Containment: The key to ransomware defense

Security leaders tasked with thwarting ransomware attacks must leverage containment techniques to prevent breaches from causing widespread chaos. Containment strategies reduce the blast radius of a cyberthreat by limiting or preventing the lateral movements of an intruder who succeeds in breaking into your network, a topic covered in a recent post. It’s a strategy that,…

Transforming the healthcare industry with AI agents

AI agents are finding their way into nearly every industry, revolutionizing the way work gets done. In generally overburdened and short-staffed sectors like healthcare, AI agents can be a long-awaited lifeline—offering workflow adjustments that reduce administrative tasks and free up time for more important care-based work. With their ability to act autonomously and make logical…

Agentic AI is here. Now, CIOs must orchestrate

Agentic AI is about to change how companies create value. Morgan Stanley estimates AI could add $13 to $16 trillion in value to the S&P 500, with nearly $500 billion estimated coming from agentic AI alone. Yet, most enterprises aren’t ready. According to new research from Asana’s Work Innovation Lab, only 20% of organizations have successfully…

Beyond AI prompts: Why scaffolding matters more than scale

The fragility of AI brilliance Artificial intelligence (AI) is already reshaping the way government agencies analyze intelligence, monitor threats and deliver services. Today’s frontier models can sift through massive text collections, draft reports in minutes and summarize field data with speed no human team could match. GDPval, a benchmark released by OpenAI in September that…

Leadership lessons from NetForm founder Karen Stephenson

CIO named NetForm one of the 100 most innovative firms in the world. The social network analysis technology, methodology and mathematical models have a wide variety of applications, including HR, cybersecurity, big-data analysis, disease control and more, having launched an entire analytical industry. Clients have included the Pentagon (security), Merrill Lynch (HR) and the LA…

Steps CIOs can take to progress in the AI age

Ask any CIO about AI and you’ll likely be told it’s great at picking up repetitive, lower-level tasks. From IT support and operational alerts, to software development, generative and agentic AI systems are automating tasks so professionals can focus on higher-value functions. “Technology is always evolving, and automation has been with us for a long…