Posts categorized: Strategy and Governance
18 May 2017 / Strategy and Governance / JC Gaillard
12 months to go and nowhere to hide as potential fines could reach tens of millions for large firms by next year Many IT departments in large firms are increasingly concerned with business units contracting directly with service providers, as opposed t… Read more »
4 May 2017 / Leadership Development, Strategy and Governance / JC Gaillard
Corporate culture and the profile of the CISO are key, over and above any arbitrary organisational consideration It is astonishing to see the amount of interest still surrounding the reporting line of the CISO. The fact that it is still a topic of seri… Read more »
30 March 2017 / Leadership Development, Strategy and Governance / JC Gaillard
Various clichés bouncing about on social media are simplistic and must be challenged Over the past 6 months, social media and the Internet have been inundated with GDPR-related material. Law firms, consultancies – large and small – and even tech firms… Read more »
16 February 2017 / Strategy and Governance / JC Gaillard
Opaque Terms of Use around Data are making things worse Recent years have been marked by seemingly never ending scandals about surveillance programs aimed at gathering data about private citizens unbeknownst to them — the most iconic example of which w… Read more »
2 February 2017 / Strategy and Governance / JC Gaillard
The keys to a successful second line of defence There are many risk management methodologies in existence but it is not uncommon to come across large firms still following today simplistic, dysfunctional or flawed practices, in particular around operat… Read more »
5 January 2017 / Strategy and Governance / JC Gaillard
Cyber security is not only good ethics, but quite simply good business. Cyber security has clearly made its way to the frontstage of the global risk landscape in recent years. Cyber-attacks are proving increasingly threatening to both the public sector… Read more »
10 November 2016 / Leadership Development, Strategy and Governance / JC Gaillard
4 Tips for CIOs to Deal Efficiently with Shadow IT Dealing with Shadow IT embodies the evolution of the role of the CIO, from being primarily a technologist and a problem solver to being an influencer and a risk manager. Thinking about Shadow IT as a “… Read more »
13 October 2016 / Strategy and Governance / JC Gaillard
For the past few years, an amount of hype has been developing around the Internet of Things as the technology finally seems to be ready for take-off – allowing for both the gathering and analysis of an unprecedented amount of data. In this context, man… Read more »
22 September 2016 / Leadership Development, Strategy and Governance / JC Gaillard
Here is a scenario we are seeing far too often in the field: A new CIO comes in, identifies security problems, then nothing serious happens. At best, some tactical initiative would be pushed forward to answer outstanding audit issues, or a big gun of t… Read more »
11 August 2016 / Strategy and Governance / JC Gaillard
In recent years, the topic of digital transformation has moved to the top of the agenda in the business world. However, most of these discussions all too often seem to bypass the issue of cyber security. This is hard to understand in a context where ma… Read more »