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CISOs And CIOs Forge Vital Partnerships For Business Success

CSO Online, Monday, March 10th, 2025

Escalating cybersecurity threats and compliance complexities set the stage for a more collaborative, business-oriented relationship between IT and security leadership.

Last July, a routine update from cybersecurity software firm CrowdStrike sparked a global IT outage that brought companies to their knees, disrupting operations and amounting to an estimated $5 billion-plus in direct losses.

As companies across every major sector scrambled to recover, Webster Bank was back in business in short order - an achievement CIO Vikram Nafde credits to the usual cybersecurity tools and policies, but also to a formidable peer partnership forged with his CISO.

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