Security

BY Rachael King

President Barack Obama's executive order promotes information sharing about cyberthreats among companies and between the government and private industry. But the order stopped short of requiring companies to participate and left for another day some details on how the new framework would run.

Security

BY Clint Boulton

Scientists are testing a new keyboard that will identify computer users by variations in their typing styles. The typing patterns potentially offer increased computer security because the system could reject any user whose typing doesn’t match.

Guest Voices

What Should We Think of Machines That Think?

BY Irving Wladawsky-Berger

Artificial Intelligence these days seems to be having its “magical” moment, CIO Journal Columnist Irving Wladawsky-Berger writes, on the cusp of permeating every part of our lives--or so everyone says. There have been other such moments, from the emergence of the automobile in the early 20th century to the early Web way back in the paleozoic 1990s, but AI may be in a class by itself. “Like no other technology, AI forces us to explore the boundaries between machines and humans. What does this all mean?”

Guest Voices

Talent: America’s Most Challenging Cybersecurity Threat

BY Gary Beach

As President Barack Obama opens the cybersecurity summit in California today, perhaps he might want to addresses the current, and future, skills gap challenge facing the United States, suggests Guest Contributor Gary Beach. "America’s most serious future cybersecurity threat is summed up in three simple words: not enough people," he writes.

Morning Download

BY Steve Rosenbush

"My organization has a very clear understanding that we will never purchase another server at this company,” Tim Weaver tells CIO Journal.

Big Data

BY Steven Norton

Amid falling print subscription and advertising revenue, Time is betting that premium content paired with data analysis will return it to growth and complete its pivot to become a technology company.

Cloud

BY Clint Boulton

Del Monte Foods CIO Tim Weaver has an opportunity CIOs tied down by legacy IT systems and on-premises software can only dream of: He's implementing cloud applications so that he can invest into new projects the time and cost ordinarily devoted to purchasing and maintaining servers.

Security

BY Steven Norton

As information sharing gains traction as a way to strengthen cybersecurity, issues concerning privacy, scale and the willingness of companies to share information in the first place have yet to be resolved.

Big Data

Analytics Predict Which Patients Will Suffer Post-Surgical Infections

BY Rachael King

The University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics have lowered the rate of colon surgical infections – and hospital readmissions – by 58% over a two-year period by using analytics to predict which patients are most likely to suffer infections.

Big Data

GM Grapples with Big Data, Cybersecurity in Vehicle Broadband Connections

BY Rachael King

General Motors has installed broadband data connections in more than 30 vehicle models which means potentially millions of cars and trucks transmitting data. The company is figuring out how to best manage and secure all that data.

Risk Management

BY Clint Boulton

CIO Journal’s February 6 post exploring whether CISOs should report to CIOs or CEOs sparked debate among readers. We have captured some of the highlights of the conversation.

Risk Management

Post-Anthem, Defense in Depth Remains CIO’s Best Protection: FireEye

BY Clint Boulton

Cybersecurity experts from FireEye, the security firm hired to investigate an Anthem data breach say that companies need to apply layers of defense measures, including encryption, to protect their data. “It's a very difficult challenge for defenders to do consistently because the attacker only needs to find one hole to get in,” Managing Director David Damato tells CIO Journal.