“Information and cyber security awareness programs are the need of the hour”
By MYBRANDBOOK
Sandeep Jamdagni
Head IT - Ashiana Housing
Responsibilities of the CIO
CIO carries dual responsibilities of not only driving the IT services and strategy for an organisation, he also acts as an influencer for the new initiatives or digitizing business processes with increase in the value proposition. CIOs have to think like a business executive to drive the digital transformation. If he/she thinks like a business executive, he/she will be in a better state to understand the actual digitization requirement of the business and will be able to make digitalization a success for the organisation.
Key priorities for 2021
CIO’s responsibilities had changed drastically from last one year, earlier digital transformation was thought to be a long process. But now it’s required in real time. One has to be ahead of time. WFH is now normal for traditional companies. People want each and every service/information on their system irrespective of the location. You have to digitize each and every department.
Our main focus will be on upgrading the infrastructure and support services as they are the backbone of an organisation, which carries most critical functions on the backstage to support business.
Adopting Work-From Anywhere
Earlier it was Work from Home for IT/ITES companies, now pandemic has created another front of working for employees as “Work From Anywhere” in every organisation. SSL VPN, Cloud migration and secure cloud share drives are now accepted normally nowadays. We have migrated our native applications to cloud infrastructure, each employee is provided with VPN client and logins. Due to work from anywhere major security threats are also arising day by day, as the perimeter is not the office or cloud infrastructure which is to be secure. One cannot restrict people connecting from any part of the globe. Information and cyber security awareness programs are the need of the hour. Regular updates on email scams and phishing / ransomware email identification are going on. Lots of work has been done in the past one year on corporate information security and still is going on as security is a continuous improvement program.
Redesigning IT & Security strategy
Work from home and work from anywhere concepts had changed all the previous planned and designed security strategy and IT DR/BCP programs. We have to revisit our security strategy, review the security posture of the organisation, security audit considering the new normal of WFH/WFA and make major changes in the security services implementation. Increased our information security awareness sessions with employees.
BHIM to join e-commerce, competing with PhonePe and Google Pay
The government-supported payment software BHIM is getting ready to join t...
The latest version of X helps prevent deepfakes on social medi
To combat deepfakes and shallowfakes, Elon Musk revealed a new update t...
India and Namibia collaborate on a payment system similar to U
Once operational, the platform will enable digital transactions in Namibia,...
Sebi issues show-cause notices to six Adani group firms
Sebi issued show-cause notices to six Adani Group firms, including Adani ...
INFOSYS TECHNOLOGIES PVT. LTD.
JUVAS SOLUTIONS PVT. LTD.
SECUREYE SERVICES PVT. LTD.
MATRIX COMSEC PVT. LTD.
Technology Icons Of India 2023: Aalok Kumar
Aalok continues to lead the India business and further strengthen Indi...
Technology Icons Of India 2023: Dr. P D Vaghela
Dr PD Vaghela serves as the Chairperson of Telecommunications Regulato...
Technology Icons Of India 2023: Hari Om Rai
Hari Om Rai is the Co-founder, Chairman & Managing Director of Lava In...
ITI Limited widening its focus area
ITI Limited is a public sector undertaking company, has manufacturing ...
NIC bridging the digital divide and supporting government in eGovernance
The National Informatics Centre (NIC) is an Indian government departme...
STPI encouraging software exports from India
Software Technology Parks of India (STPI) is an S&T organization under...
INTEGRA MICRO SYSTEMS PVT. LTD.
Integra is a leading provider of innovative hi-technology products an...
INFLOW TECHNOLOGIES PVT. LTD.
Inflow Technologies is a niche player in the IT Infrastructure Distrib...
WPG C&C COMPUTERS & PERIPHERALS PVT. LTD.
WPG C&C Computers & Peripherals (India) was incorporated in 2008 and ...