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A Day in the Life of a CISO
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CISOs come from all walks of life, but mostly from a traditional IT path and a technical role. As the requirement for cybersecurity has intensified, there have been new entrants into this domain from outside the direct industry, however. This is likely due to the increasing strategic importance of cybersecurity, with expanding regulations.
There are requirements for the CISO to have strong credibility with the board and management. What attributes are particularly valuable in your career that could be of value in your future CISO role? This, of course, will depend upon your own starting position and learning agility.
We will see this trend of having more talent imported into cybersecurity continue. In fact, I myself moved from a CIO role into a CISO role by design. There are great advantages that you gain from taking talent with broader perspectives into a new domain, as they will be naturally curious and want to understand why things...