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Cybersecurity Leadership Demystified

By : Dr. Erdal Ozkaya
Book Image

Cybersecurity Leadership Demystified

By: Dr. Erdal Ozkaya

Overview of this book

The chief information security officer (CISO) is responsible for an organization's information and data security. The CISO's role is challenging as it demands a solid technical foundation as well as effective communication skills. This book is for busy cybersecurity leaders and executives looking to gain deep insights into the domains important for becoming a competent cybersecurity leader. The book begins by introducing you to the CISO's role, where you'll learn key definitions, explore the responsibilities involved, and understand how you can become an efficient CISO. You'll then be taken through end-to-end security operations and compliance standards to help you get to grips with the security landscape. In order to be a good leader, you'll need a good team. This book guides you in building your dream team by familiarizing you with HR management, documentation, and stakeholder onboarding. Despite taking all that care, you might still fall prey to cyber attacks; this book will show you how to quickly respond to an incident to help your organization minimize losses, decrease vulnerabilities, and rebuild services and processes. Finally, you'll explore other key CISO skills that'll help you communicate at both senior and operational levels. By the end of this book, you'll have gained a complete understanding of the CISO's role and be ready to advance your career.
Table of Contents (14 chapters)

Chapter 2: End-to-End Security Operations

The chief information security officer (CISO) ensures the end-to-end (E2E) security operations of an organization. Together with their security team, they handle all security operations, enforce policies, and evaluate and address system vulnerabilities to ensure that a company's information assets are safe from both internal and external threats.

This chapter will cover a typical day of a CISO and their E2E security operations and present the CISO activities that make up this security strategy. By the end of the chapter, you should be able to understand the reasons behind all the CISO and team's security activities and why they need to address all sectors of an organization without neglecting any.

We will cover the following topics in this chapter, which also form a list of the main CISO roles in an organization:

  • Evaluating the information technology (IT) threat landscape
  • Devising policies and controls to reduce risk
  • Leading auditing and compliance initiatives
  • Managing information security initiatives
  • Establishing partnerships with vendors and security experts