DDN and Hitch Partners join forces to strengthen the boardroom as a critical cybersecurity control by adding directors with cyber expertise to the boardroom.
Article includes insights from DDN Members Kathryn Hayley, Tom Bennett and Bob Zukis.
Article published on October 12, 2018
By Lindsay Frost
A recent Bloomberg seriesalleges that a Chinese microchip manufacturer infiltrated servers at Amazon, Apple and an unnamed telecommunications company to spy on trade secrets and other intellectual property. Although the companies have denied the existence of the chips purchased from Super Micro Computer Inc., the news has ignited the fear of widespread hacking among companies.
This comes as regulators continue to pressure boards to disclose how they are overseeing cyber security-related issues, such as risk mitigation around hardware hacking. Similarly, companies are increasingly trying to bring C-suite technology-focused executives directly onto the board for their insight.
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Article includes insights from DDN Members Jerry Sto. Tomas and Wayne Sadin.
By Amanda Gerut August 13, 2018
Chief information officers and other tech executives have bemoaned boards’ lack of understanding about IT, cyber security and technology for years. But now a new website aims to bring some of those backroom concerns to boards’ attention.
The Digital Directors Network, which launched this summer, is a new resource for board-level education on IT, technology and cyber security. In addition, the Digital Directors Network (DDN) will maintain a curated list of CIOsand chief information security officers (CISOs), chief technology officers, chief risk officers and other technology executives for boards interested in recruiting new directors with tech expertise. The DDN initiative has partnered with security and risk management company NTT Security and the Marshall School of Business at the University of Southern California and plans to roll out short informational videos and other educational resources for board members more fully in the fall.The DDN announced a new partnership with artificial-intelligence powered public filing analysis company MyLogIQ last week. MyLogIQ will provide the DDN with research on evolving digital governance practices.
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