Tag: cio
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The Smarter Enterprise: A CIO’s Blueprint for 2030
IBM Survey Finds AI Strategy Now Hinges on Integration and Differentiation. The thriving enterprise of 2030 will be AI-first, not just AI-enabled, said IBM’s latest Institute for Business Value. The company surveyed more than 2,000 C-suite executives in the second half of 2025. The results paint a picture of the future of digital transformation dominated…
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Acting CISA Director Pushed to Remove Agency CIO
The drama at the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency is not helpful when it needs to focus on defending networks and infrastructure. The post Acting CISA Director Pushed to Remove Agency CIO appeared first on TechRepublic. First seen on techrepublic.com Jump to article: www.techrepublic.com/article/news-cisa-leadership-crisis/
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CIO Playbook for Post-Quantum Security
Forrester’s Sandy Carielli on Quantum Readiness, Key Steps for Successful Migration. Quantum security migrations are multi-year, cross-functional projects that touch product, infrastructure and supply chains. While the scope of migration can be daunting, CIOs can follow several practical steps to make the project more manageable, said Forrester’s Sandy Carielli. First seen on govinfosecurity.com Jump to…
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Zoho opens its first UAE datacentres to boost cloud adoption
New Dubai and Abu Dhabi facilities support data sovereignty, providing CIOs with local access to more than 100 Zoho and ManageEngine cloud services First seen on computerweekly.com Jump to article: www.computerweekly.com/news/366637278/Zoho-opens-its-first-UAE-datacentres-to-boost-cloud-adoption
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Incorporating Geopolitical Risk Into Your IT Strategy
Scenario Planning Must Model Disruption, Strengthen Cyber Basics, Build Redundancy. IT organizations know how to plan for outages, but even the most rigorously designed strategy is vulnerable to the shifting winds of geopolitics. CIOs and technology leaders need to know how their organizations will respond to geopolitical disruptions, and scenario planning needs to be a…
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Building a Solid IT Strategy in an Unstable World
Experts on How CIOs Can Avoid ‘Geopolitical Lock-In’ in AI, Cloud and Supply Chains. Geopolitical instability is a part of reality in 2026, and the stakes are high for CIOs who must rely on global supply chains to develop IT, artificial intelligence, cloud and cybersecurity strategies. First seen on govinfosecurity.com Jump to article: www.govinfosecurity.com/building-solid-strategy-in-unstable-world-a-30512
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AI Supply Chain Risk: Will CIOs Be Held Accountable?
Growing Third-Party Breach Trend Is Spreading to AI Suppliers IT organizations have built processes for reducing vendor risk, but in the AI era, that operating model is being dismantled. Modern AI environments are built on dynamic external foundational models, countless APIs, open-source components and continuous data pipelines that pose risks. First seen on govinfosecurity.com Jump…
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How CIOs can brace for AI-fueled cyberthreats
Executives are carefully tracking the rise in AI use for cyberthreats, bolstering basic preparedness tactics and increasing cyber spend in response. First seen on cybersecuritydive.com Jump to article: www.cybersecuritydive.com/news/how-cios-can-brace-for-ai-fueled-cyberthreats/809093/
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How to eliminate IT blind spots in the modern, AI-driven enterprise
Tags: access, ai, api, attack, automation, awareness, cio, cloud, control, data, detection, endpoint, governance, group, identity, injection, intelligence, metric, monitoring, network, radius, risk, service, technology, tool, training, vulnerabilityThe more organizations lean on artificial intelligence (AI), spread workloads across different environments, and tie systems together, the harder it becomes for traditional security practices to present a complete picture of what’s going on. The result is a growing number of blind spots hidden misconfigurations, inconsistent controls, and unpredictable behaviors across systems and AI agents…
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How to eliminate IT blind spots in the modern, AI-driven enterprise
Tags: access, ai, api, attack, automation, awareness, cio, cloud, control, data, detection, endpoint, governance, group, identity, injection, intelligence, metric, monitoring, network, radius, risk, service, technology, tool, training, vulnerabilityThe more organizations lean on artificial intelligence (AI), spread workloads across different environments, and tie systems together, the harder it becomes for traditional security practices to present a complete picture of what’s going on. The result is a growing number of blind spots hidden misconfigurations, inconsistent controls, and unpredictable behaviors across systems and AI agents…
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10 Tough AI Questions for the 2026 Public-Sector CIO
With AI taking the top spot for 2026 government CIO priorities, what are the next-level questions that leaders must focus on regarding AI projects and trends in the new year? First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2026/01/10-tough-ai-questions-for-the-2026-public-sector-cio/
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Why 47-Day TLS and SSL Certificate Renewal Cycles Alarm CIOs
Visibility Gaps Increase the Risk of Certificate-Driven Outages. Moving to 47-day TLS and SSL certificate renewal cycles by 2029 will turn certificate management into an enterprise risk. Automation and crypto-governance are now board-level imperatives. Enterprises can prepare for continuous renewal cycles without losing resilience, says Sectigo CEO Kevin Weiss. First seen on govinfosecurity.com Jump to…
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Equifax Europe CISO: Notorious breach spurred cybersecurity transformation
Tags: access, ai, attack, authentication, awareness, breach, business, ceo, cio, ciso, cloud, computer, control, corporate, cyber, cyberattack, cybercrime, cybersecurity, data, defense, dora, espionage, finance, framework, google, government, identity, infrastructure, intelligence, network, nis-2, phishing, regulation, risk, risk-management, security-incident, service, strategy, technology, threat, updateCloud as a new technological axis: Equifax’s $3 billion migration to the cloud, “which had been brewing for about seven years” and which the company says is the largest technological investment in its history, has involved moving more than 300 systems, over 30 product families, and thousands of customers to the company’s cloud platform, Equifax Cloud, in Spain…
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ServiceNow’s $7.75 billion cash deal for Armis illustrates shifting strategies
Tags: access, ai, attack, authentication, automation, business, ceo, cio, ciso, computing, control, cyber, governance, identity, incident response, intelligence, iot, risk, service, strategy, tool, update, vulnerabilityVisibility is the key: “For decades, the CIO’s white whale has been a precise, real-time Configuration Management Database [CMDB]. Most are outdated the moment they are populated,” said Whisper Security CEO Kaveh Ranjbar. The Armis acquisition “is an admission that in an era of IoT, OT, and edge computing, you cannot rely on manual entry…
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Der Aufstieg des Chief Trust Officers: Wo passt der CISO hinein?
Tags: ai, ceo, cio, ciso, compliance, cyersecurity, finance, governance, grc, office, risk, risk-management, soc, software, vulnerabilityDer Chief Trust Officer steht für einen Wandel von der Verteidigung von Systemen hin zur Sicherung der Glaubwürdigkeit.Immer mehr Unternehmen heben Vertrauen als Unterscheidungsmerkmal für ihr Geschäft hervor. Durch Datenschutzverletzungen, Bedenken hinsichtlich der Produktsicherheit und Unsicherheiten in Bezug auf künstliche Intelligenz hat das Vertrauen der Kunden in den vergangenen Jahren stark gelitten.Wie aus dem Edelman…
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Podcast: Die IT-Tops und -Flops 2025
Tags: ai, cio, jobs, malware, microsoft, nis-2, open-source, ransomware, software, vulnerability-managementDie Redaktion von Computerwoche, CIO und CSO sieht das IT-Jahr 2025 mit gemischten Gefühlen zu Ende gehen.Ein turbulentes Jahr 2025 neigt sich dem Ende zu. Es war geprägt von wirtschaftlicher Unsicherheit, geopolitischen Spannungen und dem ungebremsten Siegeszug der Künstlichen Intelligenz. Grund genug für die Redaktion von Computerwoche, CIO und CSO, in der letzten TechTalk-Podcast-Folge des…
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Kirsten Davies Confirmed as Pentagon CIO
Former Unilever CISO to Lead Department of Defense IT. A former Unilever executive is officially the next U.S. Department of Defense CIO. The Pentagon CIO is the principal technology advisor to Pentagon leadership and manages the department’s information management and IT, and many other critical systems. First seen on govinfosecurity.com Jump to article: www.govinfosecurity.com/kirsten-davies-confirmed-as-pentagon-cio-a-30353
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Senate confirms new Pentagon CIO
Tags: cioKirsten Davies was confirmed for the role, along with about 100 other nominees across federal agencies, in a 53-43 vote following a Republican-led rules change that lets tranches of senior personnel get approved in a bloc by a single vote. First seen on therecord.media Jump to article: therecord.media/senate-confirms-new-pentagon-cio
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Bedrohungsbewusstes Identity Access Management – Wie CIOs und CISOs Angriffe früh stoppen können
First seen on security-insider.de Jump to article: www.security-insider.de/wie-cios-und-cisos-angriffe-frueh-stoppen-koennen-a-5b7c92db6b62084febfb47c53cf7b07d/
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Why State CIOs Are Betting on AI
AI Is Now the Top Focus for Modernization to Relieve Budget, Staffing Pressures. According to the National Association of State CIOs, this year AI tech – including generative and agentic AI – is the top strategic initiative for state CIOs – marking an unprecedented shift in IT priorities, said NASCIO Executive Director Doug Robinson. In…
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When it comes to security resilience, cheaper isn’t always better
Tags: access, attack, authentication, breach, business, cctv, cio, ciso, cloud, control, cyber, cybersecurity, data, data-breach, defense, encryption, exploit, government, hacker, healthcare, incident, incident response, jobs, leak, malicious, metric, mfa, monitoring, ransomware, RedTeam, resilience, risk, risk-management, saas, service, soc, software, threat, tool, update, vpn, vulnerability, vulnerability-management, zero-trustThe hidden trade-offs with resilience: Savings don’t erase risk. They shift it. What looks efficient today becomes exposed tomorrow. Cyber resilience is often the first casualty.Supply chain fragility: Cyber threats thrive on concentration. When procurement consolidates digital services into a single provider to save money, a single breach can have a ripple effect across your…
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When it comes to security resilience, cheaper isn’t always better
Tags: access, attack, authentication, breach, business, cctv, cio, ciso, cloud, control, cyber, cybersecurity, data, data-breach, defense, encryption, exploit, government, hacker, healthcare, incident, incident response, jobs, leak, malicious, metric, mfa, monitoring, ransomware, RedTeam, resilience, risk, risk-management, saas, service, soc, software, threat, tool, update, vpn, vulnerability, vulnerability-management, zero-trustThe hidden trade-offs with resilience: Savings don’t erase risk. They shift it. What looks efficient today becomes exposed tomorrow. Cyber resilience is often the first casualty.Supply chain fragility: Cyber threats thrive on concentration. When procurement consolidates digital services into a single provider to save money, a single breach can have a ripple effect across your…
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Rethinking the CIO-CISO Dynamic in the Age of AI
Enterprises Are Reimagining Org Roles, Risk Management and Skillsets in the AI Race. Organizations are beginning to reimagine how leadership roles should be structured, aligned and empowered as they grapple with regulatory pressures, the unpredictable nature of AI systems, and the need for operational resilience in an increasingly uncertain business climate. First seen on govinfosecurity.com…
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15 years in, zero trust remains elusive, with AI rising to complicate the challenge
Legacy systems that weren’t designed for zero trust principles,Fragmented identity and access tools that make unified enforcement difficult, andCultural and organizational resistance to changing long-standing trust models.Kyle Wickert, field CTO at AlgoSec, says zero trust remains one of the most misunderstood transformations in cybersecurity.”Many organizations still hesitate to pursue it because they associate zero trust…
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CISOs, CIOs and Boards: Bridging the Cybersecurity Confidence Gap
New data shows 90% of NEDs lack confidence in cybersecurity value. CISOs and CIOs must translate cyber risk into business impact. First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2025/12/cisos-cios-and-boards-bridging-the-cybersecurity-confidence-gap/
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CSO 30 Awards 2025: Celebrating Excellence, Innovation and Leadership in Cybersecurity
Tags: advisory, ai, automation, awareness, backup, business, ceo, cio, cyber, cybersecurity, data, endpoint, finance, google, governance, healthcare, incident response, infosec, jobs, office, phishing, ransomware, resilience, risk, service, strategy, technology, threatUK CSO 30 2025 winner Greg Emmerson (right) with judge Andrew Barber (left) CSO UK / FoundryGreg Emmerson stood out for transforming both the culture and capability of Applegreen’s security organization. Emmerson established regional Centres of Excellence to strengthen collaboration and skill development across global teams, modernizing operations through Continuous Threat Exposure Management and enterprise-wide canary tooling. By unifying identities and embedding advanced…