How to become a CISO
There is no direct path to the CISO role. While this is true, it's really important to hire the right talent. Being a CISO used to be a hardcore cybersecurity role; however, the function of a CISO involves much more business leadership and risk management.
Today, a CISO must be able to help executives at a C-suite level to understand risk. CISOs in any enterprise organization must have skills to be able to explain security for non-techies, build and maintain critical relationships, and communicate at both senior and operational levels. Soft skills are critical to evangelizing security initiatives and celebrating wins, which need to be expressed as business outcomes.
CISOs who can develop those skills can sell security to their peers and other business-line executives. So, who can become a CISO? Let's find out who the contenders are here:
- Experienced techies, such as cybersecurity architects, network security engineers, or IT security managers...
