Dateline: October 16, 2015 Welcome to our Friday WRAP – one thought-provoking idea to think about over the weekend. Decision making is, of course, one of the key functions of senior leaders. Those with lots of experience are expected to make better decisions because of what they have seen, done and learned in their career. But increasingly we are hearing that data-driven decision making is … [Read more...]
End Users are the Weakest Link
September 25, 2015 by Leave a Comment
Dateline: September 25, 2015 Welcome to our Friday WRAP – one thought-provoking idea to think about over the weekend. We continue on our Information Security month topics again this week. Are your end-users the problem? Dark Reading.com, an online community for information security professionals recently published a blog post by Tim Wilson, the Editor in Chief and co-founder. In it he … [Read more...]
Is Information Security a C-Suite Issue?
September 18, 2015 by Leave a Comment
Dateline: September 18, 2015 Welcome to our Friday WRAP – one thought-provoking idea to think about over the weekend. This month we are talking IT security. A post in SecurityWeek, titled IT Leaders and Staffers Have Disconnect on Security Objectives, reported on a survey of over 1800 IT professionals conducted by independent research firm Ponemon Institute and Dell SecureWorks. One of the … [Read more...]
Information Security Maturity
September 11, 2015 by Leave a Comment
Dateline: September 11, 2015 Welcome to our Friday WRAP – one thought-provoking idea to think about over the weekend. This is Information Security month for our blog. The topic today is Information Security maturity. A survey of 1825 IT leaders, conducted by the Ponemon Institute for Dell SecureWorks, was summarized in a report titled the 2015 Global Study on IT Security Spending and … [Read more...]
The Kill Chain for Information Security
September 4, 2015 by Leave a Comment
Dateline: September 4, 2015 Welcome to our Friday WRAP – one thought-provoking idea to think about over the weekend. Let's talk IT security. It's probably one of the least favorite topics for IT leaders, but of course one of the most crucial since protecting assets is critical for business success. Recently I ran across a well-written white paper published by Dell's SecureWorks titled, "The … [Read more...]
Is Shadow IT a Bad Thing?
August 21, 2015 by Leave a Comment
Dateline: August 21, 2015 Welcome to our Friday WRAP – one thought-provoking idea to think about over the weekend. IT managers hate shadow IT, or the purchase and management of IT services by business users outside of the IT organization. Why? Because, they think, users just don't know what they are doing when it comes to managing enterprise IT. Often, after purchasing their app, cloud … [Read more...]
The Delicate Path of Managing Legacy Systems
August 7, 2015 by Leave a Comment
Dateline: August 7, 2015 Welcome to our Friday WRAP – one thought-provoking idea to think about over the weekend. 'Legacy systems' is not a dirty term, but it may seem so. Recently, Michael Krigsman, a popular ZDNet blogger on IT Project Failures, wrote a thoughtful piece about how CIOs must lead their companies through the delicate path of managing legacy systems, since they get in the way … [Read more...]
CIO’s Role in Responding Instantly: The Remix Era
July 10, 2015 by Leave a Comment
Dateline: July 10, 2015 Welcome to our Friday WRAP – one thought-provoking idea to think about over the weekend. The only certainty about the future is that it will be different than the present. How good is your organization at responding to it's changing environment? Historically, we've seen many examples of companies who notice a change but can't respond in time. Or, as Professor Benn … [Read more...]
Provider, Promoter, Partner, or Peer
July 3, 2015 by Leave a Comment
Dateline: July 3, 2015 Welcome to our Friday WRAP – one thought-provoking idea to think about over the weekend. Business relationship management has a critical role in helping IT leaders build the best capabilities possible for working with their business partners. Recently, the CSC Leading Edge Forum published a blog titled, Why is Business Relationship Management so Important … [Read more...]
