Defining the CISO role and what the role entails

The first chapter in the book defines the CISO role as a cybersecurity requirement for every organization. It introduces the concept of security threats to organizations that target the informational assets in an organization. To ensure the security posture of a business, it has increasingly become a basic requirement to have an individual in the organization in charge of the security situation, given the fact that the threat landscape is an ever-present threat. Security breaches have become the order of the day, with many businesses being destroyed by security incidents. A CISO executive thus needs to ensure that every aspect of the organization is taken care of and that the organization has measures in place to mitigate such security incidents. If a security incident does occur, the CISO should also have plans in place to address the aftermath of the security incident. The CISO role has also been evolving with the changing cybersecurity...