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Digital innovation takes flight at SFO

Ian Law, CIO of San Francisco International Airport (SFO), is constantly at the intersection of a variety of business challenges. The obvious: running the technology powering air travel, passenger safety and well-being. The not so obvious: working with retailers, ride-sharing name brands and government agencies to make sure all operations are running smoothly.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here(Insider Story)

Going agile requires a culture shift

“When it comes to agile development ... it is less about technology. It is more about mindset, more about culture, more about people and their passion,” says Sudhakar Gorti, CIO at Environmental Data Resources.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here(Insider Story)

Match security plans to your company’s ‘risk appetite’

This report from the CIO Executive Council (CEC), based on a webcast featuring Scott Angelo, CIO at K&L Gates, and Mike Plantinga, CIO at CIBC Mellon, explores CIO-level strategies for dealing with cybersecurity threats – before and after a data breach.One step the report recommends is developing a “risk appetite statement” that identifies how much the organization is willing to spend on certain security threats.The report also encourages CIOs to develop a plan for how to communicate with various stakeholders, such as the board of directors and outsiders, in case of a data breach.To learn more, download the free report, which includes a link to the full CEC webcast.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here(Insider Story)

The year in security, identify theft and fraud

We all like to talk about security, but sometimes words can't tell the whole the story. That's especially true in the case of cyber-threats, identify theft and fraud. It's a numbers game. And as you'll see, users weren't the winners in 2015. To paint a picture of 2015, we asked CIO.com contributor Jen A. Miller to comb through the headlines and industry reports to uncover on how hackers, scammers and thieves got the best of us. Rather than ramble on, we decided to let the numbers do the talking Check out our infographic below (and you can also download the PDF). Click for a larger image or download the PDF using the link below. To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here(Insider Story)