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Crafting and Communicating Your Cybersecurity Strategy for Board Buy-In

The Hacker News

In an era where digital transformation drives business across sectors, cybersecurity has transcended its traditional operational role to become a cornerstone of corporate strategy and risk management.

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MY TAKE: COVID-19 cements the leadership role CISOs must take to secure company networks

The Last Watchdog

Chief Information Security Officers were already on the hot seat well before the COVID-19 global pandemic hit, and they are even more so today. One new challenge CISOs’ suddenly face is how to lock down web conferencing tools, like Zoom, Skype and Webex, without gutting their usefulness. Related: Why U.S. billion, with $7.8

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Being a CISO in 2021: How to Be a Business Leader in the Boardroom

Security Boulevard

W ith the rise of digital transformation initiatives in 2020, a Chief Information Security Officer’s (CISO) already stressful work environment has become even more complex. CISO’s are facing more scrutiny about security posture from the Board of Directors than ever.

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CISOs UNDER THE SPOTLIGHT: NEW REPORT FINDS THAT THE EXPECTATIONS OF CHIEF INFORMATION SECURITY OFFICERS HAVE NEVER BEEN GREATER

CyberSecurity Insiders

BT Security’s largest ever research project identifies the major trends that are changing the role of the CISO, and the worrying behaviors that show the need for a strategic response. In light of these trends and attitudes, the role of the CISO is simultaneously more critical and more multifaceted than even before.

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Years overdue, the profile of the CISO begins to rise as cyber grabs attention in boardrooms

SC Magazine

Executives from security company Kaspersky speak at a global partner conference about information security is a key business success factor – a reality that is starting to shine a brighter spotlight on security chiefs. Ian Gavan/Getty Images for Kaspersky Lab ). Our profile is certainly getting higher.

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How CISOs Can Impact Security for All

Cisco Security

Insights from our new Advisory CISO, Helen Patton. If there’s anyone who’s been put through their paces in the security industry, it’s Helen Patton , our new Advisory Chief Information Security Officer (CISO). And before that she spent about 10 years as a security leader at JPMorgan Chase. Q: Welcome, Helen!

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How to find, fund and fix cyber risk blind spots

SC Magazine

Today’s columnist, Sean McDermott of RedMonocle, says that companies should use the NIST 800-53 security and privacy controls to help find cyber risk blind spots. After that, companies need to fund and then fix the security gaps. Security teams don’t know what they don’t know, and they don’t know what they can’t see, either.