Rachael Ferranti

Jun 10, 2024 | foundryco.com | Rachael Ferranti |Lee Rennick

It came as no surprise when we released the 2024 State of the CIO that artificial intelligence loomed large on the CIO’s radar this year. In fact, with 80% of CIOs citing AI as their number one area of involvement this year (up from 55% in 2023), it’s toppled security from the top spot for areas that the CIO is being pulled into.

Jun 10, 2024 | foundryco.com | Rachael Ferranti |Lee Rennick

While I’ve never been much of a data whiz, I’ve always loved getting carried away by a good character study. So when I began dissecting this year’s State of the CIO study, I was fascinated by the story the datapoints were telling me about the reality of modern CIO leadership. I was stuck on one in particular: that addressing security threats was the top issue forcing CIOs to redirect their attention away from strategic and innovative tasks.