The role of the Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) is growing, and the scope of digital business intensifies. Among board directors, 64% say their organization is trying to significantly alter its economic architecture to put more emphasis on digital (revenues, margins, productivity, etc.). At the same time, 88% say they recognize cybersecurity is a risk to the business.
A great CISO has the ability to assess and prioritize appropriate assets that need to be protected. Understand and prioritize the risks to those assets. Convey those risks in terms that boards can understand to allocate necessary budgets. Identify and implement appropriate controls to protect those assets.
In this PodChats for FutureCISO, we are joined by Apol Salud, Chief Security and Digital Officer for Gur Lavi Corporation.
1. How has the role of the CISO shifted in the current environment?
2. When demonstrating business value, what is one of the most important strategies for CISOs to keep in mind?
3. How do you juggle the differing expectations, interests, and demands of leaders in your organisation, as well as users, third-party business partners, regulators, and customers?
4. Coming into 2023, what will be the key challenge facing the CISO?
5. What makes for a successful CISO? What one quality do you think will prove most valuable to a CISO’s future?
6. Where do you see the CISO career moving?
The role of the Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) is growing, and the scope of digital business intensifies. Among board directors, 64% say their organization is trying to significantly alter its economic architecture to put more emphasis on digital (revenues, margins, productivity, etc.). At the same time, 88% say they recognize cybersecurity is a risk to the business.
A great CISO has the ability to assess and prioritize appropriate assets that need to be protected. Understand and prioritize the risks to those assets. Convey those risks in terms that boards can understand to allocate necessary budgets. Identify and implement appropriate controls to protect those assets.
In this PodChats for FutureCISO, we are joined by Apol Salud, Chief Security and Digital Officer for Gur Lavi Corporation.
1. How has the role of the CISO shifted in the current environment?
2. When demonstrating business value, what is one of the most important strategies for CISOs to keep in mind?
3. How do you juggle the differing expectations, interests, and demands of leaders in your organisation, as well as users, third-party business partners, regulators, and customers?
4. Coming into 2023, what will be the key challenge facing the CISO?
5. What makes for a successful CISO? What one quality do you think will prove most valuable to a CISO’s future?
6. Where do you see the CISO career moving?