The document discusses four key trends in information technology affecting organizational security and privacy: a shortage of IT personnel, the rise of cloud services, consumerization of IT, and the importance of data-driven decision-making. It highlights the implications of these trends, such as increased hiring challenges, the need for enhanced data protection, and the effects of Bring Your Own Device policies on campus culture. The document emphasizes the complexities of managing corporate data in a rapidly evolving IT landscape.

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Four Important Trends in Information
Technology and their Impact on
Organizational Security and Privacy
Dr. Curtis A. Carver Jr.
Vice Chancellor and Chief Information Officer
University System of Georgia

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• Shortage of IT personnel
• Clouds and Economies of Scale
• Consumerization of IT
• Data, Big Data, Location-based computing and
Data-Driven Decision-Making

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• Less folks + less qualified folks = more work.
• More salary will be necessary to attract folks.
• Internal salary inequities will be difficult to
manage.
• You may need to take more risk in hiring
employees (skillset, turnover, non-dedicated
resources, etc.).
Implications

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Advantages of
Statewide Network
• Economies of Scale
• Proactive Growth
• Campus Agility
• Traffic Prioritization

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• Clouds and Economies of Scale
– Market pressures are driving consolidation and
moving IT services to private or public clouds.
– Economy of scale pricing example: the cost of 35
colleges and universities HR contract is much less
than the cost of two R1 institutions (Georgia
Health Sciences University and Georgia Tech)
combined.
– Library consortiums are the same.

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HR
•Shared
Services
•32/35
centralized
•Outsourced to
ADP
Fin
•GeorgiaFIRST
•32/35 at ITS
•34/35
PeopleSoft
LMS
•GeorgiaVIEW
•31/35 at ITS
soon to be
34/35
•34/35 BlB/D2L
SIS
•GeorgiaBEST
•8/35 at ITS
•34/35 Banner
•520 GA Mods
BI
•USG123
•Being rebuilt
•35/35 at ITS
•Not fully
utilized
NET
•PeachNet
•35/35 at ITS
•Extensive
external state
participation
LIB
•GALILEO & GIL
•35/35
centralized
• Extensive
external
participation
State Ed Ecosystem
USG Educational
Cloud
Race to the
Top
Public
Cloud
Public
Cloud State Ed Ecosystem
State Educational Cloud
Now
Soon
Longer

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Implications
• Integration and protection of corporate data is
going to be difficult.
• All the eggs in one basket requires a really safe
and secure basket.
• Some standardization (lack of control) is
required.

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Consumerization of IT
– Bring Your Own Device will change
campus culture, security, and instructional
delivery
– Managed/Unmanaged Applications
– Private/Work Split
– Who Owns the data?

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• How much loss of control is acceptable?
• Protection of the data
• Change Management of Personnel
• Complexity is about to increase (need endpoint
management and federated identity
management)
Implications

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• Data….
• Big Data…..
• Location-based Big Data…..
• Big Data Driven Decision Making…..
“On the Internet, the First Amendment is
a local ordinance,” said Fred H. Cate, a
law professor at Indiana University.
What are folks saying about your
organization on Facebook?
What are doing about what they
are saying?
Do you even know?
Need decisions now
Requires a report
Report requires a collection
Collection requires months

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• Unknown: We don’t need no stink’in data
governance.
• Jack Burton: It is all in the reflexes.
• Steve Wright: I don’t want to own everything.
I would not know where to put it.
Implications

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Questions, Comments,
A Conversation
Dr. Curtis A. Carver Jr.
Vice Chancellor and Chief Information Officer
University System of Georgia