To be a CISO or CIO, what do you need to change?

You will have been exposed to one or many different CIOs and CISOs in your career. They too will have a personal brand and you will have taken note of their attributes, and will also have noted which of these are the weaker and stronger traits. These CIOs and CISOs may either be ones that you have worked for or observed in broader industry events and collaborations. I’d say that the larger the sample set, the better your sense of what good looks like – and, for that matter, what bad looks like. Both ends of the spectrum can give you traits to copy and avoid.

Taking my own example, in my opinion, it is fitting to first focus on strengthening my positive traits rather than trying to address my weaker points. For most of my career, I’ve been told that strategic thinking is one natural strength that I possess. While I’m not sure when this became part of my brand, I would note that there is some element of this...