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3 lessons that CIOs learned in 2018

mrc's Cup of Joe Blog

Many of them stem from known security issues like unencrypted data, unpatched software, common vulnerabilities, etc… In other words, issues that could’ve been corrected with a proactive approach to security. I’ve seen software being sold as THE solution to digital transformation. The reason: It doesn’t end. How can you tell?

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New CIO appointments in India, 2022

CIO Business Intelligence

Previously, he led the design, planning, implementation and delivery of IT managed services, cloud and security services, data centre and disaster recovery services at NTT. He has also worked with Reliance Communications, Global Tele-Systems, Mahindra Consulting, and Microtech Software and Consultants. November 2021.

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Why Organizations Fail to Secure Third-Party Remote Access

SecureWorld News

The other issue is the downtime and critical systems that are managed by a vendor. So as organizations spend more and more time trying to put in security controls, sometimes the result is they actually have more critical downtime events from vendor managed machines or infrastructure applications.