Path to becoming a successful CISO – by Adel Abdel Moneim

Nowadays, IT has become an essential part of our daily life. We are surrounded by tens and hundreds of smart devices: smart TVs, smart watches, wearable electronics, smart home appliances, internet of things (IoT) home sensors, and more. Furthermore, at the business level, all sectors are affected by this as well. Technologies such as industrial IoT (IIoT), operational technology (OT), and financial technology (FinTech) are affecting the financial sector, smart cities and real estate, critical infrastructure, energy, manufacturing, and industrial sectors, in addition to a wide range of digital transformation services. In other words, everyone is affected.

Based on this great expansion in technology everywhere, cybersecurity has become a crucial factor that affects almost everything and everyone. Hence, the importance of cybersecurity became very clear in sustaining IT ecosystems and, therefore, the role of CISO obviously...