CIOs Want To Know: How Secure Is Your Mobile Phone?

Where are the weaknesses of mobile phones and what can CIOs do about it?

As the person with the CIO job, you realize just how important mobile phones are to your company. These devices have become the way that everyone stays in touch and the way that we are able to find each other no matter what time of day or night it is. However, just as mobile phones … Read more

How Do You Get The CIO Job?

What are the steps that it takes to become CIO?

The CIO job is the one that everyone in the IT department eventually wants to get. It can be a real challenge to line up an interview for this position and even more of a challenge to get selected for it. What everyone wants to know is what they need to be doing in order … Read more

What Do CIOs Need To Know About Cyber Insurance?

The idea is simple but the devil lies in the details

When you are the CIO, you deal with things like servers, networks, firewalls and the like. You are not generally called on to deal with other business related issues such as insurance. However, with the rash of ransomware attacks and denial-of-service attacks that have been happening, CIOs are now being asked to help out when … Read more

What Hiring Mistakes Do CIOs Make?

Are we focusing on the wrong things when we're hiring?

So what is the most important asset in the IT department? If you are like most CIOs, you’re instinctive answer to that question is “our people”. That’s a good answer; however, if we were to take a look at how the IT department goes about hiring people, I think that we’d discover a different story. … Read more

Should Bank CIOs Be Sharing Data To Improve Security?

How much sharing is too much sharing for bank CIOs?

When the bad guys go after a bank, because of the importance of information technology it is the responsibility of the Bank’s CIO to keep the bank’s networks and electronic assets safe. However, this is not something that they can do by themselves. Banks need to know what is happening at other banks so that … Read more

CIOs Start To Become Leaders In Their Firms

CIOs need to get ready to be leaders when it comes to big challenges

The role of the CIO in the company has been an ever evolving position. The people with the CIO job first started out as simply being caretakers for the IT equipment that the company had purchased because of the importance of information technology. This role evolved into more of a strategic partner role for the … Read more

How To Avoid Having Unengaged Employees On Your Team

What you really want is for the members of your IT department to be engaged

When you have new people join your department, they generally do so with a great deal of excitement – they understand the importance of information technology. There are a lot of things that they want to accomplish and they are looking forward to learning many new things. However, over time this has a habit of … Read more