Say cheese! During the IT-SA in Nuremberg, we handed out more than 300 balls of cheese to potential German partners and customers. It turned out to be an ideal conversation starter, because: who doesn't like Dutch cheese? The link with Guardian360 was evident: we are Dutch, have a 360-degree view of an IT environment and cheese also must be produced securely. In the coming weeks, we will follow up on the newly acquired contacts; What a successful week this was! In our previous partner newsletter, we announced new tariffs from 1 January 2024. The new global price list has since been published on our partner portal. Be quick if you still
want to place orders at the 2023 conditions. When compared to other vendors in our industry, this is a reasonable price increase. We are only applying a 5% increase, while others are implementing increases up to 15%. In this newsletter, as usual, you will find another Lighthouse update, and you can also read about the status of the mobile app. In December, we will organise an online talk show for the financial sector, see the article in this newsletter for more information. Finally, in this newsletter we also introduce a behind-the-scenes peek at Guardian360, highly recommended!
Kind regards, On behalf of the Guardian360 team,
Jan Martijn Broekhof
Managing
Director
Lighthouse update - A New Feature within a New Feature In our previous partner newsletter, we spoke about the new feature that would be introduced into
our current Lighthouse front-end. Well folks, for those with an eagle eye for details, you may have noticed that it is already here!
Scroll down to the bottom of your dashboard page, and you will see a link that allows you to opt into the new dashboard look and feel. Don’t like it? Click the link again and it will restore the good old dashboard you know and love.
You may not know it, but this new feature is imported all the way from our new front-end we are building and the way we are presenting it is a feature on its own. We were stuck between the ability to add new features or to present something entirely new and eventually decided why not do both?
While we are developing our new front-end, many new features and functionality will be made available in the current platform until only the new front-end is left.
This will make our transition seamless without causing disruption in our customers workflow. It will also allow our
users to help us build and improve as we progress on this endeavour to provide a product that truly belongs to us all!
The new dashboard in itself is a big deal. Besides a refreshed and easier to understand look and feel, it is also packed with some much-anticipated functionality.
Issues trends will show a timeline of issues over time – this allows technicians to match issues to real events and give more business-focused stakeholders a view of progress within the system
All our previous graphs will now
also be filterable by time – which means one can create accurate reporting over a designated period
Graphs will be exportable which is especially useful when creating reports
The layout is structured with a hierarchy that is easier to navigate and understand
This past month saw the completion of the preparation phase of the project and coding has commenced. Finally!
For those who would like a sneak peek into proposed functionality, feel free to view it via the button below.
The big thing that was requested in our partner interviews was very much around notifications as it would allow partners to be more aware of events as they occur and could help to deal with emergencies sooner rather than later.
The app would also add some
convenience by allowing technicians to view issues on their phone while they are sorting it out at the physical locations within their network or even externally when there is no access to a laptop.
We will be making the application open source soon which means:
This app can be modified by stakeholders (partners or anyone with access to our API) for their own use cases
Stakeholders can add to its functionality for the benefit of our community
Stakeholders will be able to audit the code
We are very excited about this project, and we hope
this will be a game changer in our partner’s workflows. We value your feedback so please let us know what you think!
Should you want to be a part of our beta testing then please email Merijn at m.spee@guardian360.nl.
Are you active as a CEO, DGA, CISO, Information Security Manager, CTO, IT manager, auditor or otherwise involved in the compliance and audit process of an organisation in the financial sector or pension fund? Then don't miss this talk show!
Do you agree? In finance, compliance is more than regulation; it is crucial to your corporate DNA. After all, having your affairs in order is "permission to play". It is our experience that many organisations outsource software, services and infrastructure which in turn is further interconnected with other third-party software, services and infrastructure. As the scope this constantly expands it becomes more vague and uncontrollable, and as we know compliance becomes more complicated when one does not oversee everything that affects your organisation.
Guardian360 presents a talk show especially for the Dutch and Belgium finance sector, in which our speakers delve deeper into the current cyber threat landscape in the financial sector and how to be compliant and resilient. Our experts, together with leading influencers from the finance and security world, share interesting practical insights, lessons-learned and solutions to benchmark and optimise your own IT security.
Do
you recognise yourself in the following 5 concerns and challenges?
Our boardroom members are not successful in making the right IT decisions.
IT and information security is seen as a cost, not a business driver.
Without sound IT security, we will have no business within 10 years.
How do I navigate through the forest of laws and regulations including NIS, GDPR and DORA, with compliance and business value as my guide.
How to make compliance a business strategy, rather than a tick box exercise.
Recently, we have interviewed a number of colleagues about their work. Every week, we publish a new blog based on those interviews.
Are you curious to know what technological developments we are going through, what architecture choices we make or how we set up certain commercial processes? Check out our blog for a look behind the scenes!
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