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• CISO soft skills in demand as position evolves into leadership role

  Cybersecurity industry veteran Joan Pepin discusses how the evolution of the CISO role has made soft skills essential to thrive in the information security field. Continue Reading

• CISO: Data integrity and confidentiality are 'pillars' of cybersecurity

  When it comes to protecting online info, one cybersecurity veteran says the role of a CISO is to first incorporate processes that maintain data integrity and confidentiality. Continue Reading

• Informatica enlists cloud workload protection platform for 'zero-trust' IT security

  To secure its immense cloud operations, Informatica looks to a new tool, a cloud workload protection platform by Aporeto, with a deny-all approach to server access. Continue Reading

• The need for mainframe work continues amid staff shortages

  The need for mainframe work continues as important applications continue to reside on these computing machines, but staff shortages are an issue in maintaining big iron's health. Continue Reading

• CIOs dissect what makes their artificial intelligence projects tick

  AI has been described as the ultimate disruptor. These three IT leaders are prepping for the shake-up with artificial intelligence projects designed to harness that potential. Continue Reading

• Readying your IT shop for RPA software

  IT's role in an RPA implementation varies depending on the scope of the project and the company's enterprise architecture. Here's how Fannie Mae, Duke Energy and Abbyy handle RPA.Continue Reading

• Machine learning use cases, touch-text-talk on Box CIO's to-do list

  Intuitive interfaces, automating menial work so people can focus on big ideas, finding AI and machine learning use cases -- Box CIO Paul Chapman's to-do list is awesome.Continue Reading

• Box CIO talks IT innovation and pressures in an 'all-cloud' environment

  Box CIO Paul Chapman discusses the demands of running IT at a company that was 'born digital' and why an 'all-cloud' environment doesn't preclude having to manage legacy IT.Continue Reading

• From phishing attempt circumvention to AI, new CIO has a big job

  As the new CIO at Snow Software, Alastair Pooley is taking on a range of priorities, from helping the business to recognize a phishing attempt to exploring AI for customer support.Continue Reading

• Voxbone tech chief: Customer service is the new job of CIO

  The job of CIO is changing all right, and cloud computing is hastening that transition. Today, IT leaders are using cloud to solve old problems -- and form new bonds with the business.Continue Reading

• How cloud is changing the role of the CIO today

  Cloud has had a colossal impact on IT -- for starters, it's changed how it works and what it can pull off. And its effect on the role of the CIO today is no less transformational.Continue Reading

• Webcast: Incorporating log data analysis with incident management

  Log data analysis has evolved in recent years and can prove invaluable to security incident management. Jeffrey Ritter presents a webcast showcasing this evolution.Continue Reading

• Eying lower costs of cloud computing, Informatica to curb overbuying resources

  Overprovisioning pushes up the costs of cloud computing. But stopping the practice completely would result in damage of a different sort.Continue Reading

• Quest for resilience turns up ransomware backup strategy

  Waste Industries found an unexpected benefit in a software project that aimed to make data always available: a ransomware backup strategy.Continue Reading

• Needed for a future near you: More precise, efficient IT

  Pundits have said it: Building a more efficient IT is crucial against a backdrop of digital rivals. One IT leader is working hard at it. Here's to following his lead.Continue Reading

• Cybersecurity's shortage of skills leaves IT projects vulnerable

  A recent study found that as IT projects proliferate, cybersecurity's shortage of skills is leaving tech vulnerable. Analyst and study author Jon Oltsik explains in this Q&A.Continue Reading

• Relentless AI cyberattacks will require new protective measures

  AI cyberattacks won't be particularly clever; instead, they'll be fast and fierce. Carnegie Mellon University's Jason Hong explains in this episode of 'Schooled in AI.'Continue Reading

• How to prep for the GDPR breach notification rule

  As companies prep for GDPR compliance, its breach notification rule is making waves. Csaba Krasznay, security evangelist at Balabit, discusses how to prep for Article 33 of GDPR.Continue Reading

• Red Hat CIO talks open hybrid cloud, next-generation IT

  Deploying his company's open hybrid cloud product, preparing for next-generation IT, building an 'inclusive meritocracy' -- Red Hat CIO Mike Kelly talks turkey with SearchCIO.Continue Reading

• IT areas of focus in 2018 include outcome-based security services, data lakes

  Rahul Singh, managing director at IT outsourcing advisory Pace Harmon, dissects the 2018 trends in three important IT areas for CIOs.Continue Reading

• CIO: Adaptability essential to modernize IT structure

  Darin Morrow discusses how he achieves one of his primary goals as Cricket Wireless CIO: Ensuring the company's IT structure defines and continuously improves business processes.Continue Reading

• HR and IT, better together

  HR leaders like BMC's Monika Fahlbusch are partnering with CIOs as companies find that technology is key to attracting and managing talent, as well as streamlining HR management.Continue Reading

• A CIO's essential guide to mobile business strategy

  Enterprise mobility creates numerous logistical questions for businesses. In this Essential Guide, get news and advice to help implement a successful mobile business strategy.Continue Reading

• CIO playbook for 2018: Leading analysts break down the trends

  Cloud consolidation. Investing in the network. RPA. API management. These are among the issues CIOs ought to be paying attention to in 2018, according to leading analysts.Continue Reading

• Incorporating security is the next step in the evolution of DevOps

  As the evolution of DevOps continues, security measures are being integrated into product development processes. Will DevSecOps live up to its promise for enterprises?Continue Reading

• CIOs, the age of the algorithm takes hold -- for better and worse

  Tom Davenport and Bill Franks from the International Institute for Analytics give their expert opinions on where analytics is headed in 2018.Continue Reading

• Most popular SearchCIO videos for IT industry leaders in 2017

  Get cutting-edge technology strategy insight straight from IT industry leaders in this countdown of our top 10 most popular SearchCIO videos from 2017.Continue Reading

• Ten years on, SaaS provider's aim is improving cybersecurity

  A goal set by acquired cloud company Sonian is improving cybersecurity, whether through IT security frameworks or features in its service, co-founder says.Continue Reading

• More potential attack vectors complicate wearable device security

  To ensure wearable device security, organizations can no longer get by with aged approaches, said Boeing's Brian Laughlin.Continue Reading

• How to fill a CISO position in the digital age: Think cloud

  As companies move IT operations to the cloud, the chief cybersecurity role is changing, too, says cloud provider Sonian's Greg Arnette.Continue Reading

• A cloud provider ruminates on the role of a CISO

  Sonian, a recently acquired cloud application provider, discusses the role of a CISO, emerging cloud security positions and changes on the horizon.Continue Reading

• Wearable project success hinges on cross-functional team input

  Boeing's Brian Laughlin explains why a cross-functional team that provides strategic input is essential to a successful wearable project.Continue Reading

• Push for public, private sector cybersecurity cooperation continues

  Efforts to establish public and private sector cybersecurity cooperation have stalled in recent years, but high-profile incidents could be turning the tide.Continue Reading

• Dropbox CIO Sylvie Veilleux on taking IT from 'good to great'

  What's it like to be the first CIO at one of the world's most valuable startups? For Dropbox CIO Sylvie Veilleux it's about making IT 'easy to work with' -- and indispensable.Continue Reading

• Setting up a service automation framework

  In this third tip in a series on service automation, the global CIO searches for and finds a service automation framework.Continue Reading

• Hybrid IT environment requires hybrid cybersecurity

  As more organizations turn to a combination of cloud-based and on-premises systems, protecting data in a hybrid IT environment requires a fresh look at cybersecurity strategy.Continue Reading

• Assemble your toolbox for distributed decision-making

  If your organization has a distributed workforce, it needs to figure out how to optimize distributed decision-making. Joseph Flahiff lays out the fundamentals.Continue Reading

• A CTO offers advice on managing acquisition risks

  An ambitious project to modernize legacy software has added IT prowess and is driving innovation. One unforeseen consequence? Acquisitions are up, and so are acquisition risks.Continue Reading

• GE digital thread now runs through a 'hub' customer database

  GE has rolled out the first phase of digital transformation for its sales function, creating a central customer database and devising governance standards for customer data.Continue Reading

• Data center disasters: Preparing for the improbable

  Data center disasters come in all shapes and sizes, as IT expert Dan Morris knows from firsthand experience. Here's how he advises CIOs to prepare for the unknown.Continue Reading

• Nationwide CIO readies IT workforce for 'inevitable future'

  Susan Gueli, CIO of infrastructure and operations at Nationwide, explains how she helps ensure the company's IT workforce is up to the challenge of digital transformation.Continue Reading

• ITSM strategy for an agile, secure digital transformation

  As digitization forces companies to rethink IT ops, CIOs are learning that a successful ITSM strategy creates a delicate balance between reliability, agility and speed.Continue Reading

• Is there a data doctor in the house? Accenture nominates the CFO

  Crippled by data quality problems, U.S. companies need to find a cure fast. Accenture's Athena Reilly argues the data doctor of choice is the company's CFO.Continue Reading

• For Airbnb, data democratization is a strategic advantage

  Home-rental site Airbnb recognized the value of data from its start. Then it built tools and developed training to democratize data, turning employees into data scientists.Continue Reading

• Cybersecurity basics still a key component in managing digital risks

  Securing the digital enterprise is becoming increasingly complex, but companies should not forget the cybersecurity basics and tap into the power of its available technology, people and processes.Continue Reading

• Business is center stage in Wayfair's self-service BI strategy

  Wayfair's Nathan Kollett discusses the company's self-service BI strategy and the internal processes and structure that allow BI to thrive.Continue Reading

• Enterprise data analytics strategy: A guide for CIOs

  This Essential Guide explores enterprise data analytics strategies and how to select the right infrastructure, management tactics and technologies for your organization.Continue Reading

• Facing up to emerging technology: Risks and benefits

  The competitive edge that IoT, blockchain and other cutting-edge tech can deliver also brings new security threats. Read about how to mitigate emerging technology risks.Continue Reading

• Loose coupling, tight data access minimize security risks of new tech

  A recent article on biological malware got Niel Nickolaisen thinking about how to minimize security risks in emerging tech. Here are two approaches that will help.Continue Reading

• Mitigating security risks posed by emerging tech: Expert advice

  Companies are in hot pursuit of the benefits offered by cutting-edge technologies, but mitigating security risks often gets scant attention. CIOs need to change that. Here's how.Continue Reading

• The 3 Gs of a good presentation

  In this SearchCIO video, Charles Hooper, author of 59 Minutes to Great Storytelling, gives advice for giving a great presentation, including his "three Gs."Continue Reading

• Out of many, one hybrid cloud management platform

  A hybrid cloud management platform must mix well with business systems, give financial guidance and make security a priority, industry experts say.Continue Reading

• David vs. Goliath no more, Agile adoption is the new standard

  As Agile adoption grows, companies should not be looking to specialists to support agility, says Joseph Flahiff. Make Agile coaching a standard job requirement for team managers.Continue Reading

• IT execs: Salesforce, FB Workplace among top new tech investments

  In this video, three IT execs share what new tech investments they made this year and how they're helping them thrive in the digital economy.Continue Reading

• AI systems: The top three business implementation challenges

  In this SearchCIO video, Ruchir Puri, chief architect at IBM Watson, explains the major business challenges associated with implementing AI systems in the enterprise.Continue Reading

• Clear-cut leader of a chatbot strategy has yet to emerge

  Everyone's got their hand in a chatbot strategy. Who should be the lead? That position is still developing, says Lauren Kunze, CEO of Pandorabots.Continue Reading

• Book excerpt: The five phases of decision architecture methodology

  In this book excerpt, authors Andrew Wells and Kathy Chiang detail the decision architecture methodology, describe its five phases and explain how the strategy drives data monetization.Continue Reading

• Public and private partnerships helping bolster state's cybersecurity

  The CIO and CISO for the state of Wisconsin discuss how public and private partnerships have become integral to their statewide cybersecurity strategy.Continue Reading

• CISO: To achieve security in IoT devices, remember the fundamentals

  Connectivity has created new threat landscapes, but iRobot CISO Ravi Thatavarthy says it's important to remember fundamental IT security principles when it comes to security in IoT devices.Continue Reading

• Time to replace 'corral and control' with a digital data strategy

  As data volumes explode and business uses for data increase, the old "data-first" mindset no longer applies. CIOs must develop a digital data strategy. Here is what's required.Continue Reading

• Four pointers on managing a hybrid IT environment

  A hybrid IT environment -- public cloud and private cloud, a data center -- is what many companies have today. Here's an expert's take on how to manage one.Continue Reading

• A CIO's guide to cloud computing investments

  In this Essential Guide, learn how to make sound cloud computing investments that not only align with your company needs, but also drive business growth and innovation.Continue Reading

• CIO extols the importance of incubation team in company innovation

  In this video interview, Matt Griffiths, vice president and CIO at Stanley Black & Decker Industrial, discusses the need for an incubation team to help drive innovation.Continue Reading

• Data sharing among healthcare's top obstacles to business-IT alignment

  In this SearchCIO video, Wendy Cofran, CIO at Century Health Systems, explains why data sharing poses one of the top obstacles to business-IT alignment in the healthcare space.Continue Reading

• UsTrendy: How a fashion startup learned the value of technology

  UsTrendy, an online fashion marketplace started in 2008, was born digital, but it took time for CEO Sam Sisakhti to fully harness the value of technology.Continue Reading

• Building a business-centric enterprise cloud strategy

  It's important to understand an organization's business objectives when setting up an enterprise cloud strategy. Equinix's James Staten explains why.Continue Reading

• Use the cloud to achieve operating model transformation: Six steps

  Cloud computing is not an end in itself. To build a scalable cloud infrastructure that helps bring about operating model transformation, Mark Tonsetic advises CIOs to take these six steps.Continue Reading

• Fine-tune your cloud-first strategy with better metrics

  Calculating the risks and benefits of a cloud-first strategy is a difficult problem for CIOs with large, complex IT environments. Experts discuss the salient metrics to use.Continue Reading

• Data asset curation: The guidelines to determine information usability

  Keeping track of existing data assets is increasingly difficult, but detailed curation of this vital company information can help streamline evolving digital governance processes.Continue Reading

• CIO strives to tie cloud metrics to business value

  As CIOs gain experience in cloud computing, the cloud metrics they use are changing. Read how one CIO makes business value a priority in deciding which cloud services make sense.Continue Reading

• John Sculley: CIOs must embrace adaptive innovation, customer plans

  Former Apple CEO and marketing guru John Sculley explains why in today's tech-driven business world, adaptive innovation will be the hallmark of successful IT leaders.Continue Reading

• Former Apple CEO discusses AI, leadership and experience marketing

  Former Apple and Pepsi CEO John Sculley discusses how disruptive technologies and leadership styles are influencing industries far beyond IT.Continue Reading

• CIO: Think business first when facing technological disruption

  Wendy Cofran, CIO at Century Health Systems, says deciding how to respond to technological disruption requires careful deliberation and business focus.Continue Reading

• In five years, the CIO will be a digital evangelist, product manager

  Matt Griffiths, vice president and CIO at Stanley Black & Decker Industrial, discusses how the CIO role could become more of a digital evangelist position in the next five years.Continue Reading

• CISO, CFO need to connect for solid cyber-risk management

  IT security chiefs and people who handle risk need to have clear communication if they want effective cyber-risk management, MIT's Michael Siegel says.Continue Reading

• IT advice: How to keep pace with current technology trends

  Looking to stay on top of current technology trends? Find out how to from four technology professionals in this SearchCIO video.Continue Reading

• The CIO's role in IT's digital transformation journey

  The CIO of Stanley Black & Decker Industrial offers advice on the mistakes that CIOs should avoid on their digital transformation journey and explains the responsibilities they shoulder.Continue Reading

• 21st century data security model: Can tech save us from ourselves?

  Modern threats have made traditional information security apparatuses obsolete, but new, tech-centric data security models are helping companies safeguard their digital assets.Continue Reading

• A cloud implementation methodology for legacy apps

  Maximizing the benefits of cloud while minimizing risk requires a fine-tuned migration strategy. Here, Scott Lowe lays out a cloud implementation methodology for legacy apps.Continue Reading

• Software bots, AI technology to transform IT operations model

  CIOs will need to plan for a future in which automation and artificial intelligence will play an increasingly important role in the IT department and required skill sets.Continue Reading

• Future shop: How tech trends will reshape the IT department structure

  Technology trends from no code platforms to advanced automation promise to transform the IT department role and the skill sets CIOs need to pursue when hiring staff.Continue Reading

• The NIST cybersecurity framework helps navigate modern threat landscape

  Steven Gutkin from the New Jersey OHSP explains the benefits and challenges of implementing the NIST Cybersecurity Framework and discusses various modern cybersecurity threats.Continue Reading

• As long as the workforce is human, IT security education will fall short

  Enough with training employees to be good security stewards, Niel Nickolaisen says. To err is human. He's putting his faith in behavior-based security and a few ironclad rules.Continue Reading

• IT security chief adds business aptitude to CISO skills

  Jeff Haskill, the IT security chief at AstraZeneca, is, according to his boss, "a very technical CISO." Dave Smoley, CIO at the U.K.-based pharmaceutical manufacturer, praised Haskill for his ...Continue Reading

• CIO: University-business partnerships help address skills shortage

  In this video, University of Wisconsin CIO Bruce Maas offers pointers on how to nurture university-business partnerships and how they can help address the security talent shortage.Continue Reading

• Executing strategies: Close the gap between vision and implementation

  That vision thing won't do CIOs much good if they fail to execute on strategy, management experts say. Here's how to overcome the hurdles that can get in the way of success.Continue Reading

• CIO: Information technology leaders benefit from scaling projects

  In this video, University of Wisconsin, Madison, CIO Bruce Maas offers pointers on why CIOs and information technology leaders shouldn't shy away from scaling opportunities.Continue Reading

• BPMS tools as hub of software development architecture

  A business process management suite can deliver speed, flexibility and cost savings to a software development environment. For the greatest return, make the BPMS the focal point.Continue Reading

• Public and private partnerships help fortify critical infrastructure

  NJOHSP's Steven Gutkin explains how building strategic public and private partnerships can help protect a country's critical infrastructure and offers pointers on nurturing such alliances.Continue Reading

• Compliance, security and oversight for the mobile enterprise

  Managing mobile devices just keeps getting harder. Devices and apps are proliferating. Every data breach seems to prompt new rules. We lay out the problem and a plan.Continue Reading

• Diversity in IT and its workforce helps boost performance, output

  In this SearchCIO video, Bruce Maas, vice provost for IT and CIO at the University of Wisconsin--Madison, explains the benefits of introducing diversity in IT.Continue Reading

• The CIO-CISO dynamic: Joining forces to bolster cybersecurity

  In this video, state of Wisconsin CIO David Cagigal and CISO Bill Nash offer pointers on how a strategic CIO-CISO partnership can help drive and prioritize cybersecurity.Continue Reading

• Running Agile at scale: Three challenges

  CEB: To implement Agile at scale, CIOs will need to educate product managers, seek nontraditional sources of funding and become Agile ambassadors.Continue Reading

• An IT security strategy guide for CIOs

  In this Essential Guide, learn how to deal with increasing cyberthreats and discover best practices for developing a successful IT security strategy.Continue Reading

• In a post-Agile world, it's time for a new manifesto

  Joseph Flahiff laments the current state of Agile, explains how to make improvements and challenges his fellow Agilists to search for the next new way to work.Continue Reading

• Continuous improvement team: How to upskill for business transformation

  The continuous improvement team, if successful, could work itself out of a job. But the team can stay critical to a company by taking on higher-stakes transformational work.Continue Reading

• Unclouding: How one company reversed the cloud migration process

  As cloud use matures, more companies are considering scaling back and starting a reverse cloud migration process. Here is one IT officer's 'unclouding' experience.Continue Reading

• Digital transformation framework: Bridging legacy apps to new tech

  One facet of a digital transformation framework involves finding a way to expose data and functionality in legacy apps to a new environment. BPM expert Dan Morris knows how.Continue Reading

• How to create an enterprise transformation roadmap

  The rapidly evolving techno-society is increasing competition for all kinds of businesses and forcing them to create a plan for enterprise transformation. Here's advice to help.Continue Reading

• The IoT business model: Reduce inefficiencies, make money with IoT

  The internet of things is revolutionizing modern business models, but companies are quickly learning it will require a huge IT investment to make money with IoT.Continue Reading