3 things CSOs can learn from CPOs

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http://www.csoonline.com/article/2877972/security-leadership/3-things-csos-can-learn-from-cpos.html

By Maria Korolov
CSO
Jan 29, 2015

The role of the CSO and CIO has been changing dramatically as technology 
becomes more and more vital to business strategies. Sometimes, it can be 
hard to keep up.

Amol Joshi, SVP of business development at Redwood City, Calif.-based 
Ivalua Inc., suggests that CSOs and CIOs can pick up a few tricks from 
Chief Procurement Officers.


1. Create and use contract templates

Many CIOs and CSOs are faced with the responsibility of creating or 
reviewing contracts with outsourcers, contractors, part-time help, 
software vendors, data centers, cloud services providers and other vendors 
and suppliers.

CPOs have been doing this for a long time, and one trick that the use is 
create a library of clauses that they can put into a contract when needed.

These clauses have to be kept up to date, Joshi said. For example, cloud 
SLAs evolve all the time, as do compliance requirements.

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