Meet the Cigref

Key player in the digital society

 

Cigref is a network of major French companies and public administrations set up in order to develop its members ability to acquire and master digital technology.

Cigref's Activity Report 2021

Network of major companies

Created in 1970, Cigref is a nonprofit organization. It counts among its members some 150 major French corporations and public administrations across all business sectors, all users of digital services.

Digital player

It is a key player and federating body in the digital society, thanks to its high-quality thinking and the extent to which it represents its members.

To serve its members

15 Board members, elected by the General Assembly, ensure its governance. A team of 10 permanent members leads the activities.

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Cigref publishes its 2019/2020 activity report

Cigref publishes its 2019/2020 activity report

Cigref publishes a review of its activities for the period 2019/2020, in english. This institutional document presents the life of the association, and in particular its reaction to the health crisis, and reviews the issues raised by the many activities (clubs,...

GAIA-X: Launch of the French Hub

GAIA-X: Launch of the French Hub

Each Member State of the European Union, interested in GAIA-X approach, is invited to organise a hub on its territory to bring together the various stakeholders in the initiative, whether or not they joined GAIA-X association. The Secretary of State for Digital...

Digital Sobriety : A responsible corporate approach

Digital Sobriety : A responsible corporate approach

#DigitalSobriety - Cigref publishes the report "Digital Sobriety : A responsible corporate approach", in partnership with The Shift Project, resulting from the reflections of its eponymous working group, led by Christophe Boutonnet and Hervé Dumas. [calameo...

The economy at the risk of cybersecurity

The economy at the risk of cybersecurity

On Friday 13 November 2020, Cigref addressed a letter to Mr Jean Castex, the French Prime Minister, to express the concern of large French companies and public administrations about the growth of cyber-attacks. These attacks, which are increasing in number and...

Cigref's activity report 2018-2019

Cigref's activity report 2018-2019

On the eve of its fiftieth birthday, Cigref is putting itself in a position to meet the challenges facing each of its members, in an ever more uncertain environment, focusing on achieving digital success, with the ultimate aim of entering a new age, for a better or at...

SWIPO: Failure to regulate the European cloud market

SWIPO: Failure to regulate the European cloud market

#SWIPO - Cigref and its members cannot recognise the legitimacy of the documents (Codes of Conduct, description of the future legal entity for the governance of these codes) which should be submitted, on November 26th 2019, in Helsinki, to the ministers of the Finnish...

IT Governance : Audit guide for companies in the digital era

IT Governance : Audit guide for companies in the digital era

#GAGSI2019 - AFAI-ISACA, Cigref and IFACI presented the new edition of the IT Governance Audit Guide at a conference on March 25, 2019. It takes into account the evolution of IT governance in companies undergoing digital transformation. The guide is a practical tool...

[Cigref Report] The 5-year evolution of the working environment

[Cigref Report] The 5-year evolution of the working environment

The IT as a service for the employee experience. In early 2018, Cigref launched a study on the changes to organisations, digital tools and management methods that could take place in employees' work environments in the next five years. Thirty public and private member...

[Cigref report] Blockchain: from theory to practice in large companies

[Cigref report] Blockchain: from theory to practice in large companies

Blockchain is an extremely innovative information exchange protocol that cleverly combines known and well-understood technologies whose use can be disruptive in many sectors given the significance of its industrial potential by removing the disintermediation who today...

Digital ethics: a guide for professionals of the digital age

Digital ethics: a guide for professionals of the digital age

Cigref and Syntec Numérique, as representatives of the main players in digital society, believe that a common and shared vision of digital ethics needs to be developed as a matter of urgency, in order to build, together, the solid basis needed for trust going forward....

[Cigref Report] Open source, an alternative to major IT providers

[Cigref Report] Open source, an alternative to major IT providers

In the context of the 4th edition of the Paris Open Source Summit (POSS), the first event in Europe on open source, free software and open digital technology, Cigref published a report "Open source, an alternative to major IT providers". Led by Stéphane Rousseau, CIO...

[Cigref Report] Cybersecurity: Visualize, Understand, Decide

[Cigref Report] Cybersecurity: Visualize, Understand, Decide

Today, the pressure of digital transformation and the dematerialization of physical processes means that companies now hardly ever possess any essential functions operating independently of their information systems. It is therefore of vital importance to the company...

Hack Academy, cyber campaign CIGREF

Hack Academy, cyber campaign CIGREF

4 clips Hack Academy CIGREF CIGREF undertakes many actions in the field of cybersecurity: information, education, publications, awareness... After creating a serious game called "Keep an Eye Out" designed to involve company’s employees in preventing digital risks,...

CIGREF in a nutshell…

CIGREF in a nutshell…

CIGREF, an association of companies Founded in 1970, CIGREF brings together 150 French companies and organisations from all sectors. To this end, CIGREF has three aims: To bring together major companies using information systems, To support CIOs and help them develop...

The new roles of the IS function

The new roles of the IS function

Missions, competences and marketing of the function A CIGREF working group gathered CIO from various companies to exchange on the following topic: "the new roles of the IS (Information System) function".  The main question was "What is contribution of the IS function...

CIGREF TV, a TV channel for digital business!

CIGREF TV, a TV channel for digital business!

CIGREF TV is based on research projects of CIGREF Foundation The first programs: What business models for the digital company Management in the Age of Network Abundance What digital companies can learn from… genetics The International Research Programme of CIGREF...

The CIGREF Foundation…

The CIGREF Foundation…

CIGREF decided through the creation of a Research Foundation to better understand how the digital world will transform the way we live and do business, over a long period of time (1970-2020) through a historical dimension and a prospective dimension. The ISD Programme...

The 2020 Enterprise in the digital age. The stakes and challenges

The 2020 Enterprise in the digital age. The stakes and challenges

CIGREF published its new document «The 2020 Enterprise in the digital age. The stakes and challenges». Preface by Pascal Buffard, President of CIGREF and Postface by Jean-François Phelizon, Deputy Chief Executive Officer – Saint Gobain. "This new publication is an...

The CIGREF digital culture reference framework

The CIGREF digital culture reference framework

In February 2014, CIGREF published its new document «Cadre de référence CIGREF sur la culture numérique», which is an evaluation tool to optimize the digital transformation of business. Today CIGREF offers the English version of this document. An evaluation tool to...

Cloud Computing basics: Large companies’ perspective

Cloud Computing basics: Large companies’ perspective

CIGREF today published the "Cloud Computing basics: Large companies’ perspective" report. CIGREF’s previous works had highlighted several disagreements in the understanding of SaaS and Cloud Computing. The main one was a lack of a clear definition of these concepts....

eBook « The New Path to Digital Business »

eBook « The New Path to Digital Business »

Le CIGREF publie la version numérique en anglais de son ouvrage éponyme, sous le titre « The New Path to Digital Business » / CIGREF published today the english version of its book "L'Entreprise Numérique" entitled « The New Path to Digital Business ».  [Cliquer sur...