A Reality Check Around Cybersecurity Benchmarking
The benchmarking question is often a symptom of trust erosion between CISOs and senior execs For as long as I have been involved in cybersecurity,…
Is it Time to Accept that the Current Role of the CISO Has Failed?
It has become too complex to carry for the profile of people it attracts The role of the Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) has been…
Why Cyber Security is Now a Board-Level Leadership Imperative
Supporting cyber security and promoting it has now become a plain matter of good leadership We are not hearing enough about the short tenure of…
The Cyber Security Parallel Universe
It’s about time we go back to basics with most of our cyber security commentaries Re-reading some articles I wrote years ago, it worries me…
Why cyber security has to be more than a tick box exercise
Before we delve into modern-day cyber security strategies, let’s take a look back at the ever-changing threat landscape. Because traditional “tick box” security methods used…
The 3 Traits of Successful Cyber Security Leaders
The cyber security transformative urgency in many firms forces to look beyond traditional technology profiles Cyber security has risen to prominence on the agenda…
3 Keys to Understand the Cyber Security Skills Gap (and Deal with it)
Look at it in all its dimensions before jumping to ready-made solutions You don’t have to go far to find cyber security professionals complaining about…
Leading by Listening: The Other Secret Sauce for the CISO
The times have gone when the CISO had to explain what cyber security was about and the value it brought In the face of non-stop…
Getting Things Done: The Secret Sauce for the CISO
The key around cyber security remains: Execution, Execution and Execution. The short tenure of the CISO continues to generate a vast amount of debate, aggravated…
Cyber Security: The Message that Never makes it up to the Board
In most organisations, it has never been “owned” as such at Board level in spite of the tidal wave of cyber attacks which have rocked most industr…
The Way Forward with Cyber Security Target Operating Models
“Process and People first, THEN Technology” will always be at the heart of the winning formula here Many large organisations across all industries face the…
Turning the Tables on Cyber Security Budgets
Time to move away from bottom-up dynamics: The Board should decide on priorities and drive the discussion As we hit budget time again in many…