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Director of IT at RTX

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Is AI going to affect the number of jobs in your company in the next 12 months?

Culture & Values AI & Machine Learning

Yes, more jobs created

Yes, jobs lost to AI

Other (please comment)

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Who has the purchasing power at your organization when it comes to security?

Security & GRC Business Applications

CIO

CISO

Other C-suite individual (please specify)

Difficult to say.

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Which of these Disaster-Recovery-as-a-Service (DRaaS) is the best?

Backup & Disaster Recovery Data Center Crisis Management+1 more

Microsoft Azure Site Recovery

Zerto IT Resilience Platform

AWS CloudEndure

Acronis AnyData Engine

Sungard AS

Other (Comment Below!)

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What is the timeframe for executing your organization's return to office plan?

People & Leadership Strategy & Architecture Process Management+3 more

It has already begun.

We will begin in the next month.

We will begin in the next 3 months (the second half of 2021).

We will begin in 2022.

I am unsure.

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What is the most effective frequency for 1-on-1 meetings with direct reports?

People & Leadership Strategy & Architecture Cloud+15 more

Once a week

Once every 2 weeks

Once a month

Adhoc

What 1-on-1?

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Which cybersecurity attack is currently your highest priority (to defend against)?

People & Leadership Strategy & Architecture Cloud+27 more

Ransomware and multifaceted extortion

Business email compromise

Third-party vendor compromise (supply chain)

Cloud security incidents

I have no idea

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Do you enjoy walking meetings?

Culture & Values Collaboration Solutions Employee Engagement

Yes

Yes, but only if I’m the one walking.

It depends (please share below!)

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Which of the following are you most likely to invest in over the next year?

Universal ZTNA

NetDevOps

Multicloud Networking Software

SASE

NaaS

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Do you think it is possible for a single data and analytics governance platform to meet all your governance needs?

Data Governance Applications & Platforms Strategy & Architecture

Yes, but it doesn’t exist yet

Yes, and it already exists

No, but I wish

No, and I don’t think it needs to

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Where are you in your private 5G journey in manufacturing?

Not started - not mature

Assessing use cases

Proof of Concept

Production mode

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In a multi-cloud environment, how are you connecting multiple disparate clouds without transiting physical locations. What are you doing for security stacks, IPS/IDS for cross-boundary transit?

Cloud Disruptive & Emerging Technologies

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Besides 360 performance reviews, what are some ways you have personally gathered feedback from colleagues about your personal brand? How did you encourage them to provide candid and honest feedback?

Relationship Management Personal Development

Evan MarksDirector of IT at RTXa month ago

I have simply asked them in 1:1 how do they perceive me, what would they recommend me for, what one word will better define me.

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What information is most essential for the board/executives to decide whether to pay ransomware attackers (in cases where ransom payment is not banned)?

Threat Intelligence & Incident Response Risk Management Incident & Problem Management

Evan MarksDirector of IT at RTXa month ago

I believe you can't add more, the opinion are pay or not pay with the second one highly suggested.
I believe the board can only count the votes.

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What’s a recent tech or software upgrade your org has implemented that had a positive impact on employee morale?

Disruptive & Emerging Technologies Employee Engagement Innovation+1 more

Evan MarksDirector of IT at RTX4 months ago

We recently implemented a new system for managing admissions at our college (a mission critical process). Previously, the process was highly manual, fraught with errors, and with lots of digital friction. The new process ...read more

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How do you manage expectations among your executive leadership without negatively impacting perceptions of both the security function’s effectiveness and your own effectiveness as the CISO?

People & Leadership Security & GRC Internal CXO Relationships

Evan MarksDirector of IT at RTX4 months ago

Utilize Data and Facts. Financial implications of an undetected breach, vs cost of detection and/ or prevention. Provide data that shows which is the right ROI for the company, and base solutions on the level of risk the ...read more

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As GenAI’s capabilities improve, how much do you predict it will change the role of software developers / engineers? What role do you think devs and engineers will primarily play in the next 5 years?

Engineering AI & Machine Learning Generative AI

Evan MarksDirector of IT at RTX4 months ago

While GenAI is a great accelerator for software development and engineering, humans will still be needed for the forseeable future to take the 80% that GenAI provides and bring the projects to completion. In addition to ...read more

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