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2015 Cyberthreat Defense Report Reveals Cyberattacks Rising and Confidence Sinking

CTOvision

Survey results indicate that 62 percent of respondents expect their security budgets to increase this year, up from 48 percent last year. Respondents also indicate that, on average, 6-10 percent of their organizations’ IT budgets are spent on security, with one in five organizations spending 16 percent or more.

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Enhance Your Security Posture: Doing Four Things Can Reduce Unauthorized Penetrations by 85%

CTOvision

Secure Configurations for Hardware and Software on Mobile Devices, Laptops, Workstations, and Servers. href="[link] Control 3: Secure Configurations for Hardware and Software on Mobile Devices, Laptops, Workstations, and Servers. Secure Configurations for Network Devices such as Firewalls, Routers, and Switches.

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InfoSec Policies and Standards: Some strategic context for those just diving into this world

CTOvision

Management will study the need of information security policies and assign a budget to implement security policies. Time, money, and resource mobilization are some factors that are discussed in this level. Firewall Policy. How firewalls are named, configured etc. How access to the physical area is obtained.

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The 10 most in-demand tech jobs for 2023 — and how to hire for them

CIO Business Intelligence

While many factors will impact the starting salary for any given role, including competition, location, corporate culture, and budgets, there are certain things you can look for to make sure you land the talent you want. Companies will have to be more competitive than ever to land the right talent in these high-demand areas.

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Pandemic Planning - CIO Style

CIO Musings

During times of crisis planning and mobilization, it is even harder. Your CFO or budget director should be high on your list of people to coordinate with. Can your firewall/IDS/IPS support more bandwidth? Technology leadership is never easy. So take a deep breath, relax, and read on. I think this will help you.

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What Are The Hot Issues That Today's CIOs Need To Worry About? (The CIO job is to use the CIO position to communicate the importance of information technology)

The Accidental Successful CIO

The business side of the company is seeing that more and more of their customers are starting to use their mobile phones for everything. The next big issue that CIOs are facing is the arrival of mobile computing. This time the company’s mission-critical applications are transforming themselves into mobile apps.

Mobile 170
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10 cloud strategy questions every IT leader must answer

CIO Business Intelligence

Cloud costs will often — and rapidly — become large line items on budgets. Workloads with unpredictable demand such as mobile apps or websites may belong in public cloud, whereas efficient, virtualized, steady-state applications with predictable usage may not benefit from migration. There are other risks, too.

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