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What’s the best way to push back against a leader or peer who’s overzealous about adding AI where it isn’t needed?

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What do you do to recover quickly from early missteps in a new role? How can you keep initial mistakes from coloring perceptions when you’re still trying to establish your reputation at a new organization?

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How do you encourage your software staff to follow security best practices? Have you ever had problems with developers who aren’t following formal security processes after they’re in place?

How did you manage the jump from being a manager to an executive? What advice do you have for someone becoming a “leader of leaders”?

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My company has 2 Internet egress points behind 2 hide NAT IPs. One of those IPs is getting listed on Akamai's reputation list, and any Akamai customer who blocks traffic using their reputation score, is blocking my company (site forbidden with edgesuite error). We are not an Akamai customer, and when we ask their tech support for details on the reputation score, they will not provide; they simply point out the high level reasons why one might get a bad reputation. We have hunted for any internal host that might be sending out malicious traffic and causing this, and we have not identified any. We have 30k employees all using one of those 2 hide IPs, so this high traffic volume could be the trigger. Also, when we visit Akamai's reputational checker site, it says "your IP did not receive a bad risk score". So we get inconsistent reports from Akamai. Anyone else experience this and/or have suggestions on how to get Akamai to provide details so we can identify why we are on their reputation list?

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If you’ve been part of a return to office initiative, have you cut back on any collaboration tools, or did you leave things as is to avoid workflow disruptions? Did you cut back on any other tooling as part of the RTO?

What soft skills are most important when networking?

Active listening50%

Communication62%

Social45%

Empathy37%

Humour15%

Other (please list in the comments)

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Does anyone ever find themselves in a situation where you need to delegate a task laterally, instead of down to a direct report? Curious how others handle having to make a request where success depends on needing to rely on a peer outside IT.

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Any advice for navigating outsized expectations when starting a new role? How can you manage expectations so that the business doesn’t lose confidence in you?

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What does Infrastructure and Operations (I&O) currently struggle with the most at your organization?

Understanding customer requirements23%

Communication with other stakeholders59%

Visibility of workflow10%

Agile development practices7%

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Have you ever worked for, or with a leader that thrived in chaos (perhaps to the point of neglecting preventative measures that would avoid a crisis)? What strategies helped you work with them without sacrificing your own wellbeing?

Does the business support your IT strategy?

Yes, 100%22%

Mostly66%

Not explicitly9%

Not at all1%

Unsure1%

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What techniques have been most successful in getting the more technical members of your team to think in terms of business outcomes rather than technical features?

Non-security IT leaders - how do you make sure you and your infosec partners share the same risk appetite? How do you handle disputes?

If you’re in the middle of a lengthy modernization project, how do you keep your stakeholders engaged and excited about the process?

What metrics are you using to show the business value of your software team (especially when you’re communicating with C-suite)?