FEATURE: 2020: THE CIO’S PRIORITIES
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The year 2019 has taught
us many lessons, including
how best to tackle the
challenge of securing cloud
operations, how to make
our Digital Transformation
journey a success and
what approach we should
be taking to close the
cyberskills gap. We hear
from industry experts who
discuss priorities for CIOs
in particular, in 2020.
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Jon Lucas, Co-Director at Hyve
Managed Hosting
“Many of the predictions about the
technology industry in 2020 are likely to
be about the one thing on every CIO’s lips:
cybersecurity. Recent research found that in
2018, 70% of cybersecurity professionals
said the cybersecurity skills shortage had
impacted their organisation, and the fact
is that this cybersecurity skills gap is set to
get even wider. This will mean the latest
ease-of-management technology solutions
become a necessity rather than a luxury and
the growing skills shortage will cause a boom
in businesses choosing to outsource their IT
security requirements.
“With the newest technological
advancements still in their infancy, but
growing exponentially, things like IoT and
5G will bring about positive change. But
they also bring with them complex new
Industry experts
discuss the CIO’s
priorities for
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CYBERSECURITY WILL
BECOME TOP OF THE
BOARD AGENDA ACROSS
ALL INDUSTRIES, AND
BUSINESSES SHOULD
EXPECT TO INCREASE
CYBERSECURITY SPEND
AND LOOK TO DEPLOY
SPECIFIC TRAINING IN
ORDER TO RISE TO THE
CHALLENGE.
cyberthreats as the mammoth surge of data volume and the new
ways to create and connect this data will make implementing
effective cyberdefences from every angle a much bigger task.
2020
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