The Obama’s administration plan to promote more sharing of information on cyberattacks is a good idea, but several steps need to be taken if the effort is going to work.

CIOs and security experts say a White House proposal to encourage information sharing between government and the private sector is encouraging, but it will require buy-in from large companies and more incentives to share.

GameStop is fighting back against online rivals by streaming video content directly to consumers’ mobile devices when they visit its stores. The effort is part of the company’s strategy to better engage consumers with more digital capabilities.

Hackers are finding a new avenue to government and corporate networks through insecure building networks. A report warns that the federal government has not fully assessed the cyber risk from poorly protected control systems that control a building’s heating, air conditioning, elevators or lighting. “These systems are an on-ramp into the corporate network because they’re so vulnerable,” one expert tells CIO Journal.

“We feel that we’re not necessarily getting as much support from the government as we could,” said Jim Giantomenico, CIO of women’s apparel maker Avenue Stores.

Retailers now know they have to reach customers wherever they are. At NRF’s Big Show on Monday, retailers shared some of their omnichannel initiatives and the lessons they’ve learned.

The U.S. government must do more to help companies combat increasingly sophisticated cybersecurity threats, including sharing information about the type of dangers they are seeing, a retail company CIO said Monday.

President Obama’s proposed breach notification law would require companies to report compromised personal information within 30 days of discovery of a data breach. Experts say that may not be enough time to figure out what really happened.

The degree to which technology will alter or even eliminate knowledge worker jobs over the next decade is a topic of hot discussion, with some experts saying new jobs will be created or invented to offset job loss.  Guest Contributor Gary J. Beach wades into the arguments.

The White House will offer new legislative proposals on Tuesday to shore up corporate defenses against cyberattacks. But on today’s cyberwar frontlines, a troop shortage is causing dissension among the ranks. One case in point is MasterCard Inc.’s security talent poaching lawsuit against Nike Inc., which underscores the growing difficulty of finding chief information security officers.