The problem is ageless – you want outstanding security to protect your organization’s assets, but where does the money come from? CSOs across the globe have to petition their CFOs and other C-suite executives for appropriate funding to meet compliance requirements, keep software up to date and, generally, keep the right doors closed.
The most enduring theory of W. Edwards Deming – one of the business world’s most respected authorities on organizational theory – was that unless an activity is measured, it cannot be properly managed. Dr. Deming believed that all decision-making must be driven by reliable data, and this once revolutionary concept is now accepted as a fundamental management practice at most corporations around the globe.
The technology outlook is one of momentum and continuation, according to the data. Cloud computing, mobility and social technologies will become more capable, more business ready and more disruptive. Big data will get even bigger, and more usable.
Will the next budget go around cloud your executive career aspirations? Think ahead to this fall, when you are at the round table patiently waiting your turn to present your strategy, plan and budget, including your CapEx request. Surely, you have worked hard on the budget this year. Zero-based it? Completed risk assessments? Tied the security processes to measurable business benefits?
In the 1972 musicalCabaret,directed by Bob Fosse, actors Liza Minnelli and Joel Gray perform the song Money Money. In this classic song, Minnelli and Gray sing: Money makes the world go around…the world go around...