Ignorance is no excuse — unless the folks approving your budget are unaware of the cyber threats that could cripple the business. These are the same threats that could be avoided and/or mitigated with help from the budget that you probably aren’t getting. It’s not scare tactics, it’s reality. Posted on theHRDirector.com. Emphasis in red added by me. Brian Wood, …
Planning to Fail? Just Say No to DIY DDoS Response
Companies that attempt to handle all of their IT infrastructure needs in-house may be doing themselves a disservice — especially when it comes to being on the receiving end of DDoS attacks. Lack of preparation and experience are two key contributing factors in the large amount of time it takes for companies to recover from a DDoS. Most don’t know …
Gartner: 20% of IT Will Be Spend-as-a-Service
Lower upfont cost. Faster deployment. Lower technology risk. More advantageous accounting (i.e., OpEx vs. CapEx). So I ask: why only 20% in 5 years? By David Weldon in FierceCIO summarizing a Gartner blog post. Emphasis in red added by me. Brian Wood, VP Marketing ——- 20% of new IT spending will go to as-a-service solutions By the year 2018, 20 …
Data Center Downtime: (Expensive) Downer
Enterprises that run their own data centers do so at great financial risk. Control has its costs — even above and beyond the hefty price of equipment, labor, infrastructure, power, maintenance, upgrades, spares, etc. Indeed, the average cost of data center downtime is $7,900 per minute. Ouch. Hope the uptime is worth it. If not, give AIS a call! Summary …
IT Jobs: Consultant vs. Employee?
Risk vs. reward. Responsibility vs. stability. Leadership vs. predictability. Much more so than in most professions, IT peeps have the luxury of choosing whether to “go it alone” as a consultant or “work for the man” as an employee. So who do you want to be as you grow up? Summary article by David Weldon in FierceCIO, original piece by …
CIO Cha-Ching
Big responsibility, big money. Typically you don’t get one without the other. If you aspire to be at the top of your game, the article below outlines the current payscale for US CIO success. By Ann Bednarz in NetworkWorld. Related slideshow is also available here — and a similar CIO article from last year is here. Emphasis in red added …
What the NIST Cybersecurity Framework Means to You
Read and heed. By Ernie Hayden in Industrial Safety and Security Source (and an excerpt from the Practical SCADA Security blog at Tofino Security). Emphasis in red added by me. Brian Wood, VP Marketing ——— NIST Cybersecurity Framework: What it Means You may have heard some buzz in the press about the release of the Cybersecurity Framework Draft from the …
CyberSecurity Salary Trends
Responsibility has its privileges — like higher pay. Higher risk, higher reward. Article by Chris Burt in The WHIR. Emphasis in red added by me. Brian Wood, VP Marketing ——— New Study Details Cybersecurity Salary Trends for 2013 Fifty-percent of Chief Information Security Officers earn an average annual base salary equivalent to that of other C-level executives, according to a …
CIO Perception Survey: Half Empty or Half Full?
The good news is that CIOs have a high opinion of themselves. The bad news is that other executives do not share that same opinion. Summary article by David Weldon in FierceCIO. Emphasis in red added by me. Brian Wood, VP Marketing ——– CIOs still struggle with acceptance at the top Just as CIOs are being told to step up …
CIOs: Using Power & Manipulation Against Colleagues
We have met the enemy and he is us. Or maybe the enemy is the CIO –that is, if he subscribes to the recommendations of Gartner fellow Tina Nunno. Wow. Article by Pam Baker in FierceBigData. Emphasis in red added by me. Brian Wood, VP Marketing ————- How to become ‘The Machiavellian CIO’ and use data against your colleagues Yes, …
