CIOs on the Move: September 2026
September's CIO appointments reflected the breadth of responsibilities now assigned to senior technology executives. Organizations recruited leaders with backgrounds in cybersecurity, enterprise architecture, healthcare informatics, manufacturing systems, AI, and...
The Hidden IT Risk of Business-Critical Spreadsheets and Shadow Systems
Some of an organization's most important technology may never appear on an IT architecture diagram. A finance manager maintains a spreadsheet used for a monthly forecast. An operations employee builds a small database to track production issues. A sales team creates...
Why Application Rationalization Belongs Back on the CIO Agenda
Enterprise technology portfolios rarely become complicated because of a single poor decision. Complexity accumulates over time. A company purchases an application to solve an immediate problem. Another department selects a different platform for a similar requirement....
What CIOs Should Know Before Allowing AI Agents to Access Enterprise Systems
Artificial intelligence is moving beyond applications that answer questions and generate content. Newer systems can retrieve information, initiate workflows, communicate with other applications, and complete sequences of tasks on behalf of employees. For CIOs, that...
Why SaaS Sprawl Is Becoming a CIO Governance Problem
Software as a service has made it considerably easier for organizations to acquire technology. A department that once needed IT to purchase, install, and maintain an application can now subscribe to a new platform within days, or sometimes hours. That accessibility...
CIOs on the Move: August 2026
Technology leadership remained a priority in August as organizations named new CIOs to guide technology strategy, infrastructure, cybersecurity, and digital initiatives. Here are the 12 Chief Information Officer appointments announced this month. Marriott Appoints...
When Technical Debt Becomes a Business Risk
Technical debt has traditionally been discussed as an IT management concern, usually in connection with aging applications, outdated code, deferred upgrades, or temporary fixes that remain in place longer than intended. For CIOs, however, the consequences increasingly...
Identity Security in the Age of AI: Why CIOs Are Reconsidering Access Management
Identity has become one of the most valuable targets for cybercriminals. Artificial intelligence has increased the speed and sophistication of phishing campaigns, credential theft, social engineering, and account compromise, placing greater pressure on organizations...
Cyber Resilience Planning: Preparing the Business for the Incidents You Cannot Predict
Most organizations devote considerable effort to preventing cyberattacks. Prevention remains essential, but no security program can eliminate every threat. Cyber resilience focuses on maintaining business operations before, during, and after a security incident. For...
CIOs on the Move: July 2026
July brought another active month of technology leadership changes as organizations across healthcare, financial services, utilities, retail, consulting, and enterprise software appointed new Chief Information Officers and senior technology executives. As companies...
AI Governance Best Practices Every CIO Should Establish Early
Artificial intelligence has moved beyond experimental projects into everyday business operations. Organizations now rely on AI to assist with customer interactions, financial analysis, software development, research, and operational planning. As adoption expands,...
Zero Trust for CIOs: Building Security Around Verification Instead of Assumptions
Enterprise technology environments have changed considerably over the past decade. Employees work from multiple locations, applications reside across public and private cloud platforms, and business data moves continuously between users, devices, and services....
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