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CIO perspective: Investment decisions and the future
for technology for Associations
Paul Costelloe
European CIO Association

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A CIO perspective:
investment decisions and the
future for technology for associations
Paul Costelloe
Technology for Associations June 2015

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Agenda
 Embracing digital transformation: Creating an IT readiness
strategy
 Overcoming the Associations investment hurdle: nice to
have vs need to have financial decisions
 Gaining senior management and full organisational support
for IT transformation investments for ROI
 Coming out of the silo: which parts of the organisation
does technology need to reach
 Supporting external project management

4. CIO Forum
Sweden
Hellenic
CIO Forum
4
Tübiyad
Turkey
• EuroCIO was created by CIOs for
CIOs in 2004.
• An international not-for-profit
association, registered in Brussels
• Governance by members
• 25 direct members
• 11 National CIO Bodies
• 900+ consolidated members
• > 300,000 IT employees
• 14 European countries
• Consolidated IT budgets in excess
of €150 billion
(*) Co-founder
EuroCIO
CIGREF (*)
France
CIO Platform
The Netherlands
Corporate
IT Forum
UK
CIOforum
Belgian Business
VISZ
Hungary
VOICE
Germany
AICA
Italy
European CIO Association
CIO Club
Bulgaria

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Services
• Network meetings
• Webconferences & webinars
• Councils
• Surveys & studies
• Governance benchmark
• Monthly newsletters
• Study tours (China)
• Education program:
- Executive MBA
- Professional programmes: Architecture, Security

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Technology requirements
Digital
transformation

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Four Councils
 Supplier Relationship Council
 Licencing, product strategy, maintenance - IT vendors
 Cloud Computing Council
 Official stakeholder in E.U., EU Cloud Partnership, ETSI
programmes
 HR and Education Council
 EeSA co-chair, CEN steering committee
 Education Program
(MBA, Architecture & Security Courses)
 Cyber Security Council
 Official stakeholder in EU; ENISA / CERT-EU
Make the
business case
Project
management

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Key European Organisations
European Cloud Partnership
- Cloud providers and EuroCIO
European Union Network and Information Security Agency
(ENISA)
- Cloud Security & Resilience Expert Group
- Produce guidelines for cloud implementation (Public sector / SME)
Cyber Emergency Response Team (CERT-EU)
- Incident response / threat advisories
Europol
- Cyber criminal investigations

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Cloud Consultation Project
Consultation on specific key actions of the
European Cloud Strategy with business
users of cloud computing services
Directorate General
Communications Networks, Content and Technology
(CNECT)

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EC Policies and Standards
• Data Protection - Code of Conduct for Cloud Service Providers
- Cloud Select Industry Group (C-SIG)
• Cloud Computing Certification Schemes Metaframework (CCSM),
complemented by Cloud Computing Certification Schemes List (CCSL)
- ENISA (European Union Network and Information Security Agency)
• Cloud Standards Coordination - Final Report
“Cutting through the Jungle of Standards”
- European Telecommunications Standardization Institute
• Cloud Services Level Agreement Standardization Guidelines
- Cloud Select Industry Group (C-SIG)

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Governance Frameworks
• Control objectives for Information and Related Technology (COBIT)
• RiskIT / ValIT
• IT Infrastructure Library (ITIL)
• E-Competence Framework / Skills Framework for the Information Age
• Industry-specific / regulatory e.g. PCI-DSS
A common terminology based on recognised standards

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training and technology

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Thank you
And any questions?

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Board of Directors
Freddy Van Den Wyngaert (Agfa-Gevaert) – President
Ali Malaz - Tübiyad (Turkey)
Sjourd Wijdeveld (Wavin) – CIO Platform (NL)
Peter Braun (OTP Bank) – VISZ (Hungary)
Bruno Brocheton (EuroDisney) – CIGREF (France)
Gloria Gazzano (SNAM) – AICA (Italy)
Joss Delissen (PostNord) – CIO Forum (Sweden)
Thomas Endres - VOICE e.V. (Germany)
Michael Gorriz (Daimler AG)
Christian Pagel (SGL Carbon)
Dario Scrosoppi (Generali)
Peter Hagedoorn – Secretary General

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Objectives
- Creating a European platform for CIO level and senior IT professionals.
- Sharing knowledge and experience via Councils, webmeetings, papers,
etc.
- Providing information on the Association to the outside world (European
Commission, IT-vendors)
- Creating a coherent, cross-national framework between the national IT-
demand organizations and between them and European institutions or
organisations.
- Lobbying at and assisting European Union regulatory authorities, other
international authorities, academics and public bodies in or outside
Europe.
- Getting organised through Councils or other means at European level.
- Communicating with the media at European level.
- Expanding the activities to those European countries which do not have
an organized IT-demand organization

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