The new security boss needs to listen if they hope to win over a myriad of new constituencies in their first 90 days
You just took over as the CISO, ready to dig in and make the most of this fantastic opportunity. With so much needing to be fixed, where do you start first?
This topic received attention during the RSA 2022 security conference this week at a session that featured CISOs from Reddit, Amplitude and Robinhood. The CISOs recounted their first three months on the job, sharing the particular challenges they faced while building out their organizations’ strategies, policies and procedures.
Any new CISO will need access to the best and most actionable intelligence possible about the shifting threats to their organizations. They’re walking into new situations where they’ll immediately be under the gun to translate all the data that they’re keeping tabs on into real business impact.
All the while, they’ll be expected to report to their bosses in the C-suite both on the organization’s risks and security exposure as well as what they’re doing to stay ahead of the bad guys. Clearly, enterprises are going to need an updated approach to put them in a stronger position when it comes to threat detection and response.
That doesn’t happen nearly enough, according to panelist Olivia Rose, the CISO of Amplitude. She noted that many new CISOs don’t listen carefully enough when they take over and risk ostracizing the people actually doing the work. Instead, she said the CISO’s first 30 days should be akin to a listening tour.
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