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When it comes to managing Microsoft users and identities, what task causes the most frustration for your IT Administrators?

End-User Services & Collaboration Security & GRC Public Cloud+17 more

Hybrid administration (across on-prem and Office 365)

Keeping groups accurate and up to date

Managing and optimizing Office 365 licenses

Creating new user accounts

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How likely are you to upgrade your MacBook to a new M1 Mac?

End-User Services & Collaboration Vendor/Product Recommendation

Very likely

Somewhat likely

Not likely

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The internet browser I use at work is:

Strategy & Architecture End-User Services & Collaboration People & Leadership+9 more

Mandatory

Recommended

Discretionary

Other (comment below)

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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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Where does your organization currently stand on cyber insurance?

Risk Management Crisis Management Security Strategy & Roadmap+1 more

We have adopted cyber insurance already

We're planning to adopt cyber insurance in the next 12 months

We're not planning to adopt cyber insurance

I am unsure what cyber insurance is

Other (share below)

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If your organization uses 2FA, do individuals use their personal mobile devices to authenticate or a corporate/company-issued mobile device?

People & Leadership Process Management Security & GRC+1 more

Personal Device

Company-Issued Device

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Which of the following areas are you planning to make the biggest changes to within your governance and risk program in 2022?

Governance, Risk & Compliance Security & GRC Risk Management

Continuous Monitoring

Staff Well Being

ESG & Sustainability

Service Provider Location Risk

Other (share below)

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As a CISO, what are the top 3 tasks that take up the most of your time in an average week?

Strategy & Architecture People & Leadership Process Management+1 more

Security operations

Writing policies

Vendor management

Business strategy

Other (comment below)

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Which social media platforms do you use most to keep up with industry news?

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Twitter

Facebook

Instagram

YouTube

Other

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After making the initial decision to try a technology, which of the following would make you feel most satisfied with the experience?

Enterprise & IT Service Management (ITSM)

Length of time to fully evaluate

Ability to save work during trial

Little effort to configure or set up trial

Little effort to demonstrate value to stakeholders

No payment or pre-commitment for trial

Little effort to understand trial terms

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How are you increasing your organization’s cyber resiliency? What are you currently targeting for improvement?

People & Leadership Security Strategy & Roadmap Resilience+1 more

Marcel WoltjesCISO in Banking21 days ago

It always starts with building a risk profile and D&R plan with cyber being a critical element of the D&R plan.

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Given the current landscape of cyber risk and regulations, how do you see the CISO role potentially evolving? Do you think it will become the norm for this role to be a “true C-suite position”, at least in some industries?

Security Strategy & Roadmap Regulatory Compliance People & Leadership

Marcel WoltjesCISO in Banking14 days ago

I am currently working in professional food services, which is a new step for me, but my background is in financial services and government. Despite the promise that CISOs should join the board, I have yet to see it happen. ...read more

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What tips or advice can you offer for improving collaboration between historically siloed security operations and IT teams? How can you begin building bridges between them to have better teamwork on things like vulnerability remediation?

People & Leadership IT Strategy & Roadmap Security & GRC

Marcel WoltjesCISO in Bankinga month ago

I'm going to highly recommend Keith Ferrazzi's new book - Never Lead Alone - the book will explain how to shift from leadership to teamship. People need to be candid and accountable to and with each other as a start, and ...read more

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Do multidisciplinary teams require a different approach to management? When forming or leading these teams, what should CISOs/security leaders keep in mind?

Security Strategy & Roadmap People & Leadership

Marcel WoltjesCISO in Banking14 days ago

Multidisciplinary teams do require a different approach to management. For team members who are traditionally more technical and solely focused on information security, you have to ensure they know how to communicate effectively ...read more

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What best practices for asset management should organizations use to minimize audit risks?

Security Strategy & Roadmap Governance, Risk & Compliance Risk Management+1 more

Marcel WoltjesCISO in Banking15 days ago

In the cloud and digitalized world where more and more cloud shared responsibility models are taking away the management and maintenance aspects of hardware and software assets upto the layer of operating system (as in WebApps, ...read more

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When it comes to your supply chain, do you lean more toward risk aversion or risk tolerance?

Security & GRC

Marcel WoltjesCISO in Banking2 months ago

Great dilemma, the CISO side would be risk aversion by means of security and continuity build-in (by-design). The operational day-2-day answer would be risk tolerance. My supplychain college will point out that the continuity ...read more

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What specific changes or strategies are you planning to implement in 2024 to improve the frontline employee experience?

People & Leadership

Marcel WoltjesCISO in Banking10 months ago

We have a really robust focus on ESG. A lot of our efforts in collecting employee feedback tie back to our organizational commitment to environmental sustainability and governance goals, and that continues to resonate as ...read more

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When it comes to managing Microsoft users and identities, what task causes the most frustration for your IT Administrators?

How likely are you to upgrade your MacBook to a new M1 Mac?

The internet browser I use at work is:

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

Where does your organization currently stand on cyber insurance?

If your organization uses 2FA, do individuals use their personal mobile devices to authenticate or a corporate/company-issued mobile device?

Which of the following areas are you planning to make the biggest changes to within your governance and risk program in 2022?

As a CISO, what are the top 3 tasks that take up the most of your time in an average week?

Which social media platforms do you use most to keep up with industry news?

After making the initial decision to try a technology, which of the following would make you feel most satisfied with the experience?

How are you increasing your organization’s cyber resiliency? What are you currently targeting for improvement?

Given the current landscape of cyber risk and regulations, how do you see the CISO role potentially evolving? Do you think it will become the norm for this role to be a “true C-suite position”, at least in some industries?

What tips or advice can you offer for improving collaboration between historically siloed security operations and IT teams? How can you begin building bridges between them to have better teamwork on things like vulnerability remediation?

Do multidisciplinary teams require a different approach to management? When forming or leading these teams, what should CISOs/security leaders keep in mind?

What best practices for asset management should organizations use to minimize audit risks?

When it comes to your supply chain, do you lean more toward risk aversion or risk tolerance?

What specific changes or strategies are you planning to implement in 2024 to improve the frontline employee experience?

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When it comes to managing Microsoft users and identities, what task causes the most frustration for your IT Administrators?

How likely are you to upgrade your MacBook to a new M1 Mac?

The internet browser I use at work is:

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

Where does your organization currently stand on cyber insurance?

If your organization uses 2FA, do individuals use their personal mobile devices to authenticate or a corporate/company-issued mobile device?

Which of the following areas are you planning to make the biggest changes to within your governance and risk program in 2022?

As a CISO, what are the top 3 tasks that take up the most of your time in an average week?

Which social media platforms do you use most to keep up with industry news?

After making the initial decision to try a technology, which of the following would make you feel most satisfied with the experience?

How are you increasing your organization’s cyber resiliency? What are you currently targeting for improvement?

Given the current landscape of cyber risk and regulations, how do you see the CISO role potentially evolving? Do you think it will become the norm for this role to be a “true C-suite position”, at least in some industries?

What tips or advice can you offer for improving collaboration between historically siloed security operations and IT teams? How can you begin building bridges between them to have better teamwork on things like vulnerability remediation?

Do multidisciplinary teams require a different approach to management? When forming or leading these teams, what should CISOs/security leaders keep in mind?

What best practices for asset management should organizations use to minimize audit risks?

When it comes to your supply chain, do you lean more toward risk aversion or risk tolerance?

What specific changes or strategies are you planning to implement in 2024 to improve the frontline employee experience?