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Top 8 things CSOs wish they had a solution for

10.10.2012
After a challenging day at the office, many CSOs and CISOs spend their harried nights wishing for a better and easier way to accomplish the tough tasks they face at work. I know I have. I've spoken with a lot of my peers this year and thought I'd compile a list of these wishes and pain points--and provide an opportunity for us to share recommendations on how to tackle these tough tasks.

Here are the top eight wishes I've heard in the last year:

1. We need simplicity, not complexity.

There's simply too much going on in our IT worlds. New cloud computing, mobile, and social networking technologies and innovations are flooding our infrastructure. There are so many technologies in our businesses--at best soldered together--but definitely not talking to each other.

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Unfortunately it is only getting worse. Declining operational efficiency and effectiveness affects the whole organization. Too many security solutions offer 1,000 features, but most people only leverage 100. To be effective, we need solutions that actually talk, share intelligence, and learn from each other.