Valuing Cybersecurity Investment, Cybersecurity is a CFO Issues, and CISO Career Path – BSW #323

A Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) must think carefully about how to present plans for new cybersecurity investments to your board. After all, the board has many other priorities competing for its blessing — so while board directors might want to support cybersecurity in theory, getting them to support your investment plans in practice can be hard. Success requires a deft, thoughtful approach.

Don’t read the word “cybersecurity” and assume it’s a problem for your IT department or CISO: In 2023, cybersecurity is firmly a CFO issue, according to Naj Adib, an advisory principal in Deloitte’s cyber and strategic risk practice.

Any CISO who aspires to a corporate board seat needs a strategic approach. Learn how security executives can position themselves to become top-level decision-makers.

Succeeding within a CISO role requires a unique skill set and a unique blend of industry perspectives. In this article, we’ll highlight essential approaches for both aspiring and seasoned CISOs to pursue in setting themselves up for success.

These disruptive and destructive incidents involving MGM and Caesars should not be viewed in isolation, experts noted. Instead, these ransomware attacks require study. Through a better understanding of what happened, tech professionals have a chance to take some key lessons away from these incidents and work to improve their organization’s security posture, which can prevent or minimize future attacks, whether it’s ransomware or some other type of threat.

On Oct. 2, the United States House of Representatives passed the MACE Act 394-1, a bipartisan bill intended to modernize federal cybersecurity job requirements to foster a more diverse and competitive workforce.