Opinion

Opinion

Cybersecurity strategy

• 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

• Blockchain use cases and how to get going

  Blockchain observers talk a lot about the widespread impact the technology will have on various industries, but pinpointing use cases and putting them into action isn't so easy. In July's CIO Decisions, dive into potential blockchain use ...  Continue Reading

• A CIO faces a cybersecurity threat, a cool head prevails

  Two weeks into a new CIO job at a global bank, Harvey Koeppel was faced with a cybersecurity threat halfway across the globe. Keeping a level head made all the difference.  Continue Reading

• Digital business puts data and data ownership atop CIO agenda

  It's time for CIOs to fast-forward to the past, says Harvey Koeppel. In the digital business world, IT is once again all about the data -- and data ownership. Koeppel offers eight ways to keep pace with the times.  Continue Reading

• Is it time for a new data ownership manifesto?

  Niel Nickolaisen resolves a heated dispute between software engineering and operations over data ownership by locking the two teams in a room.  Continue Reading

• Next-generation security for a mobile culture: 10 risks, seven pointers

  The number of mobile devices now outnumbers the number of people in the world. Mass mobilization calls for next-generation security tools and some forward thinking on the part of CIOs.  Continue Reading

• Mobile pulls CIOs into vetting next-generation security

  Among its many other wonderfully disruptive consequences, mobile computing forces CIOs to figure out a next-generation information security strategy.  Continue Reading

• Desperately seeking security

  Your enterprise is probably no further than six degrees of separation from a damaging data breach. In CIO Decisions ezine, find out how those seeking security can turn hindsight into actionable intelligence.  Continue Reading

• Snowden: Data encryption is good, but not good enough

  Edward Snowden and Bruce Schneier talk data encryption and privacy in a networked world. The Data Mill reports.  Continue Reading

• The future of incident response is in real-time OODA feedback loops

  Today's sophisticated attacks can only be foiled when humans are in the loop. In part two of Future State, security expert Bruce Schneier gives advice on how to augment IR teams and processes for the future.  Continue Reading

• The digital footprint: Business boon vs. privacy bane

  Like many IT execs, O.C. Tanner CTO Niel Nickolaisen is seeking a balance between digital footprint data mining and the privacy risks it entails.  Continue Reading

• The rise of the smart machines: Here comes the robo-workforce

  In Searchlight, smart machines are all over the news and eyeballing human jobs. Plus: Apple gets social, a lot of passwords get stolen, and more.  Continue Reading

• Cool or creepy? The ethics of big data is on the table

  Uncomfortable conversations about the ethics of big data and the virtues of transparency: The Data Mill reports.  Continue Reading

• The GRC maturity model and value proposition

  In this CIO Matters column, Harvey Koeppel takes a look at the GRC maturity model and how CIOs can turn risk management into business value.  Continue Reading

• C-suite looking for team members, not captains of industry

  Is the decider-in-chief an industry relic? One CIO headhunter says so. The new C-suite ideal is the collaborative team player.  Continue Reading

• Putting a price on information: The nascent field of infonomics

  Companies are behaving as if information has a monetary value. The question is how much? The nascent field of infonomics aims to provide answers.  Continue Reading