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The Aspiring CIO and CISO

You're reading from   The Aspiring CIO and CISO A career guide to developing leadership skills, knowledge, experience, and behavior

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Product type Paperback
Published in Jun 2024
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781835469194
Length 256 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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David J. Gee David J. Gee
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Table of Contents (19) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Part 1: Your Journey to Becoming a CIO or CISO
2. Chapter 1: Starting the Journey to Become a CIO or CISO FREE CHAPTER 3. Chapter 2: How to Develop Yourself to Be a CIO or CISO 4. Chapter 3: Executing Your Career Path to Becoming a CIO or CISO 5. Chapter 4: CIO and CISO Interview Tips 6. Part 2: What to Do in the First 90 Days
7. Chapter 5: CIO – The First 90 Days 8. Chapter 6: CISO – The First 90 Days 9. Part 3: Being the CIO or CISO
10. Chapter 7: Moments of Truth (When You Accelerate Your Growth) 11. Chapter 8: Understanding the Pressures CIOs and CISOs Face 12. Chapter 9: CIO and CISO Survival Skills 13. Part 4: What’s Next in Your Career?
14. Chapter 10: Looking for the Next Elevator 15. Chapter 11: Risk Management as a Career Option 16. Chapter 12: What CIOs and CISOs Do in Retirement 17. Other Books You May Enjoy Appendix: Index

Asking yourself the hard question

It’s now time to reflect and ask yourself the hard question, “Do I like this job?

This will be a question that you probably would have been contemplating each day of these first 90 days. No doubt, there are going to be things that you are concerned about, and other items that have been a pleasant surprise. However, it is likely that the job is very clear, and all its intricacies that were never shared during the interview process will now be somewhat clearer.

It is not a question at this point whether you’re going to stay or not. Honestly, I’ve never personally been in a situation that looked so poor that I wanted to exit early. I should add that to quit a role at such an early stage would suggest that you rushed into getting an interview, and you really didn’t know what you were getting into.

Purely from an angle of integrity, you should embrace the challenge of the new job and reflect on how to...

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