In March 2022, Objective conducted in-depth interviews with a group of CIOs from organisations in the public sector and regulated industries. We asked a series of questions to uncover the key challenges their organisations face when it comes to managing information, and how they plan to address these over the coming months and years. Three key trends emerged: accelerating modernisation programs, staying ahead of security threats and managing the information explosion.
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Cloud readiness alone isn’t enough
Integration is vital for organisations to get right if they are to fulfil their promise of providing better end-to-end processes and outstanding online services to citizens. But there are many barriers CIOs face.
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Staying ahead of the ever-changing security threat
CIOs from organisations across the public sector are saying that the growing security threat is one of their top challenges as they try to find ways to balance security with access to information.
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Create order from chaos of the information explosion
A major concern for CIOs is managing the vast amounts of information being created, with 41 per cent of CIOs pinpointing information sprawl as their top challenge.