Things CIOs and CTOs Need To Do Differently in 2025

It’s that time of year again: the time when journalists and vendors make predictions and IT leaders set priorities for the new year. In a lot of ways, the stakes are high, given a new US presidential administration and the active conflicts in various parts of the world. What will happen to the economy and IT budgets? What will all the unrest equate to in terms of business continuity and cyberattacks?

As the world and technology become increasingly complex, CIOs and CTOs need to figure out what that means to the organization as well as the IT department. Loren Margolis, faculty, Stony Brook University, Women Leaders in STEM Program, warns that IT leaders need to proactively combat cybersecurity threats that continue to become more sophisticated.

“To proactively combat [cyberattacks], leaders must think like them,” says Margolis. “Questions to ask [include] What are our potential openings and soft spots? What are our competitors doing to combat them? If I were a nefarious operative, what would I do to breach our system?”

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