CISO Leadership
Essential Principles for Success
1st Edition
Published on 22. December 2007
312 pages
978-0-8493-7944-4 (ISBN)
Description
Edited by experts, this book brings together the collective experience of trail blazers. A glance through the contents demonstrates the breadth and depth of coverage, not only in topics included but also in expertise provided by the chapter authors. They are the pioneers, who, while initially making it up as they went along, now provide the next generation a guide to success. This is not a how-to book or a collection of technical data, it does not cover products or technology or provide a recapitulation of the common body of knowledge. Capturing years of hard knocks, success stories, and yes, failures, it delineates information needed and includes from-the-trenches advice on how to have a successful career in this field.
Reviews / Votes
"Contemporary information security is a relatively new specialty that continues to evolve. Even newer is the job title "chief information security officer." As a result, those who don the CISO mantle do so without an established playbook.In CISO Leadership: Essential Principles for Success, a number of experienced and highly successful information security practitioners share their collective experiencesaEUR"including mistakes. They provide valuable advice for those aspiring to become information security leaders.
A common theme throughout the book's 19 chapters is the idea that information security is about more than simply amassing technical knowledge. Rather, it is the combined set of skills that include leadership, team building, communication, risk assessment, and corporate business savvy. Lack of these skills has often resulted in a CISO's premature termination.
The book is divided into three sections all centered on the issue of leadership. Part I is titled "A Leadership Disconnect," while Part II "Leadership Mandate" features chapters on fundamental topics, such as career advancement, security as a business function, business drivers, and more. Part III, "Leadership Evolution," covers business savvy, organizational culture, selling security, and more.
For those with a forward career path in information security, CISO Leadership is a valuable guidebook. The authors' "war stories" can help you avoid the bumps as you go down that road. The breadth and depth of the experience of the authors makes this a unique book that you can use to further your information security career."
-Ben Rothke, Security Management
More details
Series
Edition
1. Auflage
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
Professional and scholarly
CISOs, CIOs, CSOs, and IT personnel interested in learning managerial skills
Illustrations
32 s/w Abbildungen
32 b/w images
ISBN-13
978-0-8493-7944-4 (9780849379444)
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Content
A LEADERSHIP DISCONNECT. What You Told Us: A CISO Survey. A LEADERSHIP MANDATE. Who Companies Really Want to HIRE: How to Advance Your
Career and Have Great Success. The Evolving Information Security Landscape. Business Drivers for Information Security. Security as a Business Function. Security Leadership. The Public Sector CISO: Life In The Fishbowl. A LEADERSHIP EVOLUTION. A CISO Introspection. How Savvy Are You: Can You Get What You Want? Why and How Assessment of Organization Culture Should Shape Security Strategies. Selling Information Security. The Importance of an IT Security Strategy. Extending The Enterprise's Governance Program To Information Risks. Building Management Commitment through Security Councils. Measuring Security. Privacy, Ethics, and Business. Leading Th rough a Crisis: How Not to Conduct a Security Investigation. Security Pitfalls. Security Leader Horizon Issues: What the Future Holds.
Career and Have Great Success. The Evolving Information Security Landscape. Business Drivers for Information Security. Security as a Business Function. Security Leadership. The Public Sector CISO: Life In The Fishbowl. A LEADERSHIP EVOLUTION. A CISO Introspection. How Savvy Are You: Can You Get What You Want? Why and How Assessment of Organization Culture Should Shape Security Strategies. Selling Information Security. The Importance of an IT Security Strategy. Extending The Enterprise's Governance Program To Information Risks. Building Management Commitment through Security Councils. Measuring Security. Privacy, Ethics, and Business. Leading Th rough a Crisis: How Not to Conduct a Security Investigation. Security Pitfalls. Security Leader Horizon Issues: What the Future Holds.
