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A collection of 23 issues

It's Gartners opinion

Interesting analysis from Gartner. Yes, things have been incredibly slow, but do CIOs really have ‘change fatigue’? Gartner nudges down global IT spending forecastMeanwhile, software vendors are left paying the GenAI ‘tax’ as users yet to see valueThe RegisterLindsay Clark “IT services spending is now projected to rise 7.1

ERP Projects always a disaster?

The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over expecting a different result. Same for ERP projects? Far too many cliches in the below. Practically a case study in what not to do. Who cares what the business or users want/need, we have a system to

Not the Presidents men

Security is all about risk. Identify then mitigate or accept. It’s all a balance. It’s never just about technology or process. Where I’ve seen potential burnout is when security folk just cannot get past the ‘accept’ part. Sometimes with very good reasons. 99% of them are driven

RTO mandates aren't worth it

RTO mandates aren’t worth it. It must be true as it’s Gartner. You can’t point at a quadrant and then just dismiss other things. I’ve been a multi-country and multi-site manager for a long time. No chance you’re all going to be in the same

Security Leaders

This was an interesting listen. I came to it from a European mindset, so had to be a little bit more open minded. Joe Sullivan was the Uber CSO convicted of covering up a breach Former Uber CSO convicted for concealing 2016 data theftPassing off a ransom payment as a

Appoint an unqualified CISO?

There’s potentially a controversial discussion here. I don’t know this Senator. I remember from the TikTok hearings I don’t actually trust too many Senators. Some seem a bit mad. Senator lambasts UnitedHealth for picking ‘unqualified’ CISOSimilar cases have resulted in serious sanctions, and they were on a

Big not always best

The reference to the lack of a ‘healthy marketplace’ is key. I will admit in the past, when under pressure, I have calmed Exec and Audits with “Don’t worry it’s on Big Provider™️ At Microsoft, years of security debt come crashing downCritics say negligence, misguided investments and hubris

Help the Farmers

I don’t even know which Minister is in charge of this (I looked them up, 🤷‍♂️). I’m very fond of Farmers. Tough and entrepreneurial job and you need to be knowledgable in a lot of things. Quite amazing that only 34 of 101 services can be done online. But

Big Tech has lost their mind

I think it’s widely accepted now that Jack Welch and his ‘rank and yank’ approach to ruthlessly drive productivity was very short-sighted and not great for a sustainable business. Similar parallels could be drawn with Boeing and their move from engineering/quality to growth at all cost. https://www.

Train your teams

A question or a challenge for anyone who has a security team in their org. It came off the back of a conversation about communication to Leadership and buy-in, and I don’t see it mentioned a lot. If you don’t have some sort of Selling/Marketing/Storytelling/Presentation