IT Is a Critical Core Function Performed by a Large Staff

Companies rely heavily on their cyber systems, and most of the ones we interviewed considered IT a core competence that must be retained and resourced internally. Corporations recognize the importance of IT functionality and, as such, significant corporate resources are expended on IT capabilities a...

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Hauptverfasser:	Lara Schmidt, Caolionn O’Connell, Hirokazu Miyake, Akhil R. Shah, Joshua William Baron, Geof Nieboer, Rose Jourdan, David Senty, Zev Winkelman, Louise Taggart, Susanne Sondergaard, Neil Robinson
Format:	Buchkapitel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Applied sciences Business Business administration Business structures Computer engineering Computer networking Computer science Computer technicians Computer technology Consumer goods industries Cost efficiency Economic costs Economic costs and benefits Economic disciplines Economics Employment Hiring Hiring practices Human resources Industrial sectors Industry Information technology Labor Labor economics Manufacturing industries Microeconomics Occupations Outsourcing Staffing Technical personnel Workforce
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Zusammenfassung:	Companies rely heavily on their cyber systems, and most of the ones we interviewed considered IT a core competence that must be retained and resourced internally. Corporations recognize the importance of IT functionality and, as such, significant corporate resources are expended on IT capabilities and personnel. At the same time, corporate recognition of the need for InfoSec is at an all-time high. Most of the companies we interviewed described learning from security challenges over the past decade, and then making organizational and investment changes as a result of the increased threats they face and the need to safeguard their intellectual