Modernizing Federal Contact Centers
Federal agencies are accelerating modernization of contact centers to boost citizen service, operational efficiency, and security. Leaders from the FBI and Maximus discuss integrating AI, automation, and advanced analytics to create agile, mission‑ready platforms. The initiative aims to improve accessibility, streamline processes, and protect sensitive data while maintaining continuity during crises. Modernization efforts focus on predictive decision‑making without disrupting critical services.
Halcyon Names Dave Hannigan as Field CISO to Bolster Anti‑Ransomware Push
Halcyon, the anti‑ransomware platform, announced on April 14, 2026 that Dave Hannigan will serve as its Field Chief Information Security Officer. The role places a seasoned security executive directly with customers and partners to drive ransomware resilience, underscoring the growing...
Microsoft to Cut Windows 365 Price for SMBs
Microsoft announced a permanent 20% price reduction for its Windows 365 Business subscription, effective May 1, 2026 for new customers and at renewal for existing users. The cut follows a promotional discount introduced last October and coincides with a new on‑demand start...
Ransomware Claims Surge 30.7% in 2025, Outpacing Security Spending 10.1%
CipherCue reported a 30.7% year‑over‑year rise in ransomware leak‑site claims for 2025, while Gartner forecasts only a 10.1% increase in worldwide information‑security spending. The disparity signals that ransomware activity is accelerating far faster than defensive investment.
Cloud Exit Slashes Hosting Costs by $3M Annually
In 2023, we spent $3,934,099 on AWS + other hosting. In 2026, our hosting + support bill is down to ~$1m/year due to the cloud exit. Even including all the hardware buying, we will already have saved ~$4m by the...
AWS Should Evolve CloudWatch Into a True SIEM
AWS needs to extend CloudWatch with tools that make it a real SIEM. Don’t overlay it with complexities it doesn’t need. Just extend it.
One Health System CIO's Vision for Harnessing AI with Cybersecurity
Catawba Valley Health System’s CIO Nadin Knippschild says the organization must harness AI to improve efficiency while simultaneously strengthening cybersecurity as it moves more services to the cloud. She notes that nearly 37% of U.S. hospitals operate at a loss...
Sentra, Wiz Link Data Risk to Cloud Findings
Sentra has partnered with cloud‑security platform Wiz to embed its data‑classification intelligence into Wiz’s Security Graph. The integration tags cloud misconfigurations and attack paths with sensitivity labels, letting teams focus on risks that touch regulated or business‑critical data. Continuous syncing...
The New Demands on Data Center and Storage Leaders
Data‑center leaders now grapple with AI‑driven workloads, exploding unstructured data, and hybrid IT complexity, far surpassing the challenges of the mainframe‑to‑internet transition. Unstructured content already exceeds 80 % of enterprise data and is projected to reach 291 zettabytes by 2027, demanding new...
HSCC Unveils 3rd-Party AI Risk & Supply Chain Transparency Guide
The Health Sector Coordinating Council’s Cybersecurity Working Group released an AI Cyber Glossary and a 109‑page "Health Industry Third‑Party AI Risk and Supply Chain Transparency Guide." The guide outlines a seven‑phase lifecycle for AI vendor risk, drawing from NIST’s AI...
Echeverry Shares Insights About Her Career in Architecture
Viviana Echeverry, an enterprise architect at IKEA, drives the company’s global digital transformation by shaping data platforms, integration frameworks, and governance models. Her career progressed from hands‑on development to designing the "invisible layer" that enables faster, more consistent product delivery....
Pep Boys Hires Nik Umrani as CIO to Steer Technology Strategy
Pep Boys announced the appointment of Nik Umrani as chief information officer, tasking him with shaping the retailer's technology roadmap. The veteran executive brings more than 20 years of AI, cloud and digital‑transformation experience to a company that operates nearly...
CIOs Must Turn AI Pilots Into Profitable, Safe Solutions
RT CIOs face pressure to go beyond AI POCs and deliver ROI while avoiding the risk of rogue AI. #CIO #AI @Star_CIO https://t.co/IkMrUQXpxe
Maine to Put Brakes on Big Data Centers as AI Expansion Collides with Power Limits
Maine is set to become the first U.S. state to impose a statewide moratorium on large data center construction, barring permits for facilities that draw 20 megawatts or more until roughly October 2027. The bill, which still requires Governor Janet Mills' signature,...
Security Leaders Overconfident About Ransomware Recovery
Veeam’s 2026 Data Trust and Resilience Report reveals a stark gap between confidence and reality in ransomware recovery. While nine‑in‑ten security leaders believe they can bounce back quickly, only 28% actually restore all compromised data, with an average recovery rate...
Agentic AI Cuts, ERP Evolution, Project Failure Insights
Podcast Ep268: 40% of Agentic AI Canceled, ERP Industry Changing & Evolving, Why ERP Projects Fail https://t.co/4PJ9WIeUR2
Salesforce Launches Headless 360 to Support Agent‑first Enterprise Workflows
Salesforce unveiled Headless 360, a platform that consolidates its Agentforce Vibes coding environment, data, and governance tools into an API‑first layer for building agent‑first enterprise workflows. The offering exposes Salesforce’s core datasets, business logic, and MCP utilities through APIs, CLI...
Equinix Pushes AI Into Network Layer With Fabric Intelligence
Equinix unveiled Fabric Intelligence, an AI‑driven control layer that automates design, deployment, and management of network connectivity across multi‑cloud, data‑center, and edge environments. The platform uses AI agents, a natural‑language “Super Agent,” and the Model Context Protocol to compress weeks‑long...
Do Data and AI Talent Needs Conflict with a Workforce Seeking Stability?
The Analytics Institute and SAS released the Data Salaries & Job Sentiment Analysis 2026, revealing that 64% of organisations plan to expand their data teams while 70% of data and AI professionals say they will not change employers this year. The report...
Semperis: Operational Resilience in Active Directory and Entra ID
Semperis, a leader in cyber‑resilience, announced a suite of tools that safeguard both on‑premises Active Directory and Microsoft Entra ID against ransomware and malicious changes. The platform continuously evaluates identity‑system posture, flags vulnerabilities, and provides real‑time detection of suspicious activity....
George Forbes Named CIO of U.S. Department of Commerce, Steering Federal Tech Agenda
The U.S. Department of Commerce announced George Forbes as its new chief information officer. Forbes, a former Air Force deputy chief of staff for data and IT operations, will lead the bureau’s digital modernization. His appointment signals the administration’s focus...
Rethinking Insider Risk in the Age of AI and Autonomy
Insider risk now accounts for roughly half of all data breaches, a figure amplified by remote and hybrid work models. The rise of AI‑driven productivity tools introduces new, often inadvertent, leakage pathways as employees bypass sanctioned systems. Traditional defenses like...
11 DevSecOps Best Practices to Prioritize in 2026
DevSecOps is evolving from a technical add‑on to a strategic, enterprise‑wide approach that embeds security throughout the software lifecycle. By shifting security left, automating compliance, and integrating policy‑as‑code, organizations can reduce remediation costs while maintaining rapid delivery. The article outlines...
Bayobab CEO Appointed to Global Leaders’ Forum (GLF) Board
MTN Digital Infrastructure announced that its Bayobab chief executive Mazen Mroué has been appointed to the board of the Global Leaders’ Forum, a network of senior connectivity leaders. The GLF focuses on inclusivity, innovation and responsible digital infrastructure worldwide. Mroué...
Digitisation Is Not Optional – It’s National Strategy
Datuk Syahril Aziz, Group CEO of Dataprep, argues that digitisation is no longer optional for Malaysia but a core component of its national strategy. He urges CIOs to expand their remit beyond corporate walls, shaping ethical, human‑centric digital ecosystems that...
From CIO to Community Leader : Why Collaboration Is the New Power
Emmanuel Morka, Access Bank Ghana’s regional CIO, argues that today’s CIO must evolve from a traditional IT manager to a strategic architect of intelligence‑driven enterprises. He stresses that collaboration, community participation, and shared wisdom are essential for building competitive advantage....
Europe Builds Its First “Kill-Switch Proof” Cloud Recovery Stack
At the European Data Summit, Cubbit, SUSE, Elemento Cloud and StorPool unveiled Europe’s first fully sovereign disaster‑recovery stack, designed to protect organisations from foreign‑vendor kill‑switches and other catastrophic events. The solution bundles storage, compute, orchestration and security components into a...
Enterprises Must Embed AI-Led Security, Resilience and Trust, as Cyber Strategies for 2026: KPMG
KPMG’s 2026 cybersecurity report calls on enterprises to treat security as a core business driver, integrating AI, geopolitics and regulation into every layer of their architecture. It stresses adaptive data governance, autonomous Security Operations Centers with human‑in‑the‑loop oversight, and centralized...
ERP Market Acceleration Puts Pressure On Modernization Plans
Enterprise resource planning (ERP) software is entering a rapid growth phase, with forecasts projecting the global market to exceed $280 billion by 2034 at a 13% compound annual growth rate. Organizations are accelerating ERP modernization to streamline finance, HR, and supply‑chain...
NIST Launches Development of Trustworthy AI Profile for Critical Infrastructure
The U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology has begun developing a Trustworthy AI in Critical Infrastructure profile, extending its AI Risk Management Framework to guide operators of power, water, transportation and other essential services. The effort, outlined in a...
Ethiack Study Finds 19% of UK Telecom Websites Expose Server Details, 37% Have SSL Gaps
Agentic AI pentesting firm Ethiack reported that 19% of UK telecoms' web servers disclose software type and version, while 37% of SSL certificates are invalid, expired or misconfigured. The findings underscore a systemic misconfiguration problem that could aid state‑sponsored hackers...
Palo Alto Networks Finalizes $400 Million Koi Acquisition, Expands AI Endpoint Security
Palo Alto Networks has closed a $400 million deal to acquire Israeli cybersecurity startup Koi, bolstering its AI‑driven endpoint security portfolio. The acquisition integrates Koi’s control‑layer platform into Prisma AIRS and Cortex XDR, creating a new “Agentic Endpoint Security” category for CIOs planning...
Modernizing Public Sector Infrastructure: The Ineris Digital Transformation
Ineris, France’s public environmental institute, replaced a cumbersome outsourced VM model with Upsun’s container‑as‑code platform. By adopting Infrastructure as Code and Git‑driven automation, the agency halved the cost of building new environments and cut deployment time dramatically. The new workflow...
Why Cloud Innovation Slows in Reactive Operating Models
Enterprises that once gained advantage by moving to the cloud now find that the real differentiator is how they operate those environments. As hybrid and multicloud architectures grow, many firms remain stuck in reactive, ticket‑driven models that increase costs, slow...
Claude Mythos: Prepare for Your Board’s Cybersecurity Questions About the Latest AI Model From Anthropic
Anthropic unveiled Claude Mythos Preview, its most powerful frontier AI model, capable of autonomously discovering software vulnerabilities that have evaded human researchers. The Federal Reserve’s upcoming meeting with bank CEOs highlights growing board-level concern over AI‑driven cyber risk. Organizations are...
Electrosoft Wins $500M CISA Digital Transformation BPA to Modernize Federal IT
Electrosoft Services, LLC was awarded a $500 million, five‑year blanket purchase agreement by the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA). The contract positions Electrosoft as one of four firms to provide digital transformation, cybersecurity and AI services to federal agencies, accelerating...
4 Questions to Ask Before Outsourcing MDR
Security teams face relentless alerts, staffing gaps and rising expectations for uptime, making Managed Detection and Response (MDR) a strategic necessity rather than a luxury. Outsourcing MDR provides round‑the‑clock monitoring across endpoints, identities and cloud workloads, ensuring threats are spotted...
EDR-Killer Ecosystem Expansion Requires Stronger BYOVD Defenses
The ecosystem of EDR‑killer tools that exploit bring‑your‑own‑vulnerable‑driver (BYOVD) techniques has expanded dramatically, with researchers cataloguing nearly 90 distinct killers. Although only about 35 vulnerable Windows drivers are actively abused, each can be re‑hashed thousands of times, complicating blocklist defenses....
Commvault Installs New CFO and Customer Ops President to Drive AI‑Era Resilience
Commvault announced that long‑time executive Gary Merrill will return as chief financial officer while former Ontinue CEO Geoff Haydon becomes president of customer and field operations. The moves aim to accelerate the company’s subscription‑SaaS transition and strengthen its security‑focused customer...
Keeping EHRs Fast, Available, and Trusted: Observability Strategies for Modern Healthcare IT
Electronic Health Records (EHRs) are critical to clinical workflows but face growing pressure from hybrid IT environments and cloud migrations. SolarWinds VP Scott Pross outlined how end‑to‑end observability can proactively spot bottlenecks, cut mean time to resolution, and align network,...
Space Force Official Touts AI’s Impact on Cyber Compliance
Space Force acting cyber chief Seth Whitworth says large language models are reshaping how the service reviews cyber risk and achieves compliance. He highlighted that AI can automatically patch minor misconfigurations that often serve as entry points for state‑sponsored actors....
Evolution Equity Partners Hosts 4th Presidents Forum for Cyber Leaders
Evolution Equity Partners hosted its fourth Presidents Forum on March 24, 2026 in San Francisco during RSA Conference week, drawing more than 300 CISOs, cybersecurity founders and investors. The event featured a keynote by former California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, who...
Bank of America Tech Chief Shares AI Strategy Focus
Bank of America is scaling its artificial‑intelligence program from isolated pilots to enterprise‑wide process transformation. The bank has earmarked 30% of its $13.5 billion technology budget for AI, and more than 90% of its 213,000 staff now use the Erica virtual...
NYC Cyber Leaders: Join Roundtable on Secure AI
If you are a cybersecurity leader in NYC, I'll be hosting a roundtable this Thursday on secure AI adoption. Small group, strong peer set, and candid discussion about what is actually working and what is not. Free food, drinks, and great...
Aspiring CIOs Must Link IT Initiatives to Business Value
How are IT's key initiatives delivering business value? > A question every aspiring CIO should be prepared to answer #CIO https://t.co/NWuOLnCtg4
It’s Not Governance Slowing Down Enterprise AI — It’s the Lack of It, Says Qlik Executive
Enterprises racing to deploy AI are hitting a wall, not from model limitations but from insufficient data governance, Qlik’s chief strategy officer James Fisher said. A Qlik‑Enterprise Technology Research study found data quality, availability and governance are the top blockers...
AI Transforms ERP Implementation: What Customers Should Expect
MyPoV: @leonardocastaldi @Mashfrog_Group shares the details on how ERP implementation changes with AI and what customers can expect #Inforanalystsummit https://t.co/Mnc1uziP7n
Executives Need Outage Insights, Not Live Post‑Mortems
RT Executives don't want a live post-mortem during a crisis; they want a partner who translates outages into business impact, risk, and a realistic recovery path. #DigitalTransformation #ITLeadership @Star_CIO https://t.co/a4Q8PTsrKE
Core AI Holdings, Allianca Launch JV to Speed AI Data Center Delivery
Core AI Holdings and Allianca Group have launched a joint venture to fast‑track AI‑ready data center delivery, combining Core AI’s capital‑market expertise with Allianca’s turnkey construction model. The partnership promises an integrated platform that handles site selection, power planning, modular...
Unseen AI, Unchecked Risk: The CISO Wake-Up Call
Shadow AI—unauthorized use of generative AI tools—is emerging as a blind spot for security teams, exposing proprietary code and sensitive data without detection. More than a third of companies still lack formal AI compliance policies, leaving employees free to paste...