06/
09
Interview with Walter Sedlacek

Interview with Walter Sedlacek, Lead Security Workstream

What exactly is your role in the Zero Outage Industry Standard Association? I am currently leading the security workstream, which is one of the four elements of the Zero Outage Industry Standard Association. All workstreams focus on different areas and topics but are holistically integrated with each other. I lead a small team, consisting of…

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06/
09
Zero Outage and Security in Bitcoin Exchanges

Zero Outage and Security in Bitcoin Exchanges

In light of recent hackings of the biggest bitcoin exchanges, there has been a great issue regarding cybersecurity. In order to gain more insight into the subject we will now take a specific scope and focus on the security of bitcoins or as one may call it, Blockchain 1.0. Bitcoin, the peer to peer electronic…

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06/
09
Zero Outage and Blockchain

Zero Outage and Blockchain, the future of finance and technology

Blockchain made easy For those of you who know very little on the subject, there are a few details which are important to get you started. Blockchain has three main roles, the first one is the birth of the online currency, Bitcoin (an online peer to peer currency). Secondly, the focus on smart contracts, digital…

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18/
07
Stefano Aina

“No Outages”

Please describe your role at the Zero Outage Industry Standard Association: The goal of the overall Standard is ambitious. As the world becomes more and more digital, the number and importance of services that are provided from IT environments increases, and it becomes ever more important that such services are provided in an absolutely reliable…

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10/
07
Prof. Dr. Eberhard von Faber

ZOIS Challenges – Interview with Prof. Dr. Eberhard von Faber

Which would you say are the more unique challenges, compared to other industries, that IT faces – as far as executing standardisation is concerned? Large-scale, complex IT is used in a dynamic environment and is characterised by the changing requirements of user organisations and severe cost pressure. Both trends require continuous adaptations of IT applications….

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27/
06
To build a Standard that encompasses the best of all the companies contributing

To build a Standard that encompasses the best of all the companies contributing

What exactly is your role in the Zero Outage Industry Standard Association? I have been a part of the Zero Outage Industry Association since the beginning. Currently I am leading the Process workstream, which, so far, covers three main areas; change management, incident management and problem management. We are currently working on the larger topic…

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20/
06
Outages can run into huge damages – just ask BA

Outages can run into huge damages – just ask BA

A nightmare situation It is now believed that a fail-safe measure designed to protect systems from hardware failure did not work. Backup generators were bypassed, causing the entire system to shut down. And when power was restored, the system was turned back on in a haphazard way that ended up causing physical damage to the…

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