Successful CISOs Use This Essential Tool Sparingly
If you think looking for a needle in a hay stack would be tough, imagine looking for a needle in a needle stack. Not just any needle, but a very specific needle that could stop a cyber attack or prevent a data breach. In the Information Age, every organization is ... Read More
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 of responsibility, however, there’s also an overabundance of other, less glamorous elements: stress, long days, surprises (seldom the good kind), ... Read More
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 information, and intellectual property stored across endpoints, apps, and systems (both on-premises and in the cloud), as well as multiple ... Read More
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 address them. Cybersecurity budgets, however, are a precious commodity and if these threats are addressed first, there’s little room for ... Read More
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 competitive advantages, and, of course, where are the inherent risks. As a CISO, do you know who your internal and ... Read More
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 say CISOs and cybersecurity budgets are necessary evils. So, if an organization’s cybersecurity investments don’t provide a return on investment, ... Read More
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 knowledge is so valued, and therefore so highly coveted. If you’re a CISO, knowledge is invaluable. When you know your ... Read More
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 your credit card number and other PII on file. This is an assumption however and you know what happens when ... Read More
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 wisdom to others. Just ask a Navy SEAL. They have highly specialized skills and are tasked with using them in ... Read More
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 asking. Ideally, a CISO has the right programs, processes, and people in place so that he can sleep at night ... Read More
