Already besieged by invading hordes of cyberattackers and malicious hackers, CIOs are increasingly under additional assaults from what we could call "friendly fire" as mounting numbers of employees are exposing or compromising corporate security with a range of social media, unauthorized devices, and rogue cloud access. While this two-fronted attack in some ways just marks another day in the life for CIOsâwhose responsibilities include handling complex and multifaceted operations and behaviorsâit represents something much more serious, I think, because it has the potential to cast CIOs in the very worst possible light during these times of high change, disruptive business processes, and a challenging global economy. How can CIOs and other business leaders (1) embrace social media and new-fangled but unauthorized devices and cloud experiments while also (2) ensuring rigorous security that protects customer data and other vital corporate assets?
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