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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

Oversees incident response planning in coordination with key partners and the REN-ISAC, as well as the investigation of security breaches, and assists with disciplinary and legal matters associated with such breaches as necessary. Minimum of 10 years of progressive experience in the network security and information security policy workforce.

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The ‘Great Retraining’: IT upskills for the future

CIO Business Intelligence

When the timing was right, Chavarin honed her skills to do training and coaching work and eventually got her first taste of technology as a member of Synchrony’s intelligent virtual assistant (IVA) team, writing human responses to the text-based questions posed to chatbots.

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Top 8 challenges IT leaders will face in 2024

CIO Business Intelligence

We are giving our budget and proposed projects more scrutiny to invest in areas that have clear attribution toward generated increased revenue, more efficiencies, lower costs, and improved workplace experiences,” Srivastava says. He attributes the cautious attitude of tech leaders to elevated inflationary pressures and higher interest rates.

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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. Cyber budgets must be spent wisely, often without increasing costs or targeting the most likely risks.

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

CIO Business Intelligence

That training prompted Myers to make a number of security moves in preparation for moving Mount Sinai business and clinical applications to the cloud, including, in May 2021, recruiting chief information security officer Rishi Tripathi, whom Myers made sure was on Mount Sinai’s executive steering committee for the cloud.

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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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