On the cover this month , we have Mark Wantling , Chief Information Officer at the University of Salford , who discusses the institution ’ s need to provide a safe and secure environment for its students . It required full visibility over its assets and the ability to close hundreds of thousands of endpoint vulnerabilities .

Wantling explains how it found the solution in Tanium , and tells us how the visibility Tanium provided meant the institution was able to identify and fix thousands of missing patches and remediate issues and threats in minutes . Find this on page 58 . insights reveal how business leaders responded to the pandemic , as well as their perceptions around business priorities in the post-pandemic world .

This issue ’ s ‘ Editor ’ s Question ’ sees us challenge the procedures data centre leaders should have in place to ensure their facilities are physically secure , as the data centre physical security market by investment is expected to grow at a CAGR of 7.42 % during 2021 – 2026 . Industry experts from Ava Security , Honeywell Building Technologies and Genetec , contribute to the discussion , which can be found on page 34 .

Our ‘ Talking Biz ’ feature focuses on the pandemic lessons that can be used to enforce a long-term IT strategy , on page 38 . Emma Maslen , VP and GM for EMEA and APAC , Ping Identity , discusses the lessons executives are learning in light of the pandemic and how they ’ re adapting enterprises to the new normal .

Another of our case studies this month focuses on the work between Suffolk County Council and IT provider , Cohesity . Simon Mason , Head of Design and Platforms , Suffolk County Council , tells us how the organisation wanted to improve its capabilities by focusing on both the recovery of individual files and the restore of systems , and why it turned to Cohesity for the answer . Read more about this on page 63 .

On page 42 , Michel André , CIO of Banking Circle , talks us through navigating the tech landscape through the eyes of a CIO . He discusses the role of a CIO and the qualities the CIO of the future will need to have .

I hope you enjoy the read and if you ’ d like to contribute to any future editions , please don ’ t hesitate to get in touch at alix @ lynchpinmedia . co . uk

For this month ’ s ‘ Trending ’ feature on page 25 , we explore the results of Fujitsu ’ s global survey . New

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