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CIOs Have To Find Ways To Deal With New Cybersecurity Rules

February 21, 2024 by drjim
CIOs deal with changing rules regarding cybersecurity

The SEC is saying that they want CIOs to brief their board of directors about what the company is doing to secure itself against cybercrime

Categories Security Tags Board of Directors, CIO job, CIO position, cyber risk, Cybersecurity, expertise, importance of information technology, policies, SEC, security and exchange commission

CIOs Have To Find Ways To Keep Their Smart Offices Safe

January 17, 2024 by drjim
CIOs have to find ways to keep hackers out of their smart offices

The arrival of smart buildings has created a new security issue for CIOs to handle as they take steps to make sure that their smart buildings remain secure

Categories Security Tags automation, CIO job, CIO position, designers, government, hackers, importance of information technology, landlord, secure, smart buildings

CIOs Deal With Password Lockout Challenges

November 8, 2023 by drjim
Accessing a system should not be a challenge for users

CIOs who are responsible for securing their systems need to look at their password lockout threshold and make sure that it is set correctly

Categories Security Tags CIO job, CIO position, evidence, forgetfulness, hackers, importance of information technology, lockout, password, rule, threshold

What Should A CIO Do After You’ve Been Hacked?

September 20, 2023 by drjim
What you don't do may be the most important thing

CIOs who have been hacked need to understand what steps they need to take after the hack has occurred in order to better secure their networks

Categories Security Tags attack, breech, CIO job, CIO position, cyberattacks, hacked, hacker, importance of information technology, network, secure, vulnerabilities

CIOs Look For Ways To Fool Hackers

September 13, 2023 by drjim
You may not be able to keep them out, but can you fool them if they get in?

CIOs can use deception technology to plant decoys in their network that will entrap hackers and give security teams time to deal with an intrusion

Categories Security Tags CIO job, CIO position, crown jewels, Deception Technology, decoy, hacker, honey pat, importance of information technology, security team

CIOs Want To Know What’s Wrong With Password Managers

August 30, 2023 by drjim
There has to be a reason why people won't use this tool

If CIOs want their employees to use more secure passwords, then they need to get their employees to use password managers to store complex passwords

Categories Security Tags CIO job, CIO position, forget, importance of information technology, loading, master password, password manager, passwords, trust

CIOs Have To Treat Social Media With Care

August 9, 2023 by drjim
Hackers can learn a lot from a CIO's social media

CIOs need to understand that anything that they post on social media may be harvested by a hacker in order to build a profile of them to use for phishing

Categories Security Tags CIO job, CIO position, email, Facebook, identity, importance of information technology, LinkedIn, phishing, photos, profile, social media

CIOs Have To Make Privacy Personal

August 2, 2023 by drjim
CIOs have to realize that no worker is an "average" worker

CIOs who want to get their employees to do a better job of selecting strong passwords might want to think about providing nudges to get them to take action

Categories Security, Uncategorized Tags CIO job, CIO position, hacker, hackers, importance of information technology, nudge, password, personalize, remember, security, strong

CIOs Need To Stop Trying To Scare Employees Into Doing Cyber Security

June 21, 2023 by drjim
CIOs need a new way to motivate employees to do the right thing

CIOs need to realize that using fear to motivate employees to implement cybersecurity policies will not work in the long term

Categories Security Tags anxiety, CIO job, CIO position, Cybersecurity, email, fear, flash drive, importance of information technology, passwords, phishing, scare

How Can CIOs Get Everyone To Create Strong Passwords?

October 5, 2022 by drjim
It turns out that CIOs need to provide an incentive to get the right thing done

CIOs need to find ways to get their employees motivated to create longer and more secure passwords in order to protect their corporate networks

Categories Security Tags CIO job, CIO position, complexity, hacker, importance of information technology, length, motivation, password, reminder, reset, security
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