Tag: relationships
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How to CISO Volume 0: The Idealized CISO Job Description
Many companies are not in dire need of a CISO right now, but need to define a role for their future CISO, often including a plan to develop the incumbent security executive into a credible CISO. This guide provides a profile of the idealized CISO. Why idealized, and not ideal? Because a CISO is often…
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The Death of the CIO
CISOs grew up in the CIO’s blindspot. As cloud and SaaS bring IT and security back together, which will survive their impending deathmatch? A half-century ago, most corporations were paper-native: Their business processes all executed on paper from both back office (accounting) to go-to-market functions (sales and marketing). Their businesses were location-native: Revenue was often…
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How to CISO Volume 1: The First 91 Days
Ninety days is generally the grace period (or “honeymoon,” if you’d like) that a new executive has to get acclimated to a new environment. At the end of this time window, your employer is going to expect you to be executing on a plan, anyone you need to meet will expect you to have already…
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We don’t need another infosec hero
By setting yourself up as the defender, the solver of problems, you cast your business colleagues as hapless victims or, worse, threats. This is not a useful construct for engagement. There’s this belief among a lot of security professionals that we are special, in that we are the defenders of our companies. We like to…