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Internet Two Seeks Chief Cyberinfrastructure Security Officer

CTOvision

Oversees incident response planning in coordination with key partners and the REN-ISAC, as well as the investigation of security breaches, and assists with disciplinary and legal matters associated with such breaches as necessary. Minimum of 10 years of progressive experience in the network security and information security policy workforce.

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AI, cybersecurity drive IT investments and lead skill shortages for 2025

Network World

Other reasons included a lack of investment in training (34%), the challenge of retaining employees (31%), and the inability to pay what candidates demand (30%). Respondents also cited ineffective training programs (22%) and not being able to full anticipate the skills they would need (20%).

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Selling the C-suite on preemptive IT investments

CIO Business Intelligence

But disaster recovery is just one example of projects that are of an important and preemptive nature that CIOs want to fund but find de-prioritized when it comes to budget approval. Others include preparation for zero-day attacks, almost anything having to do with data stewardship, as well as IT training and social engineering audits.

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Determining Who Should Be in Charge of Cyber Security

CTOvision

Many businesses take this mode of thinking, ensuring certain percentages of the IT budget are specifically spent on security. As studies have shown , the more a company spends on IT security , the less chance they’ll be subject to a cyber attack. Most issues as serious as security need one person to lead the effort.

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The ‘Great Retraining’: IT upskills for the future

CIO Business Intelligence

When the timing was right, Chavarin honed her skills to do training and coaching work and eventually got her first taste of technology as a member of Synchrony’s intelligent virtual assistant (IVA) team, writing human responses to the text-based questions posed to chatbots.

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Pay for in-demand IT skills rises fastest in 14 years

CIO Business Intelligence

CIOs seeking to hire or retain skilled IT workers should continue to budget generously for payroll. Pay premiums for non-certified tech skills rose by the largest amount in 14 years in the first quarter of 2022, according to the latest edition of the IT Skills and Certifications Pay Index, compiled by Foote Partners.

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Top 8 challenges IT leaders will face in 2024

CIO Business Intelligence

We are giving our budget and proposed projects more scrutiny to invest in areas that have clear attribution toward generated increased revenue, more efficiencies, lower costs, and improved workplace experiences,” Srivastava says. He attributes the cautious attitude of tech leaders to elevated inflationary pressures and higher interest rates.

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