Are You A CISO Who Doesn't Know Jack? Here's How To Bridge Your Own Skills Gap
CSO Online, Monday, June 24th, 2024
CISOs and other cybersecurity leaders come to the profession from many different avenues, often leaving them deficient in one area or another. Don't panic, experts say, you can fill in those blanks.
In 2023, six years into his job as a CISO, Rob Labbe realized he didn't know jack. Did he understand the technical aspects of cybersecurity? Of course. He had a college degree in computer programming analysis, CISSP certification, and two decades of experience working in cyber. Yet Labbe had the sinking feeling there was a gaping hole in his knowledge base.
'I was really confident that I knew my shit on the cybersecurity side,' says Labbe, the Calgary-based CEO and CISO-in-residence of the Mining and Metals Information Sharing Analysis Center (ISAC) in Vancouver, British Columbia. 'But the realization came a year ago when I was sitting in these meetings: I'm only picking up 20% of the discussion. And why aren't I invited back all the time?'