Logicalis-CIO-Report-2026 - Flipbook - Page 23
What is emerging is a quieter, more
beyond systems and data into supply
complex responsibility. CIOs are being
chains, commercial resilience and stra-
asked to make AI safe enough to trust
tegic optionality.
before it becomes powerful enough to be
dangerous. They are operating in a space
The response so far has been prag-
where visibility is imperfect, skills are
matic. Many organisations are turning to
scarce, and accountability is shared.
external support, either by outsourcing
cybersecurity elements (32%) or by
In that environment, governance is no
bringing in contractors and interim
longer a matter of policy, it is a matter of
specialists to close urgent gaps (31%).
judgment. The CIO’s role is increasingly
These measures provide capacity and
de昀椀ned by their ability to hold the organ-
expertise, but they also underscore
isation steady while its systems become
a deeper truth: AI risk governance is
more autonomous, more interconnected
becoming a permanent feature of leader-
and harder to fully control.
Logica Lis gLoBa L cio R EPo RT 2026
For CIOs, this extends the idea of security
ship, not a temporary response to a new
technology.
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