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The Top Priority of CIOs Building & Retaining Workforce
The CIO's Top are listed below:
Digital transformation by sparking innovation
and growth.
Improve efficiency, changing how you operate
and deliver value.
Advancing automation, embarking on AI/ML,
RPA capabilities, and adapting to the hybrid
working environment.
Data Security.
Moving IT Assets to the cloud and securing the
cloud.
Zero Trust Architecture and strengthening
cybersecurity skills.
Upgrading talent recruitment and retention
Moving Business a Notch Higher
I have helped the business move forward from a data
security perspective by ensuring the right data
security controls for on-premises IT assets and
clouds exist in the form of Data leakage prevention
solutions, Data encryption, and Data security on
cloud workloads.
Staying Current on Innovations &
Trends
I always attend vendor as well as large Tech, CIO, and
CISO conferences. I am also a board member of
many CIO, CISO, and executive council forums that
allow me to remain updated about new technology
trends.
Growth Plan for Next Year
We plan to move most of the on-premise assets to
the cloud and secure the data on the cloud, including
cloud workloads, container security, data security
on the cloud, ensure no confidential or sensitive data
moves out of the organization and safeguarding the
organization against cyberattacks.
I work in an organization that offers self-
development opportunities and certification
sponsorship for industry-standard IT and security
certifications. This helps employees to keep
learning new things and apply them on the job.
Meeting a Recent Challenge Head-on
During the pandemic, connecting people and being
empathetic toward them was extremely important.
We had to manage our customers, vendors,
employees, and everyone else during the situation,
and it was very tricky. I focused on having
transparent and clear communication to overcome
this challenge.
Motivation to Do More
I have chosen cybersecurity as a career because it is
fun, rewarding and always keeps me on my toes. My
high-performing team, challenging cybersecurity
threats, adversaries, new security controls, and
constantly evolving risks and remediation approach
keep me motivated and energized.
Message for Fellow & Aspiring Tech
Leaders
Theodore Roosevelt once said- "People don't care
how much you know until they know how much you
care." Technology leadership is a demanding
position. It requires both sides of one's capability,
i.e., the mind and the heart, so always practice being
smart yet kind, knowledgeable yet humble, busy but
approachable as a Tech Leader.
Cybersecurity Implementations to
Safeguard Organization
In the recent past, I have led and implemented next-
generation security solutions such as Endpoint
detection and response solution, data leakage
prevention solution, data classification and labeling
solution, cloud access security broker, insider threat
use cases for data security, zero trust architecture
and more.