State CIOs will focus on security and cloud in 2016

Public-sector CIOs are under mounting pressure to modernize, streamline and secure their organizations' IT operations, and no issues loom larger than guarding against cyber threats and the transition to the cloud.In a recent survey, state CIOs named "security and risk management" as their chief priority for 2016, followed by developing a framework for implementing cloud services.[ Related: State CIOs List Security as Top Priority for 2015 ]That security ranks at the top is hardly a surprise -- N