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Forescout’s 2026 Riskiest Connected Devices report shows routers have overtaken PCs as the top enterprise threat vector, accounting for roughly one‑third of critical vulnerabilities. On average, routers and switches now expose about 32 flaws each, and 75% of the riskiest device types were absent from the list just two years ago. The study also adds 11 previously unseen high‑risk devices, from serial‑to‑IP converters to medical image printers, highlighting the expanding attack surface across IT, OT, IoT and IoMT. Legacy operating systems and outdated firmware on printers, switches and IP phones further compound the risk, while insecure protocols like Telnet are on the rise.
Roche, a global healthcare leader, embarked on an SAP S/4HANA transformation and adopted a co‑exist integration strategy. The approach pairs MuleSoft for non‑SAP connections with SAP Cloud Platform Integration for SAP‑to‑SAP links, allowing the company to automate processes, boost security,...
Salesforce announced that Open CTI will be retired on February 28, 2028, prompting organizations to shift their telephony integration to Service Cloud Voice, now branded as Salesforce Voice. The transition involves moving from a browser‑based CTI panel to a native...
The StarCIO Bad News Communication Playbook gives IT leaders a step‑by‑step framework for informing executives about outages, security incidents, or missed targets. It stresses assessing impact on revenue, brand and risk, then delivering a concise headline, context, and a clear...
Despite a steep decline in software‑stock valuations, major U.S. corporations are not discarding legacy business applications. Instead they are leveraging the market dip to negotiate better vendor terms and employing AI‑driven “vibe‑coding” to build custom extensions on platforms like Salesforce,...
CIOs are juggling long‑standing uptime worries with a surge of AI‑related challenges. Cybersecurity, especially third‑party risk, remains the top nightmare, while data security and privacy grow more complex as AI deployments accelerate. Leaders must embed AI responsibly at scale, align...
Private equity‑backed companies are forcing CIOs to compress multi‑year digital transformations into a few months, aligning every technology decision with a pre‑defined value‑creation thesis. The role still covers platform modernization, cybersecurity and talent, but the clock starts ticking at deal...
Zero Networks introduced the Kubernetes Access Matrix, a real‑time visual map that displays every allowed and denied network rule inside Kubernetes clusters. The tool automatically discovers existing network policies and presents namespace‑to‑namespace, application‑to‑application, and workload‑to‑workload connections in a single matrix....
BCX has signed on as a sponsor for the Chartered CIO Conference 2026, scheduled for 11 June at Montecasino’s Ballroom in Fourways. The one‑day event, themed “Resilient. Intelligent. Inclusive: Shaping South Africa’s digital future,” will convene senior CIOs and technology leaders...
Zilliz announced the general availability of Customer‑Managed Encryption Keys (CMEK) on its Zilliz Cloud platform, giving enterprises full control over encryption keys for AI‑scale vector workloads. The feature separates key ownership from data processing, ensuring Zilliz never accesses customer keys...
In this episode, Gilbane’s Chief Technology Officer Alex Gutman explains how the firm has shifted from managing isolated projects to organizing around client‑defined value streams, enabling outcome‑driven delivery. He details the CTO’s remit—cyber resilience, service enablement, and future‑focused data/AI foundations—and how...
AI Swarm Attacks Are Coming, Is Your Business Ready? #AI #swarm attacks, powered by autonomous agents, #deepfake #phishing , and always-on malware, could transform #cybercrime and leave unprepared businesses dangerously exposed. This article explains why leaders need a new #cybersecurity...
Before investing in smarter automation… Fix the data foundation. Why infrastructure beats point solutions → https://t.co/qWIUPgZhYD @MadaketHealth #PayerIT #HITSM
NIST released SP 800‑81r3, the first major update to its Secure Domain Name System Deployment Guide in over twelve years. The revision emphasizes protective DNS, encrypted DNS protocols (DoT, DoH, DoQ), and modern DNSSEC algorithms such as ECDSA and Ed25519. It...
Gartner forecasts datacentre electricity consumption reaching about 1,200 TWh by 2030, a 20% rise from the previous year. AI‑optimized GPU servers are projected to draw roughly 156 GW, underscoring the rapid expansion of AI infrastructure. Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella pledged that Azure now...
Giant Network announced the appointment of Nie Zhiming as chief technology officer and the formation of a dedicated artificial‑intelligence laboratory. The moves aim to accelerate AI‑driven product development across the company's gaming and cloud services.
Microsoft unveiled an "agentic AI" security strategy, rolling out Agent 365 as a centralized control plane for AI agents and embedding new Defender, Entra and Purview capabilities across its suite. The Security Dashboard for AI, Entra backup and tenant‑governance tools, and...
A new Gartner survey shows 60% of enterprises are already piloting AI‑driven agents in IT infrastructure, and projects 70% will be using them semiautonomously by 2029. The shift promises to move I&O from manual task execution to oversight of autonomous...
Baidu announced that its group vice‑president and chief information officer, Dr. Li Ying, will assume the chief executive role at Xiaodu Technology, reporting directly to founder‑CEO Robin Li. The move follows the departure of outgoing CEO Jing Kun and underscores...
RT MCP servers are the new "API contracts" for AI agents. They must standardize auth, rate limits, schemas, and observability, or enterprises will recreate the same brittle integrations we suffered through with REST and RPC. #AI #MCP @Star_CIO https://t.co/7dcoLIKa0K
Oracle has promoted Nandkumar Kadam to Director – Cloud Engineering, tasking him with steering large‑scale cloud transformation, expanding consulting services, and accelerating enterprise digital journeys. Kadam brings more than 20 years of cloud and consulting experience, including a decade at...
Microsoft announced on March 17 that Jacob Andreou will head the Copilot assistant across consumer and enterprise lines, reporting directly to CEO Satya Nadella. The move also shifts AI chief Mustafa Suleyman toward building Microsoft‑owned large‑language models, signaling a tighter...
Organizations unknowingly sacrifice control and flexibility for cloud ERPs. While seemingly outdated, custom on-prem systems offered adaptability that modern, off-the-shelf solutions lack. #CloudERP #TechDebt #DigitalTransformation https://t.co/LvE671u0MT
SAP's integration within its own product suite (Concur, SuccessFactors, Ariba) often surpasses its ability to connect S/4HANA to third-party manufacturing or WMS systems. Connecting external systems can be more complex. #SAP #EnterpriseSoftware #Integration https://t.co/HG0QdQlN6i
Venice Goodwine, the Department of the Air Force chief information officer, has been named the inaugural recipient of the Wash100 award. The honor recognizes her stewardship of a $17 billion enterprise‑IT portfolio and her push to modernize the service’s cloud, AI...
Snowflake confirmed targeted job cuts as it realigns its organization following a $200 million partnership with OpenAI to embed GPT‑5.2 into its data platform. The company said the moves are meant to improve efficiency while it scales AI‑driven services for enterprise...
Snowflake announced a $200 million partnership with OpenAI to embed GPT‑5.2 into its data platform while simultaneously confirming targeted job cuts. The moves aim to accelerate the company’s AI‑centric roadmap and improve operational efficiency.
Hexaview Technologies announced Kashi KS as its new Chief AI Officer and elevated the HexClaw open‑source agent framework as the core engine for AI services, a move aimed at accelerating outcomes for regulated fintech and wealth‑management firms.
What most people get wrong about organizational politics and the security program. Creating and running an enterprise wide security program requires you to navigate, and benefit from, organization politics. This takes influencing skill and executive presence. These aren’t simply innate skills....
Pentagon chief digital and AI officer Cameron Stanley announced a move from strategic enablement to a delivery‑first AI approach, targeting months‑long rollout cycles for critical capabilities. At the same time, longtime DIB cybersecurity leader Stacy Bostjanick will retire on April...
I was just looking at an article from one of the big consulting firms. The Human Capital practice wrote a compelling piece arguing that HR should lead the AI transformation. I then spent a few minutes on google / gemini...
A CIO agreed to give a major integrator complete decision-making authority, fearing they'd walk away. This baffles me, but I understand the pressure leaders face from trusted third parties. #Leadership #Business https://t.co/FmHMDsfHsO
FranklinCovey’s chief information officer, Blaine Carter, has moved the firm from buying off‑the‑shelf SaaS tools to building custom solutions on the low‑code platform Make. The shift eliminated $50,000 in annual software spend and triggered an unsolicited reduction in external audit...
When connectivity integrates edge computing and unified control, organizations gain a clearer view of operations, reduce latency, and manage complexity with greater precision, especially in distributed environments like retail and logistics.
Anthropic reports that AI can now handle "entire implementation workflows." Impressive,but who is accountable for #observability, nonfunctional requirements, #DevSecOps guardrails, and #FinOps #AI https://t.co/p18hdtdbZn
Enterprises adopting cloud‑native architectures must secure machine identities, known as Non‑Human Identities (NHIs), and the secrets they carry. A full lifecycle—discovery, classification, continuous monitoring, and remediation—shifts protection from point solutions to proactive governance. Automation and real‑time oversight cut breach risk,...
Spacelift co‑founder Marcin Wyszynski says AI is now writing infrastructure‑as‑code in HCL, eliminating the need for developers to hand‑craft Terraform or OpenTofu configurations. While this speeds provisioning, it creates a comprehension gap that can lead to dangerous production changes. Spacelift’s...
The provided source set contains no verifiable information about a co‑founder of a major datacenter company being charged with smuggling $2.5 billion in AI chips to China. Consequently, details of the allegation, parties involved, and legal actions remain undisclosed.
The article argues that virtual machines remain the foundational, load‑bearing component of enterprise IT estates, offering security isolation and service continuity that containers cannot match. It highlights VMware’s strategy—VMware Cloud Foundation and Tanzu—to blend VMs with Kubernetes, acknowledging that most...
Software supply‑chain security is shifting from protecting shipped code to defending the infrastructure that builds it. Recent incidents—Ultralytics’ GitHub Actions hijack, the Shai‑Hulud 2.0 campaign compromising tens of thousands of CI runners, and the Trust Wallet breach—show attackers can inject...
One advantage of working with ISMG's CXO advisory practice is exposure to thousands of cybersecurity leaders. You hear what is actually worrying them. Right now the themes are pretty consistent: AI governance Identity security Third party risk Board level accountability What's top of your list?
CIOs must insist on explainability, documentation, and ownership before anything hits production. #AI #CIO https://t.co/p18hdtdbZn
Huawei unveiled its AI‑powered fgOTN solution at MWC Barcelona 2026, positioning optical transport networks as intelligent infrastructure rather than passive pipelines. The platform embeds AI across transmission, sensing, and operations, enabling real‑time fibre‑based monitoring, native quantum key distribution, and autonomous...
CIOs are suddenly seeing a notable uptick in autonomous AI, spurred by the success of OpenClaw and enterprise-grade equivalents like Claude Cowork https://t.co/YD9kQe78Ve My take: It’ll all come down to how good the guardrails and oversight are.
CIOs: You cannot "block" your way out of the agentic era. But you can't leave the door wide open either. It’s time to redefine governance before your inbox becomes a Trojan Horse. The breakdown: https://t.co/5poCN8at4u #CIO #CISO #AI #Agentic #Cybersecurity #RSAC2026
Alexander Georgiadis took over as chief information officer of the German state of Niedersachsen on March 5 2026, succeeding Horst Baier. He will head the newly created Department 4, responsible for IT governance, security and infrastructure, and launch the state's first IT‑single plan...
Virtualization, once a cost‑saving foundation, is now generating unexpected licensing fees that strain CIO budgets and stall digital initiatives. Recent shifts in vendor contracts and mandatory feature bundles have turned the hypervisor into a financial liability, prompting leaders to reassess...
RT CIOs and CISOs keep asking, "Where do we start with agentic AI in operations?" My answer: target the seams between ITOps and SecOp - handoffs, ticket ping-pong, and tribal workflows. #CIO #CISO #AI @Star_CIO https://t.co/e3w3lXkvfc
Announcing StarCIO's AI Strategy & Governance Workshops - 15 Advisories to select from & evolve your roadmap. We guide the leadership team on a pragmatic AI vision, define clear guardrails, and establish a responsible path to value. https://t.co/NJUcJvxodM #AI #CIO...
Pentagon Chief Information Officer Kirsten Davies will deliver the keynote at the 2026 Digital Transformation Summit on April 22 in Virginia. The event, run by the Potomac Officers Club, gathers federal leaders and GovCon executives to discuss the government’s digital...
