Want to Be a CISO? Know This First.
From the outside looking in, the CISO career appears pretty glamorous: lots of responsibility, lots of influence, and lots of technology. The reality unfortunately is quite different. Sure, there’s lots...
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Think Your Data Is Hard to Protect? These Assets Are Even Harder.
In terms of sensitive information like PII, PHI, and IP, I’ve frequently said you can’t defend what you can’t see. It’s quite common for organizations to have customer data, financial...
If Good Help is So Hard to Find, CISOs Find This Next Part Even Harder
Cyber attacks, data breaches and compliance violations are just some of the challenges keeping CISOs up at night. While daunting, these threats are manageable, if you have the budget to...
The Secret to CISO Success? Do This One Thing Extremely Well
For CISOs who desire the proverbial seat at the table, they must do more than protect the business. They must intimately know the business; how it functions, what are its...
CISOs Add Value to the Business By Doing This
If cutting costs is a business imperative, it’s a mystery why CISOs get any budget at all. Yes, the CISO role has long been synonymous with cost. Some might even...
Successful CISOs Spend Lots of Time Doing this One Essential Activity
Knowledge is power. Knowing is half the battle. The way of success is the way of continuous pursuit of knowledge. There are hundreds of inspirational quotes about knowledge, presumably because...
There’s No Stress Like CISO Stress. Here’s How Some CISOs Cope.
CISO stress is a special kind of stress. It makes sense when you consider all that’s at stake: company revenue, profits, reputation, and customer loyalty. If a company suffers a...
Need Help With Sales? Put Your CISO in Front of Customers
If you buy a pair of shoes online, you assume the company will not only ship the exact model and size you ordered in a timely manner, but also protect...
What CISOs and Navy SEALs Have in Common
What doesn’t kill you makes you stronger. No pain, no gain. If it was easy, everyone would do it. While these inspirational quotes are cliché to some, they are conventional...
Instead of Asking a CISO ‘What Keeps You Up at Night,’ Ask This Instead
If a CISO has never been asked “what keeps you up at night,” either no one knows he’s a CISO or everyone knows he’s a lousy CISO and doesn’t bother...
It’s the Service Providers You Value the Most That Hurt You the Worst
No man is an island. The same can be said about your business. Your organization relies on countless people for its survival, let alone its success. Ironically, many of these...
What CISOs Must Do When Cyberattacks Spread Like Wildfire
Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you’ve seen the damage forest fires have wreaked upon landscapes and communities in recent years. When a forest fire moves at the speed...
CISOs: Say “Yes” For Success (and Job Security)
If your job is to protect your organization’s reputation, you’re probably pretty risk-averse. But saying “no” to every department’s technology request will get you branded as a barrier to business...
CISOs Need People, Not Just Technology, to Repel Cyber Attacks
Businesses in every industry are adopting technologies at a breathtaking rate. While this makes people and processes more efficient, security teams struggle to keep pace. If CISOs can’t secure the...
If You’re a Frustrated CISO, Your Boss’ Title May Be the Reason Why
If you ask a CISO this question, you’re likely to get a consistent answer – probably the CEO, COO, or Board of Directors. The reality, however, is quite different. In...