers facilitate their employees to work remotely and is offering a range of critical packages. A statement from the company said: “As we all deal with the unprecedented world event that is the spread of COVID-19, we know that like us, customers will be enacting their Business Continuity Plans (BCP) and readjusting those plans to accommodate the evolving situation. We know that time sensitive and unimpeded access to technical experts to bolster your readiness capabilities is critical. “We want you to know that Micro Focus is here to partner with you through these times and we want to help provide you the easiest access to resources so that you can ensure the successful implementation of your BCP. If you need help during these times, we have put together a series of packaged offerings that are designed to be rapidly deployed and to help customers do everything from temporarily supplementing staff in the case of regular team members being out through to providing 24x7 solution support in case of emergency. “We have adapted our offering to be delivered fully remotely and can accommodate your security requirements with US or local-based resources or leverage our global centre of excellence. “We are here to help – if you would like to learn more about how Micro Focus can help you adapt your plans through services support please contact: proservices@ microfocus.com” Visit www.microfocus.com/en-us/ businesscontinuity/covid-19 for more information about the services. • They can also look to utilise advanced AI solutions to efficiently resolve first-level interactions and improve time to fix. Deploying bots to handle repeatable enquiries and interactions, considering more automated workflows and implementing robotic process automation to handle known issues or tasks will reduce human errors. This will help the employees to stay focused on responding to this change effectively and concentrate on the company vision and its mission. • 38 INTELLIGENTCIO www.intelligentcio.com