Starting the Journey to Become a CIO or CISO
This book is for leaders who aspire to be a Chief Information Officer (CIO) or Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) and provides practical guidance as to how to build a career as a CISO or CIO. You’ve likely opened this book as you have a desire to achieve one of these senior positions. There are few more challenging and interesting roles than these. I’ve written this book as a guide to a younger version of myself, when I was filled with more questions than answers and some degree of uncertainty about the direction of my career.
The fundamental question that is to be addressed in this chapter is as follows:
Why do I need to build my own brand to be a CIO and CISO?
Although the career path to be a CIO is traditionally different from that of a CISO, this book could also be for leaders who aspire to be a CIO and CISO. Many IT professionals would naturally not consider both as an option and will instead choose only...
