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CIOs Spend a Third of Their Time On Security (enterprisersproject.com)

Posted by samzenpus on from the keeping-an-eye-on-things dept.

StewBeans writes: Much has been discussed about the potential security risks of an Internet of Things future in which billions of devices and machines are all talking to each other automatically. But the IoT market is exploding at a breakneck pace, leaving all companies scrambling to figure out the security piece of the puzzle now, before it's too late. In fact, some experts believe this issue will be what separates the winners from the losers, as security concerns either stop companies from getting into the IoT market, or delay existing IoT projects and leave the door open to swifter competition. That's likely why, according to CIO Magazine's annual survey, CIOs are spending a third of their time on security. Adam Dennison from CIO said, "If IT leaders want to embrace the sexy, new technologies they are hearing about today—the SMAC stack, third platform, Internet of Things, etc—security is going to be upfront and at the center of the discussion."

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  1. Re:Not true - some spend no time at all by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Where Im at they solved the problem by

    1) Outsourcing security to a 3rd party vendor.
    2) Giving everyone in security full admin rights on all the servers and network equipment.

    When he was asked Why? He responded that by doing so, if anything happens, it is the 3rd party vendor who is to blame and not him.

    So we have security through "It's not may fault"

  2. Re:Easy answer by lucm · · Score: 5, Funny

    It's tough being a CIO. He looks like he's up there, but the CEO, CFO, COO and all other cool CxOs all look down on the CIO and make fun of him in his back, they don't even invite him to join them at the cool people's table at the office Christmas party. He sits at the loser table, with the head of HR and the head of facilities, and instead of hearing the good stories about coke parties and hookers, he hears about groupons and vacations in Punta Cana.

    People, give a break to your CIO. He's a reject and a commodity like everyone else in IT, and sooner or later they'll replace him with someone from that Indian company where he outsourced your job.

    --
    lucm, indeed.