In this episode of Life of a CISO, Dr. Eric Cole breaks down the importance of CISOs adopting the role of a translator in board meetings. Executives are looking for CISOs to bridge the gap between them and security engineers to understand better and focus on the solutions.
In this episode:
- 1:00– Intro
- 3:00– CISO is a brand-new role.
- 5:00– What doesn’t work with executives?
- 7:00– Try your methods.
- 15:00– Executives are not getting what they need.
- 18:00– CISOs must speak in the executive’s language.
- 21:00– CISO is not a technical position.
- 25:00– CISOs are not security engineers
- 27:00– Getting CISO experience by applying for jobs
- 30:00– the only way to learn how to be a CISO is to be one
