Building relationships: The key to becoming a true cybersecurity leader - Help Net Security

Building relationships: The key to becoming a true cybersecurity leader - Help Net Security

Slowly but surely, organizations are starting to view information security as a business problem, not an IT problem, and as everybody’s responsibility.



“The CISO role is evolving to be less technical and more business-centric and, in many organizations, the CISO no longer reports to the CIO or CTO, but rather to the CEO or Board of Directors. As a result, many more business decisions are made with security [and privacy] in mind,” says Naomi Buckwalter, Director of Information Security & Privacy, Energage.


The fight is far from over, though, as there are still many organizations stuck in the old mindset. Cybersecurity leaders in those have to do a better job in aligning their teams’ missions with those of the business, she opined.


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