The Top Security Priorities That Should Be On Every CISO's Agenda
Continuity Central, January 19th, 2023
CISOs are navigating an ever-more challenging and complex world as the level of cyber risk heightens. Taking control of this difficult situation means being sure of priorities. Here Christine Bejerasco explores the issues that should be high on every CISO's list of strategic priorities.
Have both a top-down and bottom-up strategy
While CISOs and their teams are tasked with designing the cyber security roadmap of the organization, when the rubber hits the road, some of these best laid plans will be hindered by a lack of budget, lax enforcement, and an overabundance of information that is often not remembered by teams in the organization who are not regularly exposed to it. As such, if CISOs stay in their not-so-ivory towers drafting policies, standards, and requirements, they will end up alienating their role from the realities of the business.