Cybersecurity Dive August 19, 2024
Securing resources has gotten easier, said Feroz Merchhiya, City of Santa Monica CIO. But that hasn’t diminished tech leaders’ role in showing the value.
High-profile incidents, escalating threats and cascading impacts have raised the C-suite’s awareness of the perils of poor security and resiliency practices.
“Fortunately — or unfortunately — discussions around security and technology investment are becoming relatively easier,” Feroz Merchhiya, CIO at the City of Santa Monica, said during a CIO Dive live event Wednesday.
Nearly 9 in 10 IT decision-makers expect their security budgets to increase in the next year. Of those, 14% expect a budget bump of at least 15%, according to an ETR survey published in May. Cyber is also a top priority...
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