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CIOs at the forefront of championing cyber security

Posted on May 27, 2016May 27, 2016 By Davey Winder

As the cyber threat from determined hackers escalates, so the chief information officer is the important last line of defence

Accepting that data, be it the intellectual property a business is built on or the personally identifiable information held on behalf of customers, forms an integral part of the company from a strategic viewpoint is not optional. With threats growing both in volume and sophistication, the chief information officer (CIO) now has a truly pivotal role in the success of any business.

The trouble with examining the cyber threat-scape and attempting to draw lessons from attack examples is that it tends to be one-way traffic: there’s plenty of post-breach analysis, but precious little information from organisations that have successfully fought off an attack. We the media are partly responsible as “man didn’t bite dog” is hardly a news story and organisations don’t routinely reveal details of unsuccessful attacks as they are too plentiful. When they do, however, there are lessons to be learnt.

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Analysis Tags:Business, CIO, Hackers, security

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