CIO Roles Disrupted Amid Enterprise Changes
October 5, 2022 – Published on InformationWeek
There are many challenges facing the CIO today: finding and retaining talent, a hybrid workforce and the resulting security issues, and supply chain shortages. Meanwhile, CIOs are being asked to take on more than ever. They, and their teams, are becoming the facilitators of organizational strategy and innovation as IT is now largely responsible for digital employee experience.
On top of everything else, supply chain issues have dramatically impacted CIOs, who at times have struggled to acquire technology assets to address challenges and initiatives.
Joe Leonard, CTO of GuidePoint Security, says what was once a primarily centralized environment has become much more of a distributed one.
This is due to the rapid adoption of the cloud during the pandemic, which changed the traditional IT landscape and how businesses work.
“Many organizations are now relying on a workforce, where much of it is working remotely,” he says. “To bring in the best talent, the CIO must consider hiring employees regardless of their location to fill the needs of the organization.”
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