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ART CIO & CISO Recruitment Diagnostic Tool

Diagnose IT maturity, cybersecurity posture, digital transformation readiness, team health, and risk profile to guide recruitment of CIOs and CISOs. This tool is for educational use only, and no guarantee is implied if used by your firm. Info on ART's Recruitment in the IT/IS Management Field: here


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Strategy
Team
Digital Transformation
Technology
Risk & Security
Collaboration
Results

1. IT Strategy & Planning

How mature is your IT strategy & planning process?
If strategy advanced (Q1 =4): Outcome-based IT value measurement maturity?
How well does IT strategy account for external risks (cyber threats, tech disruptions, regulation)?
If risk planning weak (Q2 ≤2): How sensitive is IT to cyber attacks or outages?
IT alignment with business strategy?
If risk planning advanced (Q2 =4): Maturity of scenario testing & business continuity integration?

2. IT Team & Culture

Current IT team maturity & performance?
If team weak (Q3 ≤2): Annual IT staff voluntary turnover rate?
Primary driver of turnover (if high)?
If team strong (Q3 =4): Risk of talent poaching?
Cultural emphasis in IT?
If culture advanced (Q4 =4): Maturity of psychological safety & fail-fast experimentation?

3. Digital Transformation & Innovation

Current digital transformation maturity?
If transformation weak (Q5 ≤2): Primary barrier?
If transformation advanced (Q5 =4): Risk of initiative overload / transformation fatigue?
Innovation & tech adoption rate?
If adoption weak (Q6 ≤2): Main challenge?
If adoption advanced (Q6 =4): Maturity of innovation governance?

4. Technology Infrastructure

IT infrastructure & cloud maturity?
If infrastructure weak (Q7 ≤2): Main issue?
If infrastructure advanced (Q7 =4): Risk of vendor lock-in or complexity?

5. Risk & Security

Cybersecurity posture & incident response maturity?
If security weak (Q8 ≤2): Recent incident impact?
If security advanced (Q8 =4): Risk of over-control stifling innovation?
Data governance & privacy compliance?
If governance weak (Q9 ≤2): Compliance exposure level?
If governance advanced (Q9 =4): Maturity of data ethics & bias mitigation?

6. Cross-Functional Collaboration

Level of IT-business collaboration?
If low collaboration (Q10 ≤2): Main friction?
If collaboration advanced (Q10 =4): Maturity of embedded IT business liaisons?

Diagnostic Results

Maturity: --/4.0
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Recommended IT Executive Archetypes

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Recruitment Guidelines

Next Steps

  • Share results with CEO, board, or IT leadership
  • Prioritize 1–2 archetypes based on urgency & cultural match
  • Target passive candidates with proven track record in similar environments
  • Re-run diagnostic every 6–12 months or after major changes