Peter Cochrane: Security needs a seat on the board

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Peter Cochrane: Security needs a seat on the board. Source Pixabay
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Peter Cochrane: Security needs a seat on the board. Source Pixabay

On the continuing communication gulf between IT and management, and its root causes

Imagine attending a main board meeting of a major company, only to discover the CFO had no basic understanding of finance or economics? It would be untenable and alarming! And yet, it is not unhear...

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