CISO VS CEO: Why CISOs Need to

Have a Seat at the Executive Table

Join Dr. Cole today as he explains why it’s important that CISOs have a seat at the executive table.

Executives all have their specialties, and a CISO is also an executive position.

As a CISO, you need to communicate how much, financially, the executives can save by strengthening their defenses against attackers.

This is high-level executive management.

That’s why a CISO is a “Chief” Information Security Officer.

CISOs, lets take our seats at the executive table. 

In this episode:

• 1:25​ Is a seat in the boardroom too much to expect?
• 2:08​ What is your time frame
• 2:51​ Executives don’t always understand cybersecurity
• 5:00​ Executives need a hero (but don’t know how to find it)
• 6:45​ Understand the business
• 8:05​ Go outside your comfort zone
• 9:18​ How do we put a $ number on risk?
• 11:21​ If insurance companies didn’t quantify risk, they wouldn’t exist
• 12:20​ Historical data and comparative data ‘
• 14:22​ Ransomware example
• 16:35​ How to back up your numbers
• 18:40​ The two biggest mistakes that organizations make
• 21:02​ Total cost of ownership
• 23:14​ Wrap up: CISO Certification