In this information age there is great need for reform to the legal and technical infrastructure in the areas of security, identity, fraud and privacy. The position of CTO is ideally suited for addressing these issues.

We all know the problems. I will not argue the case here but I encourage spending a few minutes reading the following paper which nicely spells out the issues:

"At a Crossroads: 'Personhood' and the Digital Identity in the Information Society": http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/31/6/40204773.doc

On the technical side, I think organizations like the ICF (Information Card Foundation) are looking in the right direction. I believe a user-centric approach to IDM is where we eventually need to go.

The position of CTO should make the promotion of these issues to both government and business a top priority.