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Essential skills and traits of chief AI officers

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As such, they should have a proven track record of leading successful innovation programs and a clear understanding of how AI can transform the organization with ethics and governance in mind. But the ranks of the CAIO are expected to increase at enterprise organizations as well in the coming years.

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Why CIOs back API governance to avoid tech sprawl

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Most companies have transitioned to become more software-centric, and with this transformation, application programming interfaces (APIs) have proliferated. Karl Mattson, field CISO at Noname Security, an API security solution, says APIs are the foundation of nearly every CIO’s strategic plans to deliver business value.

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Step 1 to becoming a business-savvy CIO

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Popular ways of ensuring IT efforts align with business goals range from co-developing strategic plans with executives on the business side of the company to actively collaborating with business users on projects aimed to derive more value from their efforts. Regular communications open the door to stronger business relationships.

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Skilled IT pay defined by volatility, security, and AI

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Around two-thirds of the top 25 premiums were for security-related certifications, with GIAC Security Leadership (GSLC); GIAC Strategic Planning, Policy, and Leadership (GSTRT); Certificate of Cloud Security Knowledge (CCSK); Offensive Security Exploitation Expert (OSEE); and Offensive Security Defense Analyst (OSDA) attracting the biggest bonuses.

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Achieving sustainable PCI security excellence

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The outcome should be lasting compliance success, emphasizing the importance of identifying constraints while using a logical approach to develop PCI security compliance programs. Verizon’s analysis of PCI security compliance efforts over the last decade reveals a nagging problem: how to overcome compliance program stagnation.

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What is a project management office (PMO)? The key to standardizing project success

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Debra Chin, a certified Project Management Professional (PMP) and program manager/consultant with ROC Implementation & Management Group (ROCIMG), describes the PMO more succinctly, saying, “It’s a centralized point that helps manage projects.” Others divide PMO types into centralized and decentralized categories.

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13 essential skills for accelerating digital transformation

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Equally telling is another statistic from that research: Just 35% of these enterprises have achieved their digital goals or are on track to do so. I can’t stress enough focus on data — and how it will be used — as most digital transformation programs will be a tapestry of systems.”