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Selling the C-suite on preemptive IT investments

CIO Business Intelligence

But disaster recovery is just one example of projects that are of an important and preemptive nature that CIOs want to fund but find de-prioritized when it comes to budget approval. Others include preparation for zero-day attacks, almost anything having to do with data stewardship, as well as IT training and social engineering audits.

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Internet Two Seeks Chief Cyberinfrastructure Security Officer

CTOvision

Collaborates with key community leaders, partners and staff to develop security policies, standards, and procedures to ensure the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of the organization’s systems related data. Represents Internet2 cyber security for internal and external communications. Qualifications.

Security 293
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InfoSec Policies and Standards: Some strategic context for those just diving into this world

CTOvision

Organizations are giving more priority to development of information security policies, as protecting their assets is one of the prominent things that needs to be considered. So an organization makes different strategies in implementing a security policy successfully. Get Management Support. Write Policies. Implement policies.

Policies 268
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Mount Sinai’s journey to secure health data in the cloud

CIO Business Intelligence

Kristin Myers, CIO of Mount Sinai Health System and Dean of IT for its school of medicine, is taking the New York healthcare provider to the cloud, making data protection and security key priorities as she does so. It also impacts other budgets like facilities.”. It’s early days yet for Mount Sinai’s cloud migration.

Cloud 105
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Why IT leaders are putting more business spin on security spend

CIO Business Intelligence

Gartner projects that spending on information security and risk management products and services will grow 11.3% To better focus security spend, some chief information security officers (CISOs) are shifting their risk assessments from IT systems to the data, applications, and processes that keep the business going.

Security 111
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Aligning security and business strategies

CIO Business Intelligence

This is the time when many CFOs trawl through every line item in the budget, looking for potential savings. This can be a challenge to cyber budgets in organizations where security is viewed primarily as a cost center. It can be challenging to keep track of all the components and ensure they are correctly configured and secured.

Strategy 105
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Pay for in-demand IT skills rises fastest in 14 years

CIO Business Intelligence

CIOs seeking to hire or retain skilled IT workers should continue to budget generously for payroll. Pay premiums for non-certified tech skills rose by the largest amount in 14 years in the first quarter of 2022, according to the latest edition of the IT Skills and Certifications Pay Index, compiled by Foote Partners.

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