How to level up from security pro to security leader
Career advice piece argues aspiring CISOs must pair technical depth with business fluency, communication, and cross-department influence.
The article offers guidance for security professionals moving into CISO and security leadership roles, drawing on interviews with CISOs at ExtraHop, BlueVoyant, Infosys, and others. It emphasizes translating technical risk into business priorities, building trust across departments, and understanding how the company makes money. An analysis of CISO job postings found employers value communication skills, regulatory knowledge, and business education over mastery of specific security platforms.
- Employers prioritize communication, regulatory knowledge, and business education over platform mastery for CISOs
- CISOs must translate technical risk into business priorities and build cross-department trust
- Business fluency via MBA, budget ownership, or product/ops roles is recommended for aspiring leaders
From the original article
5 min read at csoonline.com
There comes a time in a cybersecurity professional’s life when being a tech expert is no longer enough. The next step may lead to management or the C-suite, but the goal demands a different kind of expertise. Technical skills will continue to serve a new CISO well, but the role demands additional capabilities built on that foundation.
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