Listen "Paul Watts (ISF): “Here is what it takes to be a NextGen CISO!”"
Episode Synopsis
This episode of re:invent security shares what it takes to be the next generation (NextGen) CISO. Our guest Paul Watts, a multiple times CISOs at companies like Kantar, Domino’s Pizza UK & Ireland, Network Rail, clarifies what it takes to be the NextGen CISO. Key questions discussed are: “What are the expectations from Business/IT leaders hiring these NextGen CISOs?”, “What transformation should CISOs explicitly consider staying relevant as CISO?”, “What is most important AND challenging for the NextGen CISOs to fulfill these expectations and how can they go about it?”. Dive into the conversation with Paul, someone that has been there, done that, now sharing this!Resources:Paper 1 - Unlocking the business value of security - Leadership Insights: Unlocking the business value of security - Information Security ForumPaper 2 - Exploring the role of the BISO - Leadership Insights: Exploring the role of the Business Information Security Officer (BISO) - Information Security ForumPaper 3 - Looking to the future - is yet to be published publicly (link will be added later).Paper 4 - Modelling the security leader - to be published to ISF Members on July 1st. Synopsis ...The definition of a security leader continues to suffer from ambiguity, with misaligned expectations between business and incumbent a principal cause of stress and – somewhat inevitably – short tenures and disappointment for both employee and employer. We describe how the role could be better modelled, qualifying its fundamental criteria and providing some guidance on what qualities to look for, and what to not over-rely upon.Paper 5 - Nominet CISO Stress Report: businesses get £23k ($30k) ‘free’ CISO time while impact of stress on mental health doubles in 2020 - NominetOther interview with Paul: The New Security Leader: Less Techie, More Business Savvy (inforisktoday.com) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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