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Doug Drinkwater

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Covers:  CIO/CTO/CDO, Technology leadership, cloud computing, the future of work, talent, teams, D&I, cybersecurity, purpose
Writer, strategist, volunteer. Irregular tweets on technology, business, politics, sport and Spurs.

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Doug Drinkwater’s Biography

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I am a business technology journalist, editor, publisher and content strategist with over a decade’s experience in media. I’ve worked for a number of leading B2B and B2C technology publications and reported on the biggest companies in the world, from Apple and Google to Meta and Microsoft.

Outside of work, I enjoy spending time with my family, playing sports and blogging/podcasting about mental health/resilience (www.sylomag.com). I also volunteer for the charities AgeUK, CALM and The Vine Cent…

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How the UK tech industry is failing Black women

How the UK tech industry is failing Black women

Leonie, the agile delivery manager, believes that the lack of Black women working in technology is a multi-fa…

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Ukrainian IT industry says it's still open for business

Ukrainian IT industry says it's still open for business

The IT Ukraine Association represents about 100 leading companies with 75,000 professional IT members between…

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Inside Vodafone's insourced model to increase efficiency and growth

Inside Vodafone's insourced model to increase efficiency and growth

With marginal profits in an increasingly commoditised telecommunications market, Vodafone's approach to growt…

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UK tech leaders report a spending increase, as IT blurs into business

UK tech leaders report a spending increase, as IT blurs into business

"I wonder if some organisations are starting to think about how they're accounting for technology more broadl…

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Cloud for Business 2023 - Raconteur

Cloud for Business 2023 - Raconteur

Cloud has been one of the most essential technologies for business and workplace transformation. But after ye…

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How to prepare for your first CIO role

How to prepare for your first CIO role

Whittlesey believes recruiters and hiring managers are now more interested in experience over the last five y…

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CISO 100 celebration: Keeping up with external threats, internal expectations

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By Doug Drinkwater
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Celebrating the Global CISO 100 and tackling modern security together. Being a CISO is heavy work right now. You are constantly balancing relentless external threats with massive internal expectations, all while trying to build a security culture that actually works. That is why we are getting together. Hosted by HotTopics in partnership with Thales, this virtual C-Suite Exchange is a space to celebrate our Global CISO 100 winners and talk about what it really takes to lead.
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Future CISO 100 celebration: Are you ready for the C-Suite?

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By Doug Drinkwater
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A real conversation on what it takes to become tomorrow's CISO. Stepping into the C-suite is a completely different ball game. To celebrate our Global Future CISO 100 winners, we’re hosting an interactive virtual session alongside Thales. This isn't a standard webinar with a wall of slides. It's a proper debate about what it actually takes to lead in today's environment. We’ll be looking honestly at the skills you need to survive the increasingly perilous CISO role.
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Security at machine speed: Where does the human sit?

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By Doug Drinkwater
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When automation moves faster than human decisions, who is accountable? AI is shifting the goalposts. Anthropic recently surfaced over 10,000 high-severity flaws across enterprise software in just a few weeks. Today, automated remediation can contain a breach before a human even sees the alert. It sounds like a massive win, but it raises some serious questions. Who takes the blame when machines move faster than human choices?
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