Brennan P. Baybeck lists building a successful team as one of his top responsibilities as a CISO.
“If you surround yourself with great people, make sure they’re successful and have what they need—the training, the budget, the right headcount—then great security comes along,” he says. “But if you don’t put that focus on your team, it’s not going to happen.”
That focus requires great development resources as well as career planning and direction so team members can best build their skills, says Baybeck, vice president and CISO of Customer Services at Oracle Corp. Successful teams also need great managers, adequate resources, and the right mix of responsibilities
Without all that, security suffers.
“An unhappy security team will result in infighting, unhappiness, and aggression,” according to the Forrester report Fix Toxic Security Culture Before It Kills Your Innovation. “Not only will this cultivate an unpleasant environment, but it also has the potential to ruin your security team’s reputation, undermine your team’s integrity, and put your organization at risk.”
What, exactly, can CISOs do to counteract such as scenario?…
