Volume 279 Issue 1

Selections from the weekly newsletter, “IT News and Events.”

CxO

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Creating An IT Culture Of Inclusiveness And Belonging

For too long, and out of necessity, Black IT professionals have been silent about their experience. Creating a safe space to engage, listen and learn from others is a necessary first step towards creating a workplace culture that fully supports and values people of color
[CIO, September 4th, 2020]

5 Must-Read Harvard Business Review Articles In September

Check out these five thought-provoking HBR articles, curated especially for CIOs and IT leaders
[The Enterprisers Project, September 1st, 2020]

CISO As A Service (vCISO, Virtual CISO, Fractional CISO)

A CISO as a service (CISOaaS) is the outsourcing of CISO (chief information security officer) and information security leadership responsibilities to a third-party provider. By hiring a third-party provider to manage its security program remotely, an organization gains access to staff and resources that it doesn’t have in-house, and can better keep up with information security and compliance demands.
[SearchSecurity, September 3rd, 2020]

Solving The CISO Cloud Paradox: How To Put The Genie Back Without Losing The Magic

Managing privileged access across all cloud environments
[ITProPortal, September 2nd, 2020]

Leading Through Uncertainty: 7 Characteristics Of Highly Successful Digital Leaders

Apoorva Chhabra, associate principal analyst at Gartner, examines the 7 characteristics of highly successful digital leaders
[InformationAge, September 3rd, 2020]

Why Digital Transformation Remains Your Best Chance To Survive The COVID-19 Onslaught

As businesses face a never foreseen or imagined, straight out of a dystopian pandemic fiction situation, where sustenance is all that matters – digital transformation is providing them the means to weather the storm
[Business 2 Community, August 31st, 2020]

From Defense To Offense: Giving CISOs Their Due

In today’s unparalleled era of disruption, forward-thinking CISOs can become key to company transformation — but this means resetting relationships with the board and C-suite
[Dark Reading, August 31st, 2020]