CISO's Compass: Mastering Tech, Inspiring Teams, And Confronting Risk
HelpNet Security, Tuesday, October 3,2023
In this Help Net Security interview, Okey Obudulu, CISO at Skillsoft, talks about the increasing complexity of the CISO role and challenges they face. He discusses the business environment, tech innovation, the evolving regulatory landscape, limited resources, and budgets.
Obudulu also provides recommendations for CISOs, emphasizing the need to embrace continuous learning across multiple domains and build strong partnerships throughout the organization to instill a company-wide culture of security awareness.
With the increasing complexity of the CISO role, what are the top three challenges you believe they face, and how can they best address these?
The first major challenge faced by CISOs is the increased complexity of today's business environment, which is heightened by the rapid pace of tech innovation and the evolving regulatory landscape. Organizations need to navigate this business environment to be successful, which often means adopting new technologies, developing new processes, or expanding to new markets to drive growth.