Rethinking Cybersecurity's Structure & the Role of the Modern CISO

Long-lived and successful CISOs are intentional and calculated in their planning and decision making. Without a strategy, you're purely reactive, and you find yourself reacting to fires all day, every day.

When you've created this kind of culture, management expectations are rooted in reality, where everyone considers their effect on the organization's security posture, and CISOs aren't faced with surprises, resistance, and friction that make them want to quit. If you advocate with the clarity that most cannot find in cybersecurity, you will achieve

Successful CISOs are specific and transparent about what they will do in their role. They reinforce the reality that security is a team sport. These communications and collaborations are far more important than any technology purchase or deployment.

A game-changing shift is a focus on those outcomes and the role that supporting business objectives play in evangelizing, and ultimately delivering, security. The resulting CISO is far better prepared to thrive in the organization and accelerate adoption and understanding of cybersecurity.