Author: Igor K
Ethical Hacking and Cybersecurity – Expert’s Perspective
This article is based on a CTO Shadowing session with Bryan Seely, an ethical hacker and cybersecurity expert. Bryan is a former marine who, by his own admission, wiretapped the US Secret Service and FBI. Later, he worked with John McAfee and Mark Cuban and founded the Black Hat Conference in Riyadh in 2021. Importance…
CTO’s Role in Cybersecurity: Complete Guide
This guide provides a comprehensive overview of the responsibilities of a CTO in ensuring their organisation’s cybersecurity. It covers the following topics: As a specialised educational institution for Chief Technology Officers, we recognise specific parts of this subject as particularly challenging and, therefore, address them in more detail to show you how it’s done in…
One Important Yet Overlooked Benefit of a Tech MBA
When contemplating career paths, people can question the necessity of undertaking a specialised educational programs such as a Tech MBA, that is until they face two challenges. The First Challenge At CTO Academy, we coined the term ‘Accidental CTO‘ to describe an accelerated path to the Chief Technology Officer role. This tends to be someone…
Mastering the CTO Interview Questions
This article dives deep into the CTO interview questions. It is a summary of a live session with Richard Weaver, an expert recruiter who started his HR career in the late 1980s, placing over 1000 candidates into roles in organisations of all shapes and sizes. The purpose of this guide is to show both perspectives:…
Year In a Worklife of a Scale-up Chief Technology Officer
Recently, we had Emily Castles, CTO at a scaling start-up, Boundless, joining us for her fourth CTO Shadowing session. She reflected on their journey over the past year and, by doing that, provided an exclusive look into the challenges of a scale-up Chief Technology Officer who has to recover from severe financial cuts and consequent…
CTO Network: Finding & Navigating Your Ideal Community of Tech Leaders
The recovery speed in case of a major system meltdown will depend on your experience. If that experience voids, there’s only one place you can go to get immediate hands-on assistance: your CTO network. What do you do, for instance, if you must upgrade your technology stack or improve your operations but have no experience…
When Automation Backfires: Guide to Safe Practices
How certain are you that all those background processes in your technology stack are doing what they should do? When did you last run an operational check on your automation systems and, more specifically, on their features — separately on each? These questions resurfaced in our case after the recent incident where a software feature…
How to Choose the Optimal Low-Code/No-Code Platform
Low-code/no-code platforms can significantly speed up your development cycles, allowing you to quickly prototype new ideas, respond to market changes and deliver value to your customers faster. But for any of that to happen, you should encourage experimentation and, if possible, empower both IT and business teams to leverage these platforms for rapid application development.…
CTO Priorities in Start-ups and Fast-Growing Businesses: Exploring New Frontiers
This work not only discusses CTO priorities and focus areas but goes beyond, introducing emerging technological trends that could soon become your top interest as a Chief Technology Officer. It provides insights into established and emerging technology priorities, focusing on innovative solutions for enhanced productivity, operational excellence and growth. The reason for that is a…
Conflict Management in the Workplace
In the tech industry, workplace conflicts are quite common. For instance, a study found that 85% of employees experience some form of conflict at work, with tech environments being particularly prone due to the high-pressure nature of the industry. One notable example is the frequent disputes over project strategies and technical disagreements. These conflicts, if…