Was your IT organization prepared for the pandemic?

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CEO in Services (non-Government)5 years ago

No one could be prepared for the pandemic. We were not either. The discussion we had was to prioritize the topics and get ready on different topics. Many topics had to be handled in parallel and the different teams were broken up to handle them. In retrospect, could we have done it more efficiently- yes for sure. But I think we did the preparation fairly well.

CEO in Services (non-Government)5 years ago

Not at all

ISSO and Director of the IRU in Healthcare and Biotech5 years ago

Yes, 100 percent prepared. We have been preparing for this type of event for years.

Vice President & Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) in Software5 years ago

Yes from an IT perspective

CTO in Healthcare and Biotech5 years ago

No. It was a hard lesson to learn and something that we add in the risk management planning for following years.

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