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Productivity vs security: How CIOs and CISOs can see eye to eye


The divisions between IT and security are quickly disappearing; so should the organizational barriers within the business.

While it’s been proven to be a strong deterrent against the rising number of identity-based attacks, many organizations have been slow to adopt the common-sense security protocol because employees hate the extra steps required to log in to regularly-used systems. And in the same way the Enron scandal two decades ago launched a new generation of compliance requirements for businesses, elevating the role of chief financial officer to greater prominence within the C-Suite, the growing frequency and intensity of cyberattacks is today putting a bigger spotlight on the CISO. In this instance, it would be wise for the organization to hire a CISO who would bring new focus to the technical aspects of defending the company’s IT environment and developing a recovery plan in response to the inevitable attack.

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