In today’s world, what is your opinion on the role of cybersecurity and what it should entail?
Cybersecurity practices play a crucial role in an organisation in protecting the various kinds of data elements possessed by the organisation and ensuring its confidentiality, integrity and availability. Also, cybersecurity plays a vital role in strengthening the overall business resilience capabilities of the organisation.
What does it take to be a chief information security officer? What are the necessary skills required?
A chief information security officer (CISO) aspiring to be successful should be a cross functional leader with good collaboration and problem solving skills. In addition to these, they should also have the following skills to be known as an expert CISO:
- Strategy planning
- Project and programme management
- Change management
- IT and network infrastructure management
- Application security and risk management
- IT and Information security GRC (Governance, Risk and Compliance)
- Intellectual property management
- Supply chain security and risk management
- Secured development models such as DevSecOps, SDL and OWASP
- Technology and innovation management
- Vendor management
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