It’s fair to say that 2023 was a turning point for the cybersecurity industry, and no one felt it more than the CISO. From the onslaught of ransomware and zero-day attacks, to the SEC’s new reporting rules, and added to technological innovation and sprawl, CISOs have never been under more pressure to get security right.
When you boil down a CISO’s job description to what it is we really do, predicting the unpredictable comes out at the top of the list. We must stay on top of our organization’s unique risk profile so that we can oversee the people, technologies, and processes that will keep threat actors out.
At the same time, our role at the executive level and our ability to affect change across the business is also top of mind. This is not what I or any of the fellow CISOs I speak with view as an “optional” part of our role; rather, being valued as a strategic contributor to the organization’s success is an imperative.
Without a doubt, 2024 is going to be a challenging year for those of us in the CISO role. Looking ahead, I expect the role itself to transform in several ways and, by default, security operations will also undergo change. Read on for my top predictions of what will occur this year.
Prediction 1: CISOs will either have a seat at the table or they’ll be on the menu
For years, CISOs have been expected to do security in a vacuum regardless of what the rest of the company is doing. Irrespective of the decisions being made by the rest ..
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