Tag: Career Path
Learn from CISOs who describe how they would “do it over” again in some of their early security program deployments. Source link lol
Read MoreWe wrote an article recently asking security leaders to talk about their past failures and the lessons they wanted to pass on to others. We called it If I Had to Do It Over Again, and our readers really liked it. A number of folks approached me wanting to tell their stories as well, so…
Read MoreAt the beginning of this year, we invited security leaders to talk about their past failures and the lessons they wanted to pass on. We called it If we had to do it again, and people really liked it. A number of folks approached me wanting to tell their stories as well; so a month…
Read MoreWhat Is Cybersecurity, Anyway? Another issue in our field is that many organizations seem to build security staffing requirements around a bachelor’s degree in computer science. It is possible that this was a good strategy once, but computer science degrees and security are increasingly mismatched, for several reasons. Most people in computer science programs want…
Read MoreFive Key Cybersecurity Skills In part one, we explained why it’s better to grow your own cybersecurity experts than shop on the open market. If CISOs can find people who are inspired by security, and who are willing and humble enough to go the distance, they should hold on to them—these are the people to…
Read MoreClosing the Cybersecurity Skills Gap, Part 3 In part one of our discussion on the cybersecurity skills gap, we discussed how organizations can develop their own cybersecurity professionals as opposed to trying to hire them. In part two, we explored where to begin in cybersecurity and the basic skills needed any cybersecurity professional needs. Now…
Read MoreIntroduction The first Chief Information Security Officer, or CISO, was named 29 years ago: After Russian hackers infiltrated financial services giant Citicorp (now Citigroup) in 1995 and stole more than $10 million, the Citigroup Board instructed the company’s CEO to recruit a security executive to improve the company’s digital defenses. That person was Steve Katz,…
Read More